Black caiman crocodile: The apex predator of the Amazon jungle | Paul Rosolie and Lex Fridman

[@LexClips]

Full podcast episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqixaahsfat7brc Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzbin.info Guest bio: Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Support his efforts at junglekeepers.org

[@A_Space_Cadet_From_SUBA]

Aye bro let’s work together?

[@martinmurage780]

12:34 "I dont know anyone who has been eaten by a black caiman" shit made me giggle, like how would you lol

[@Ross2298]

You can’t be this stupid 😂😂

[@ebo2893]

Dude basically lives in the jungle but yeah lol

[@nozrep]

well it’s a big huge jungle and there’s hundreds of thousands of people there. And he wasn’t saying it hasn’t actually happened, but saying that only he himself by his own one self does not know of anyone. He was not over generalizing he was speaking about only his own personal experience. I’d be willing to bet somebody in the world at some time or another time has been eaten or attacked by a caiman crocodile. but of course, i myself have never been there and have not tried to find out by my own one self

[@Jvuanx]

​@nozrep what u yapping ab 🤣 he just said a joke because how could u know anyone thats been eaten 😂

[@MickyReeves]

Don’t think people above caught your joke 😂

[@smashtoad]

If this dude and Neil Degrasse Tyson walked into a room that only had one microphone it would be a fight to the death.

[@MountainTop750]

Until they got eaten by an alligator dude

[@MountainTop750]

With spikes on it and hot lava, kinda like bowser is super Mario dude.

[@yellowsnowman9157]

Except Neil is full of shit and every time he speaks you want to jam screwdrivers in your ears

[@mrblonde1264]

How hilarious if they were together. It just be 2 people talking at each other,no questions,just 2 people talking over each other oblivious the other person is talking 😅

[@Ricardomaganaa]

Need the funding bud haha

[@jeremiahdavila411]

Sounds like otters are the true apex predators

[@Reppintimefitness]

Facts Giant otter are crazy These guys have no idea about animals Caiman aren't crocodiles their more like alligators

[@oWo4L]

Nah adult black caimans regularly hunt river otters. My ex told me there was a 15 foot black caiman in her grand parents village that took out out an entire otter pack over a month. This dudes clearly exaggerating

[@melanosuchus]

@@oWo4Lthat’s the truth, black caiman have been found with entire otters in their stomach as well, giant otters are very overestimated and caimans are underestimated.

[@fabiomgm1293]

They're incredible animals.

[@dominickfera6422]

He's definitely a storyteller ey

[@Jj-ty7qh]

This dude can spin a yarn. One of the best story tellers out there.

[@ryanbeachner2563]

Nah

[@MrBxblackout]

I totally thought Lex was going to transform into Tarzan in his trip to the Amazon jungle 😂

[@princetonvalera4670]

But it's just Lex being Lex, even wearing his suit.

[@maxtonanddad]

Lex wears the same suit just to go out for drinks or go hit it up in Vegas 😂😂

[@nozrep]

black suit Tarzan! uhhhhh ohhhh we ohhhhh ohhhhh wee ohhhhhhhhh! Did you get that Tarzan reference?😂 that’s what Tarzan would scream as he would swing through the jungle on the vines

[@krisdoke]

I keep thinking he's going to start singing metal. Haha. He looks like the guy from system of a down.

[@frankbarrie6785]

Lol which guy from System Of A Down? Sergio? Or whatever his name is.. lol

[@12-Jewels]

Yup Serge.

[@Onestringpuppet]

😂

[@javiercuevas4484]

Sergio 😂lol, fckn el esystem of a down ayyy.

[@AlbertBormant]

Black Caiman commit a disproportionate amount of Jungle crime

[@i-_-smokeloud]

Its always a corny whyte supremest with their lame corny jokes

[@gengrant5291]

👀👀👀😎😎😎😎

[@Rightgeousjourney]

😆

[@nozrep]

😅

[@Harrow932]

Black caiman lives matter 😢

[@dmcentYT]

Paul has to be one of my favorite people to ever hit the podcast circuits because he walks the walk.. after seeing him for the first time last year or so I immediately bought the book Mother of God.

