How to survive in the Amazon jungle | Paul Rosolie and Lex Fridman

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[@slickway5590]

Sangre de drago Focus sincipida Croc blood

[@gavinkonowalec4910]

This is one of the coolest podcasts I’ve listened to in a while, dude has some wildly interesting stories and experiences

[@leccy9901]

This guy is awesome. To know you can be dropped off in the middle of the amazon and survive is a superpower. If everything goes to shit, at least this guy knows he can chill in the jungle until it all calms down.

[@felyp3able]

Peruvian amazon is not the middle, if he drop in the real middle ( brazilian amazon ) he is fucked, outside the river there is NOTHING out there...

[@leccy9901]

@felyp3able I didn't mean the actual centre. I couldn't survive in a forest personally. Far to modernised. Being able to live in any jungle is amazing to me.

[@Pablo-yd6gc]

If things goes to shit so bad that a person is forced into the jungle, I don't think there's going to be anything to calm down outside lol, there will be nothing to come back to

[@TheDigitalGuerrilla]

A true survivalist always has his mom on speed dial!

[@ThatBigCactus]

Everyone like this grew up wealthy. You don't grow up poor and become a career "survivalist"

[@DB-sd3cw]

​@ThatBigCactus facts. Dude reeks of wealth privilege.

[@willbrink]

I thought same, but he was 19, so I will cut him some slack there. However, why didn't he go to the hospital at the closest major city vs going all the way back to NY? They'd have much more experience of dealing with those infections actually. I had a weird red rash I got in Panama. US doc had no explanation, told me I needed to do high dose IV anti biotics and other meds and got me all freaked out. Saw a doc in Panama. Took one look at it, told me to wash with ketoconazole shampoo I could get at any pharmacy, and leave on for 10 mins, and it was gone within the weak, never returned. The locals are usually your best option for local infections like that. I assume he came to learn that as time went on.

[@amberblack9587]

@@ThatBigCactus hey dude could of chose to live a life of luxury but he chose to live in the Amazon most of the time documenting the environment and spreading awareness about how and why we should preserve the Amazon rainforest.

[@CrzyLion]

@@ThatBigCactus dude tells a story of nearly dying. someone else makes a joke about even in the amazon, momma knows best. then youre here trying to shame him for... being born out of a wealthy vagina...? holy fuck i feel bad for anyone who has to interact with people like you irl.

[@dannardozza7344]

So symbolic that he was there to raise an animal and help it in the wild, couldn’t make it himself, and had to be saved by humans participating in the destruction he is fighting. That’s some deep shit

[@lordfordification]

Humans are our own cancer. Growing and killing our host.

[@EverythingPossible14]

Circle of life

[@anon2427]

That’s how a lot of these Amazon trips go lmao

[@Hugatree1]

I admire his desire to preserve the rights of indigenous people and the beauty and wisdom of nature but the fact that he had a mom in the background ready to fly him out at great expense means he always had a safety net yet he seems very dismissive of the naïveté of the ecotourists and boastful about his survival skills, however it was the evils of civilization that eventually saved him

[@crazyloonchooks]

So nice to have someone on who's not talking about AI or aliens! So many other interesting topics out there. :)

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

Nothing is more interesting than watching two nerds talk about AI in increasingly complex and jargon-ridden language only to come to the conclusion - "Nobody knows" (Sarcasm)

[@crazyloonchooks]

@@user-zy9yg2eu5t I spoke too soon. Started watching the full-length talk and at 2.30 hours they start talking about aliens. He just can't help himself. I hope he finds his aliens one day. 🙄

[@uniq7778]

Lol frfr they act the Chat whatever Ai has been out for years now but now people wanna talk about it

[@smellyvalley]

Well said

[@johnscanlon2598]

It is the ultimate mystery , I think it’s exciting legit really smart people are having the discussion

[@morraras]

On the bot flies thing there’s a easy solution we use on south of Brazil which is a somewhat dried up chunk of pig’s fat. You put on where the bot flies or any other time of maggots made into any flesh , the larvae will go crazy eating all the fat and it comes out very easily.

