Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 13 segments
In this episode Eduardo Navia (IG @edunavia1) joins us to talk all about herping in Bolivia! From the gorgeous snakes to the diverse assemblage of crocodilians, to the frogs in the forest, we talk all…
Eduardo NaviaGuest
Bryant McDowellHost
Nate TruaxHost
So Ed, do you want to tell us how you first kind of got into reptiles, and what you do with them now?
Yeah, I mean, like almost all the people when you are a child seeing Jurassic Park and Steve Irwin documentaries, and Austin Stevens and stuff.
Then, of course, I was like, uh, in some trips because I, I live in the, in the dry valleys of Bolivia, which are...
But some, some, sometimes we did, we, we used to go, uh, to the Chapare, which is the Amazon from Cochabamba, and over there I was a nightmare for my, for my sisters in sp- in special because I used to brought frogs and lizards to the, to the room, and they kicked the shit out of me and stuff.
Um, [laughs] yeah, then I, I forgot when I was a, a, a teenager, I, I became a, a basketball player, and I forgot totally about reptiles and frogs and stuff.
And sadly, I lost some opportunities, uh, when I was a teenager because of that, because I was so focused on other, on, on other type of shit.
And then I, uh, when I, when I get to see what career I was going to do in college, uh, my sister told me about biology because s- she has a friend which is Teresa Baneri, which is an herpetologist from Bolivia whi- which work in conservation of the Andean water frogs.
And I get to work in the Natural Museum for Cochabamba, and yeah, then I fall in love again with [laughs] amphibians and reptiles, and then I forgot about basketball.
I mean, uh, uh, growing up, were you kind of like the odd kid out? Like, what's the general reception like? How did the people feel towards reptiles, snakes, amphibians, stuff like that compared to like you?
So Ed, do you want to tell us how you first kind of got into reptiles, and what you do with them now?
Yeah, I mean, like almost all the people when you are a child seeing Jurassic Park and Steve Irwin documentaries, and Austin Stevens and stuff.
Then, of course, I was like, uh, in some trips because I, I live in the, in the dry valleys of Bolivia, which are...
But some, some, sometimes we did, we, we used to go, uh, to the Chapare, which is the Amazon from Cochabamba, and over there I was a nightmare for my, for my sisters in sp- in special because I used to brought frogs and lizards to the, to the room, and they kicked the shit out of me and stuff.
Um, [laughs] yeah, then I, I forgot when I was a, a, a teenager, I, I became a, a basketball player, and I forgot totally about reptiles and frogs and stuff.
And sadly, I lost some opportunities, uh, when I was a teenager because of that, because I was so focused on other, on, on other type of shit.
And then I, uh, when I, when I get to see what career I was going to do in college, uh, my sister told me about biology because s- she has a friend which is Teresa Baneri, which is an herpetologist from Bolivia whi- which work in conservation of the Andean water frogs.
And I get to work in the Natural Museum for Cochabamba, and yeah, then I fall in love again with [laughs] amphibians and reptiles, and then I forgot about basketball.
I mean, uh, uh, growing up, were you kind of like the odd kid out? Like, what's the general reception like? How did the people feel towards reptiles, snakes, amphibians, stuff like that compared to like you?
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