[@illmuskyhunter3313]

🤣 he talks the talk he's doesn't walk shit

[@jetterjetson]

"Suit (Run) through the Jungle" - Creedance Clearwater Revival

[@frankbarrie6785]

? What?

[@nozrep]

broh, i love Creedence and I totally get what you mean! Creedence’s songs having been used in many a Vietnam/ jungle hollywood movie setting whilst the characters in the movie are entering into an adventure in the jungle, you know, before it all goes to crap and the movie music changes to more ominous😂

[@HALALxSTEPPA]

Why the fuck doesn’t he ever have camera footage of these big wild ass stories

[@CameronRoser-Peet]

because hes usually in the forest doing his actual job, not for internet content. He's out there damn near everyday and you cant quite plan these things and get the camera crew ready.

[@r1a1p1AllenPogue]

This guy's black caiman stories are like Bas Rutten's bar fight stories. Things that never happened.

[@eddienash2095]

😂😂😂 He literally had some trash footage in this clip...But, he doesnt have footage of his debate with an otter...​@@CameronRoser-Peet

[@Suckondeese]

He does documentaries

[@Barrythebarnabas]

@@r1a1p1AllenPogue😂😂 imagine being such a loser that other people living life is unfathomable

[@frethero19]

Seeing Lex talk about and relive his experiences around real life actual monsters is the most emotive ive ever seen him. I love that almost every human that has been around pure unapologetic nature is simultaneously bewildered and scared shitless. Just imagine, how would we react to complex alien life, not even necessarily sentient life, just animals on a different planet? Think about how frightening, yet astonishing that would be. If aliens have, or ever will, discover this planet, what will they think about shit like black caimans, great whites, anacondas/pythons, etc. I like to think that our wild animals are just as crazy as we imagine alien animals to be.

[@HRX6.4]

Lexi is about to sweat the suit through 😂

[@sepsification]

Love this guy..best jungle stories

[@hocuzgetaction]

Jaguar: Hold my beer.

[@donnybrasco9330]

I was gonna say how are they an apex predator when Jags actively hunt them? Lol

[@Herbster41]

Jags hunt speckled caiman. Big difference.

[@Alps6408]

The jaguars only hunt the small spectacled caiman… a Jag wouldn’t dare go near a black caiman.

[@user-vc6]

Jaguars have killed black caiman on camera. The Massive black caïman over 12 feet like your imaging are just a fraction of the species. Black Caiman are generally a fish eating species they don’t kill jaguars and jaguars free swim around the Amazon

[@oWo4L]

There’s several videos of FULL GROWN jags being pulled out of giant caimans stomachs. Jags don’t stand a chance.

[@urbanapache2]

Same dude who couldn't wrap his arms around the Anaconda cause it was so wide. Wider than anything seen before in that species.

[@Murphys_Law9]

🤣 no pictures

[@urbanapache2]

@@Dan-mm1yl Yup! full of it.

[@jaystat6545]

Clearly he meant fingers to thumbs just needs a constant google translation. Try Nuanced Bullshido to English. That's what I used...

[@zipa1908]

Yes because you’ve been to every corner of the earth and know exactly what does and doesn’t exist

[@zipa1908]

@@Murphys_Law9how’d your investment do in that brain dead nft pfp?

[@JAMO31147]

Les looks high AF.... He must be on a Haia Waska trip... LOL

[@Nlss_]

Ayahuasca

[@nozrep]

lol yah but I suspect he’s probably just exhausted from all their trekking through the jungle. Would make sense to be physically tired after some jungle expeditions but you still gotta do the podcast. No doubt it’s normal for humans to appear high or slightly aloof when we are simply physically exhausted

[@frankfowlkes7872]

The Black Caiman is actually a member of the Alligator family is not a Crocodile.