[@Mehmet-ic1vi]

Smart

[@roblox_supergirl7111]

@@Mehmet-ic1vi that's not smart its fucking gross, go to a hospital like a normal person ffs

[@roblox_supergirl7111]

that's not smart its fucking gross, go to a hospital like a normal person ffs

[@choopa1670]

Can see that this guys experience has made him into a real man.. well done mate. You have experienced life to a point only very few will.

[@hepbsibah5162]

nice to see a kiwi in the comment section

[@vineleak7676]

The guy just went camping for a few days 😂

[@TheGoonSquadd]

Hell yeah! Exactly what I was thinking

[@brycekifer8481]

A lot of people have almost died from Steph infections people like him that go to Amazon and then come back here and bring that stuff is the reason people get sick with it so much right now

[@brycekifer8481]

I almost died from that stuff in my leg still l made thru boot camp

[@duffmanjon]

A dude cutting callus off the bottom of his foot with a machete, to use as bait to catch food is pretty badass.

[@lukethelazymachine3687]

Also pretty gross lol

[@troyconservative6722]

To catch bait to catch bigger bait to catch food."

[@sevendoubleodex]

@@lukethelazymachine3687a callus is not gross

[@barry3045]

as someone who grew up in the north , i have no interest in going to the jungle . so this is as close as ill get. thanks for a great interview.

[@DaggerSecurity]

yeah, I grew up in a tropical region of South America. Now i live in a part of the world that is mostly desert. I do not miss the jungle at all. lol

[@mns504]

Question: do these stories make you wanna go or wanna stay far away.. i can't decide haha😂😂😅

[@justinschrank4806]

This guy is a great storyteller

[@danielleal1037]

Growing up far from the Amazon in São Paulo, Brazil, my sister and I each found a botfly in our skin on separate occasions. Not that differently from how Paul’s friends get rid of them, my mother helped us out with dry tobacco leaves soaked in an iodine-and-alcohol solution to remove them from where they were lodged.

[@jankom.7783]

Their conversation follows an interesting pattern: Lex: "Was it dangerous?" Paul: "Not really" ....continues with a story of almost dying

[@checksoverstripes2498]

🤣🤣🤣

[@naturalborniller7426]

Alright but I swear lex farted at the beginning of this video

[@BimmerBros]

He even leaned on it, total alpha 😂

[@HumanScourgeYT]

Bahaha I totally heard it

[@natelundstrum4903]

I totally missed that and went back and heard it. 😆

[@jeremycrowe4693]

yep, totally ripped one

[@sonic2d2]

Lmao true

[@someguy9301]

The fact they didn't stop him at the airport with that infection is concerning.

[@kevinmatthew1050]

That's exactly what I said. How the fuck would they allow that knowing he could have some crazy serious infectious disease.

[@someguy9301]

​@kevinmatthew1050 , he put who knows how many people at risk. He may have even indirectly killed someone because we don't know if he spread his MRSA. All because he had to take care of an ant eater in the rain forest.

[@benduncan6256]

I have absolutely ZERO interest in going anywhere near the Amazon…EVER.

[@junewilliams4752]

I’m with you on that!

[@UnfiItered]

Kind of ironic he was saved by the people he's trying to save the jungle from

[@redcircleman]

0:07 - are we really gonna ignore that amazing fart?

[@lahaza6515]

It was the chair and unless someone is 7 years old; it's not considered interesting.

[@jasonvanhaselen5238]

@@lahaza6515 listened and rewinded 20x and can confirm it was NOT the chair, 10 out of 10 amazing fart💪😁🙌

[@FlezzDurjis]

It was 100% probably a fart

[@joellanderson5137]

Good call, had to run that back

[@lovernatz]

@@lahaza6515 quiet karen

[@DavidBarry-kn2uk]

Holy moley this guy is living on the sharpest razors edge,He is a brilliant story teller must read his books,I salute you !

