Former hunter helps scientists to preserve species in Tanzania

Contrary to the logic of hunting and hunter, Ruben Mwakisoma, 44, helps preserve wild animals that for years he hunted to feed his tribe in Tanzania.

He uses his deep knowledge of the forests of Udzungwa, in the center-south of the country, to help scientists working in the national park was created in the region.

In conjunction with the Natural History Museum of Denmark, which has been working in the park, he appears in a video that tells about your life changing. The video was seen by thousands of people over the Internet and gained notoriety.

In 2006, a survey of the Mwakisoma collaboration in Ndundulu forest, part of the National Park Udzungwa Mountains, led to the discovery of a new species of elephant shrew, the Grey-faced sengi.

Animal images were captured for the first time by the Italian scientist Francesco Rovero of the Museum of Danish National History, with the help of former hunter.