[@Dr0ptop]

How can u type something so wrong while having Google available from the same device u posted this dumb comment on

[@Ghostdog4]

Nice Story Bro! Lets see some pics of the Otter taking you to the Caiman.

[@ZeekoRamen]

Funny how you're saying that when a few minutes later Lex shows footage of him catching a Caymen in the river further proving there's no reason for him to lie. I guess the footage is faked tho, right...

[@Murphys_Law9]

@@ZeekoRamenwhere’s the footage of the snake wider than he can wrap his arms around… oh wait

[@lanceludwig5349]

@@Murphys_Law9 most snakes that might get that big live in really underdeveloped places where they can feed on whatever they come across. Bigger prey sometimes means bigger predator. I seen one about as big as he referred to. At a zoo in Florida when I was a kid. I don’t have a picture but it was huge. I guess the rhino we saw before that also didn’t piss on my tire cause I didn’t take a picture.

[@lanceludwig5349]

@@Murphys_Law9I guess my uncle also didn’t put raw meat in the back of his el Camino and the lions didn’t jump in the bed cause he didn’t have a picture. I bet you don’t have a brain cause you never took a picture of your brain.

[@russetbulba3199]

Lots of mushrooms prior to that conversation for sure.

[@jasonmaes6021]

I love it when otters talk to me, let’s me know those shrooms were as good as the hippie said they would be.

[@readynowforever3676]

Wait, captivating to say the least-but no video footage of these mesmerizing encounters-in 2024 ? It makes sound like Greek mythology or something biblical or quranic.

[@jwr3289]

Or plain old bullshi.....

[@MichaelPK03]

If you watch the entire podcast on his channel he mentions he has all the footage captured and he will be sharing it next week

[@nozrep]

it’s a weakness of our modern times that we have gotten to the point where even though somebody is in fact doing an actual thing, we have the tendency to not believe it if no video or pictures exist. Dude has plenty of videos of and pics doing the actual stuff. Maybe not this one particular thing however.

[@Clark-fy9wh]

I just love listening to Mr Rosalie tall about his adventures in the Amazon they should interview him more often

[@theloniousMac]

What the Caiman was really saying was "Hey you! Mr. opposing thumbs! Grab one of these otters when I get them all riled up, I'll split it with you!"

[@fontomfrom]

😂

[@bigimportantman1544]

The Jaguar is undoubtedly the Apex Predator in the Amazon.

[@HoboWithAShotgun]

No they get eaten by black caimans and anacondas.

[@melanosuchus]

Black caiman are known to kill jaguars in the past and I’ve been told many interactions between them, all in favor of adult black caiman in normal situations.

[@stevenpham6734]

you can't talk about caimen without talking about their bosses - the jaguars!

[@5tnblnkt]

There's no way a jaguar is messing with an adult black caiman, all the videos you see of jaguars attacking caimans are just juveniles or yacare caimans.

[@dannyboy3362]

@@5tnblnktfacts

[@MichaelPK03]

@@5tnblnktthere is a reason they actively hunt humans. They have been the apex in there habitat since the dinosaurs.

[@SlimSavageBlanco]

​@@5tnblnkt You're wrong dude. Jags get on their back and toy with them. I've seen it on an old Disney wildlife movie.

[@5tnblnkt]

@@SlimSavageBlanco not adult caiman brother

[@Kingleo_1000]

This guy has been exposed for over exaggerating and making shit up as he goes along

[@Beetwate305]

Like Joe Rogan?

[@robertregis2470]

Otter: hold my beer broski

[@michaelolson571]

I remember returning from the river to our hut and seeing all the locals standing around. As we got closer we saw they had killed a black caimen about 12-13 feet long and super fat. The little tributary and river is where we had been swimming hours earlier. Supposedly they're more mild than other alligators or crocs, but it didnt' make me feel any better. This was about 30 miles outside of Iquitos.