[@MiskaVlogi]

As a Finnish person I find it absolutely hilarious that this guy who has been in nearly every jungle and wild place on the planet still brings up Lapland when talking about mosquitos 😂😂😂 That place has biblical levels of swarms of insects

[@nadiadelphi6850]

I imagine the dark irony of being saved by a boat filled with poached animals was not lost on him. I imagine it probably gave him the resolve and the mental strength to survive the infection so that he could continue on and keep helping animals. Just a thought 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@n8spectacular]

WOW!!! This guy is AMAZING! Every one of his stories contains more knowledge of life than most people will achieve in a lifetime!

[@taitsmith8521]

Every one of his stories is bullshit. Dude is a compulsive liar.

[@keenfire8151]

"How to survive in the Amazon jungle" Shows picture of him drinking directly from a river. "That'll do pig"

[@crisd117]

He is so right about the bugs in tropics vs summer up north.

[@devlingreener2182]

this guy is my favourite guest you've had on. I love this shit.

[@jamescanjuggle]

This guy could be describing an adventure where he was stranded on a different planet, met a race of helpful sentient creatures and attempted to raise and rescue an alien dog and it would be no different than him going to the jungle.

[@kyleharris5592]

Did he just shart 7 seconds into this??

[@yokelectronic]

Yeah i think he did lol

[@TheGoonSquadd]

A true man’s man risking life for the sake of exploration. I can only imagine the trill !! Damn I’m jealous

[@cvgodd1432]

F that lol those explorations can go bad reallly fast!

[@benchokwaiman]

Funny, that he says that he could not light firs or catch fish. I worked and lived in the Amazon jungle when I was 18 and I made fires. We used plastic bags or strips of rubber to get the first flames and use it to get the wood fire going. I also had to find and catch my own food. There where berries on the ground from 200 feet trees, birds to shoot with a slingshot and fish to catch with all kinds of traps we made or we scooped them up with a large straw hat. I even caught small fish with plastic bags to later catch piranha with. If there is a patch or grass in the water there will be shrimps' there that you can also catch with a hat. I can go on. Its just key to watch the Indians and locals and learn and after a while you can survive. But I must say, that my time in the jungle was not as romantic as people think. I was not always hungry, but still I felt like an animal, often craving for better food. I could be a jungle guide, and maybe I will be one day after I raised my kid ( 42 years old now and living in Europe ).

[@Ravishrex1]

He ment it's hard to start fores because then wood is all wet . I imagine there are different parts to explore and survive in. I'm a nature guide in South Africa. God bless you

[@BigAl4Chron]

Do you think this guy exaggerates his stories or tells stories of people he’s met down there as his own?

[@cromwellg60]

Always wondered what Serj did after System of a Down

[@ETAisNOW]

I want to see Lex on survivor

[@thrownblown]

I wanna see lex on naked and afraid

[@jgcastro000]

Now that would be comedy

[@AngeloXification]

"You've got a friend in me" - me to the botfly

[@snicksabea]

😂

[@KyllisAugustus]

How to survive in the Amazon... don't go to the Amazon

[@tekannon7803]

Every time I tune in to a Lex Fridman interview, all that I knew beforehand goes into the trash and I gotta start all over again. You know what I mean, the world is a better place with Lex Fridman being here. Paul Rosolie shows us the true meaning of destiny: Something is written somewhere about how long we have to live...

[@Beforewearecancelled]

Hes a good robot!

[@jackiwannapaint]

well said

[@eh7602]

he's by far the most uninteresting interviewer in the sphere of podcasts. Monotone, dry questions that a 5 year old could come up with. He does seem to be able to get a lot of very interesting guests though which is the only reason to watch it.

[@tekannon7803]

@@eh7602 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. Try a double scotch before you tune in...

[@bmphil3400]

There is a tree called a Copal. Some call it a locust. It drops this crazy evergreen type sap that hardens into a frosted looking piece that looks like amber. If you can get a piece of that sap burning it will help keep a fire. I have made a fire in Guyana. But didn't keep it more than a few hours till it started raining. The Indians do know how to cook with a regular fire by the river side. I don't know how they do it during the wet season. You can split standing dead wood and make shavings from the inner core to get the driest wood possible.

