Brasile: 12 giorni in Amazzonia, ingegnere sopravvive mangiando api FOTO

RIO DE JANEIRO – Un ingegnere brasiliano di 65 anni in pensione è sopravvissuto 12 giorni in piena foresta amazzonica mangiando api e mosche. Lo ha raccontato lui stesso, in lacrime, ai suoi soccorritori.

Gileno Vieira da Rocha, questo il suo nome, si era perduto dopo essersi inoltrato in un’area boschiva del municipio di Apuì, nello Stato brasiliano di Amazonas. L’anziano ha detto di aver sofferto la fame, poiché non riusciva a trovare frutta né cacciare animali, dentro la fitta selva. Così si è visto costretto a inghiottire insetti per nutrirsi.

LaPresse ©Ap Fuori Circuito/Lapresse 12-2009 Brasile Esteri Foresta amazzonica: disboscamento A deforested area burns near Novo Progresso in the northern state of Para, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The Brazilian Amazon is arguably the world's biggest natural defense against global warming, acting as a "sink," or absorber, of carbon dioxide. But it is also a great contributor to warming. About 75 percent of Brazil's emissions come from rainforest clearing, as vegetation burns and felled trees rot. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Gileno Vieira da Rocha

LaPresse Bolivia / Inundations / A farm worker tries to localize lost cows in the amazonic region of Beni at the northeast of La Paz. This region has been hit by the worst floods in a quarter of a century. since the extreme weather first hit the country in December 2006, 51 people have been killed in this natural disaster. Flood-waters are actually begining to flew away from Beni but the government is now worried about possible outbreaks of malaria, yellow fever or dengue. Some 20,000 people are still living in temporary shelters in Beni’s capital, Trinidad.

LaPresse ©Ap Fuori Circuito/Lapresse 12-2009 Brasile Esteri Foresta amazzonica: disboscamento An illegal gold mine is seen inside a national park near Novo Progresso in the northern state of Para, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The Brazilian Amazon is arguably the world's biggest natural defense against global warming, acting as a "sink," or absorber, of carbon dioxide. But it is also a great contributor to warming. About 75 percent of Brazil's emissions come from rainforest clearing, as vegetation burns and felled trees rot. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)