[@melanosuchus]

Black caiman are actually far more aggressive than American alligators with similar temperament to species like the Orinoco, American, and Mugger Crocodiles, they do go after man occasionally but it’s still rare. Also they’re a protected species, considered endangered in Peru so it’s very sad to see you found one essentially poached.

[@freehahahafree]

It’s the internet so I shouldn’t be surprised but I honestly didn’t expect to see the amount of hate for this man in this comment section. He does honorable work and uses his knowledge and experience to educate others. And as a bonus he happens to be an excellent storyteller. I guess you really can’t please all the people all the time.

[@jacobisraeli3404]

Jaguars are the apex predator

[@Cody38Super]

For Christ's sake, thank you!! I wrote the same thing. "How can you call them Apex!? Jaguars prey on them all throughout their life cycle!". I get to hung up on "proper" shit sometimes, but how can you expect someone to take your content seriously, when you can't get that right? Would you listen to N.D.T. if he called our Sun a "Super Massive Star"?

[@Alps6408]

@@Cody38Super Eh, Jags eat the smaller caiman species like the spectacled… the black Caiman is a monster and is the Apex predator, a Jag wouldn’t even dream of messing with a large adult… 16ft+

[@rebel4721]

This guys nose what he’s talking about.

[@thomasbrown7199]

“Jamie pull up that video of a river otter telling a colonist come blow some trees by the Amazon river bank”

[@JungleJargon]

Yeah I swam with everything in the Amazon and I was shocked by an electric eel.

[@skylershank9309]

Nothing messes.with giant River otters

[@Grant-gk5mw]

Hippo bites harder than any croc

[@romilnathan1207]

Nah

[@rockyevans1584]

Big salties bite harder than hippos actually. Crocs and hippos keep swapping the title of most deadly animal outside of skeeters

[@fabiomgm1293]

It fascinates me how fast they are at swimming.

[@theflamingo2968]

“We found a Scorpion 🦂 that looked exactly like the Rock from the mummy, he was pointing and laughing at the otters taunting the caiman…”

[@thedadlife247]

the apex predator of the amazon is the jaguar they rip those things apart.

[@TheNotorious54]

No. Not a big black caiman. Maybe a baby or juvenile

[@Cody38Super]

No, adults. All throughout their later life cycle, but not hatchling or juvenile, to small and fast when they're that young. Jaguar DO NOT GIVE A FUCK, SON ! And they will absolutely crush that Diapsid double finestra skull.

[@melanosuchus]

@@Cody38Superblack caiman are mentioned to me several times by locals and in old literature to kill jaguars more than the other way around.

[@blu12031985]

How the fuck is a crocodile a apex predator ...... in general

[@archman]

What about Jaguars? I'm not sure which Cayman they hunt and eat?

[@prithvipramod8653]

Usually spectacled caiman which are far smaller.

[@marloncampbell4708]

Anaconda be like, " yup that's why I eat them" LOL

[@melanosuchus]

Black caiman actually eat even the largest of anacondas, anacondas eat smaller species

[@Meowhsss]

I like his passion, but otters were not talking to him in any for verbal or non-verbal.

[@johnathancena5067]

I was already skeptical of clicking on this video because of this guys stories and ofc he immediately starts with river otters taking to him 💀💀💀

[@just_golds]

You look uncomfortably hot in that suit Lex.

[@GoogleVideoMan]

Worth it

[@uprebel5150]

Wolves are thriving in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In fact, there is a bill in the US House of Representatives requiring them to be taken off the endangered species list and return management to the states they reside in. Like Wisconsin and Minnesota in addition to Michigan. I cannot wait because I have seen them frequently. They have even been in my yard. All the small mammals in my area have literally disappeared over the last decade in addition to dwindling the deer population. Everything is currently out of balance.

[@sylvesterstanton7488]

No, things are returning to the correct balance when the apex predators where killed to extinction.