[@PMeventsLT]

interesting sound effects 🤔

[@dashingduff2985]

Id have to disagree about the mosquitos in the jungle, i was deep in the jungle doing a trek and i had full length bottoms and top with a motorbike snug for my face and those fuckers were eating me theough it. It was unreal, however in the citys i didn't witness much at all

[@cvgodd1432]

Yea it’s not bad in the city unless you live next to like a creek or something. I make sure I don’t leave any puddles or like a barrel with water in it in the summer time. One of the things I hate most in this world are mosquitoes.

[@ceezee8496]

Dryer lint weighs almost nothing and is very flammable.

[@JustinPerrotta-lr6bg]

Lex farted and kept his professionalism... This mans a legend. 😂

[@madisonandthefarm]

You two could just have your own show together and Id watch every time. It is fascinating

[@viniciusalmeida9754]

Few things people don't realize about the jungle, when I say jungle I mean the heart of the jungle, no town around. The jungle isn't flat, there are mountains in many areas; You can't complete 3 steps, the bush is too dense; A jaguar can take your life any moment, and sometimes you gona wish he does it.

[@cvgodd1432]

Yup that’s what happened it Vietnam. It would take them a week to travel somewhere that would usually take 1 day. Than you got mosquitos, snakes and god knows what else. Snipers taking you out 1 at a time. They had a rough time and the Viet Cong did it on purpose. They knew Americans wouldn’t be ready for jungle warfare. They had tunnels, booby traps and all sorts of things. You gotta give it to them and the Taliban, they’re very smart when it comes to war. They fight with their hearts too, not like a lot of US troops who just want the benefits. These people are in flip flops and only have a rusty AK.. just think about that. All the technology the US has and the Taliban took it to them. Everything is useless when your in a cave lol. They flood the area with IEDs and use guerrilla tactics.

[@GrizzlyAdams101]

​@cvgodd1432 Bro like 90% of deaths in Afghanistan came from IEDs. Th

[@GrizzlyAdams101]

​@cvgodd1432 Bro like 90% of deaths in Afghanistan came from IEDs. Th

[@andychang2739]

Just found this guy from JRE. He's an amazing storyteller

[@cw6136]

Biggest obstacles: 1, Shelter 2, Food 3, Bacteria 4, Humans (natives)

[@anon2427]

Biggest problem: clean water source

[@elitepoker88]

I wish I had a friend like this in my life

[@Dylan-ce8wz]

Would be nice

[@thothtahuti5509]

Why does this sound so attractive? I live in a small city in New Zealand, quite close to nature. However, this sounds like happiness... I have never been happy, yet this just sounds like a pure, natural, bliss ❤

[@jwcurry83]

This entire podcast is one of my favorites.

[@moppyflow7]

Stories so amazing they don’t even sound real…………seriously.

[@snicksabea]

The movie Amazon is good.

[@davygeorge3471]

They aren’t real. It’s mostly exaggerated.

[@husseinalmashhadany]

How to survive the Amazons: Step 01: Don't go to the Amazons! Step 02: Remember Step 01!!!

[@lahaza6515]

I think we need to see an interview with "JJ" next!

[@trixVK]

It was interesting that the host brought the conversation back to Lulu. There was so much more story to be told about her.

[@MrCedricPeterson]

2:02 he saved himself from the biggest PAUSE imaginable 🤣🤣🤣

[@davorfistrovic7363]

hahahahahah f yes hahaha

[@markfirmery9939]

That fart in the beginning lol

[@None-ss1zi]

The problem with those clips is that you don't know who the hell JJ is

[@100vivasvan]

🤣🤣 that's exactly what i was wondering the whole time!

