Hearing Tom Petty lyrics in her sedan inspired "Early Morning" hostess Julie Chen on a special mission.

Gradually, as Surya Das, 48, tells his story, he loosens up. It becomes clear that he's really just a nice, burly Jewish guy from Long Island who happens to be one of the most learned American lamas (Tibetan monks) in the world.

The Wildlife Conservation Society has launched a study in Chile's Karukinka reserve on Tierra del Fuego to help protect the guanaco – a wild cousin of the llama that once roamed in vast herds from the Andean Plateau to the steppes of Patagonia.