[@zakuma22]

JoJo

[@habibsspirit]

Joseph Joestar

[@mariuss72]

Juan Julio Durand

[@Greginlaseries]

😂😂😂 same

[@keithhodgson8618]

Paul is the most interesting guest 😊

[@chrisvaldez952]

Boggles my mind how well Lex can feign empathy.

[@chrisvaldez952]

@@TwistedFateZed 😢

[@nichol8587]

0:08 My man just straight up tooted

[@griffithdota]

You should bring JJ 😂 the dudes a badass master survivalist

[@TheFoxkid4444]

Perfect time for me while I’m playing Green Hell!

[@ryg2304]

Green hell is brutal

[@dremac33]

Wow. I love his podcasts

[@xxpierrot]

incredible fart at the start of the CLIP? Bravo, great ice breaker.

[@hwago123]

😂

[@seanmiller2912]

I think the best way to survive the jungle is to just watch it on my phone

[@noobstriker1231234]

Trying to eat while he is describing those flies is almost imposable. I persevered.

[@Executed38]

Infections deep in the jungle are no joke!

[@MrAvidLearner]

This is the kind of guy we need during a first contact

[@sammyzaf]

Gotta meet this JJ fella

[@BigAl4Chron]

Ok I have seen a lot of this guys interviews about his experiences the Amazon and I’ve tried to give him the benefit of the doubt despite something about his demeanor while telling stories that screams bullshit, but when he said that he would drink water straight from the stream and that the Amazon jungle and river acts as a giant filter that’s when I knew for sure he’s lying about some things. I live in Oregon and I’ve grown up occasionally in semi desperate situations drank water from the cleanest, purest, fastest moving white water streams that are for sure cleaner and more filtered than water in a jungle climate and there’s still a decent chance of getting of getting parasites or something of the sort

[@HigherKaiju]

He def makes up stuff. He didn’t sit in jungle for 3 weeks with mersa. He makes up lot of stories about tribes porcupining people. Other people from Amazon called him out for bs. There’s no way Amazon River filters itself. That thing is crawling with parasites. He either takes medicine or has a filter cup. But wants to be that guy that drinks from River

[@experiencer-kk6xb]

What you are missing is the superabundance of vegetation filtering the water. He specifically described that.

[@BigAl4Chron]

@@experiencer-kk6xb I don’t think that makes a difference I think the abundance of rocks, stones, pebbles in the rivers and streams in Oregon/PNW would do the same thing the vegetation does to act as a filter but it’s still comparing murky river waters with a lot more wildlife in them to blue or clear and fast moving white water.

[@experiencer-kk6xb]

i dont know if he is telling the truth BUT there is no comparison in vegetation between the amazon jungle and anywhere at all in the states... there just isnt. the soil in the amazon is TERRIBLE and the reason is because every single bit of nutrition gets used up by the vast plethora of vegetation in the jungle. it is very possible that the water is clean there because of this. also keep in mind that my grandparents ALL drank freely out of rivers and streams back in the day.

[@BigAl4Chron]

@@experiencer-kk6xb mind me asking where you’re grandparent’s we’re from that they were doing that? And I know I can’t compare the PNW wilderness to the Amazon river/jungle- I was saying there is such an abundance of rocks of all sizes in the rivers here in Oregon that the water could be filtered the in the same just with rocks etc, instead of vegetation idk if that sounds stupid but it makes sense to me haha.

[@zimmerman1031]

Cool story. Now where's the part about survival?

[@sk8legendz]

Stores like this make you think about the Conquistadors in what they might have experienced back in the days of the truly Wildland

[@Balrov1]

it's said the portuguese discovered that indigenous Brazilian tribes was cannibals in the hard way...

[@spindoggytheexplorer2915]

Oriana took an arrow to the eye. Survived.

[@allanbrogdon3078]

I had mersa and knew it was bad when I walked into the emergency room and people looking at me were shocked.

[@bmphil3400]

My dad got mrsa in his heart valve.....killed him in 2014.

[@ugochukwuemeahara2890]

Appreciating nature and learn more about the works of our creator than those who do not know their beginning and how they will end.

[@secretagent4610]

As fascinating, interesting and cool as this guy's stories are, remind me to never go into the Amazon. 😅

[@cherylhaynes3960]

Need to do “How to survive in an Amazon fulfillment center.” Those scary ass places!

[@Edglordio]

On the plane I bet he looked like patient zero from the movie outbreak.

[@HauntedSkys]

How has nobody mentioned that our BOI ripped major ass right at the start? 😂 I'm dead.

[@AgitpropPsyop]

Botflies might be useful! Pull them out and use them as bait!

[@joserojas1532]

wow I really enjoyed this conversation!!

[@MattChewycat33]

"He's got all the cheat codes." 😎 Love it

[@Lucky13Twice]

I wonder if this guy has even set foot in the Amazon jungle. Living in South America for 10 years now, I can think of several things that can kill a human in the Amazon: Green Anaconda, Piranha, Jaguar, Poison Dart Frog, Black Caiman Alligator, Electric Eel, Bullet Ants, Bull Sharks, Tarantula, Arapaima, Giant Centipede, South American Bushmaster Snake, Green Jararaca Snake, South American Rattlesnake, Common Lancehead Snake, Assassin Bugs, Wandering Spiders and about 1000 other things. Well.....maybe they all can't kill you but when you see one, you may just die of fright. And let's not forget the Goliath BirdEater Spider, that tarantula spans about 12 inches wide, yuck, this thing is scary.

[@bmphil3400]

You can find bait. Palm grubs are not too hard to find. They have a saying ....catch a small fish to catch a big fish. You have 5o have a small wire leader to keep the piranha from cutting your lines.

[@christopherstuart996]

I thought diesel can only be lit under compression…

[@gubernational57]

Bro lex ripped one and didn’t miss a beat

[@GHO5T3DFreelance]

The thing i don't like about Bot fly's is......... everything.

[@jescar4630]

How to survive. D'ont go there.

[@NeoVdV]

Paul mentioned in one of the videos I saw that the Indians in the Amazon have a very good working way to heal a broken bone. Does anyone know more details about that ? I broke my arm a week ago, so ...

[@alexandremussy5523]

THERE'S A FART AT 0:08🤣🤣

[@nprwikeepa6082]

This JJ guy sounds like the ultimate survivalist

[@squamsh122]

“You got a friend in me, you got a friend in me”

[@sudhanvabhat3100]

This JJ guy sounds like a treasure

[@DougCanney1]

Old boy in the suit floated an air biscuit.

[@GHO5T3DFreelance]

"if she wanted me to wake up she would shove her tongue through my nose and it would come out of my mouth"........ let that sentence sink in for a minute folks.

[@tchef2525]

Funny how the anteater story changes

[@HigherKaiju]

His fishing story he said he catches small one then hours and hours later he gets a big one but here it was totally different, he can’t keep track of his lies

[@banecastle8772]

this is so fucking crazy... I'm a very outdoors person but I'm tapping out long before this dude

[@jackpodesta7583]

It’s worse in New Jersey is so true

[@absv444]

Need this man so bad

[@CoalCreekCroft]

Okay, so the worm inside me feeding isn't much of a problem until they get to the size of a pen. Got it. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to figure out whether to throw up, have a self-triggered stroke or simply go screaming off into the prairie. Perhaps all three?

[@anthonytmein]

9:30 “how do you get [botflies] out?” “You have to come.” 😅

[@Roman.Leave.Me.2.My.Circles]

If you mix some styrofoam with deiseal fuel stir to the consistency of gel. Now you got a sticky napalm like substance that will stay lit while it rains. If you accidentally get it on you for the love god don't try to wipe it off

[@antoniopalomba9948]

lex fridman is hilarious with his robot like questions lol hes definetly a different type of person

[@christiaanderyck2233]

What are the natural tree medicines he mentioned around 7:50?

[@emquinlin1931]

I'm sorry.... 0:07 We're just going to ignore it?

[@AspeQt]

I heard it 💨