[@madtownangler]

My parents live near a pack of wolves. When they don't hear the coyotes at night it means the wolf pack is in their area.

[@T7-RALLY]

Woah lex freedman is a black belt

[@siggifreud812]

yes. ACME jui jitsu academy. Wiley was his instructor.

[@beatingu8347]

This dude watched the same video we all did. Lmao the Caiman vs Otters family is all over KZbin.

[@melanosuchus]

The one on KZbin is a juvenile black caiman as well not no 15 ft+, this guy is spewing crap

[@Putmeincoachplease]

Don't Jaguars merc these Caimans all the time

[@tylerrobertson2660]

Baby caimans not 6ft or bigger ones

[@user-vc6]

4 feet is a joke for reptiles ( they’re all length) iguana hit that size... a jaguar Is around 6 feet . They been filmed killing caiman much bigger then themselves. One swam up to a island and picked up a 7+ foot caiman like a bag of takeout. Then ran off, like 2/10 difficulty and the 2 was for swimming … you do speak some truth as They don’t really attack massive caiman that get over 12 feet. . ( keep in mind loads crazy things happen in nature, but it’s not normal)

[@spiritofalaska]

not the 800 pound ones.

[@tannermcguire7713]

There a video of a female jag catching a 13ft caiman in open water

[@CHECKMATE-js6uo]

No those are spectacled caimans these caimans can eat any other other animal in Amazon

[@heyisforhorses9875]

Lex is 🔥

[@99guspuppet8]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ oh Amazon fantasy land time

[@Paul-q3m7k]

So you’re saying I might be able to get some black gator skin boots …..

[@CarlosFlores-ty1lt]

The jaguar didn’t received the memo…

[@scottythetrex5197]

Yes, there are really three apex predators in the Amazon: the black caiman, the jaguar, and the anaconda. All three regularly kill each other. Nobody is really at the top.

[@therunningman1]

Cool story bro

[@nozrep]

best comment

[@joeyfung-i]

Game of Thrones Croc head the size of half the table 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JungleJargon]

I used to swim with cayman all the time.

[@freegame8628]

This guy 100% believes the animals talk to him....and i believe him

[@dannyortega5272]

Love the respect to the pod by staying committed to the suit, I would of hated if you wore anything similar to the guest shirt.

[@henrynunez6991]

paul actually forced him to wear it if watch the full pod

[@Ruktiet]

Would HAVE. I thought this was a podcast for intellectuals but you don’t even know basic English.

[@JPalazzolo31]

Did Black Caiman really actually get hunted to the point of being endangered? I feel like their territory range is so vast and they are so elusive that there may have been many more than suspected

[@melanosuchus]

Yes they did, the killing was excessive and caused a 99% decline in the species despite their great numbers and adaptability, even today the poaching persist but much less people have a reason to kill them aside for meat now.

[@steveroonie37]

Dayummm, that dude has a HONKER!

[@Reclusive247]

If you're going to own a large apex predator, you absolutely have to establish dominance early on. I had a tiger cub, and to demonstrate my power, I put it's head in a hydraulic press. Unfortunately he passed on 😢 due to complications. But he definitely knew who was alpha in our relationship.

[@catsnads01]

I had a similar situation with our kitten when I asserted dominance by means of a flamethrower. RIP Tom.

[@theodopholous6407]

Also known as the "bad credit" cayman

[@iitim2152]

If anyone is curious that is fairly normal behavior for river otters. They are very dangerous, and will attack people as well.

[@Sonstbenannt]

a equivalent to tanks are bugs. A Croc or Alli is like a hydraulic press. I somehow believe that those animals somewhat cook their food by the pressure that their jaw build.

[@gordongannon40]

Yay🎉#1 on Lex clips

[@JamesWilson-iu6iz]

Strength builds vs maidenless Dex users

[@aflippingg4340]

Black belt ? We need to check this

[@yaketysmack5512]

Ck it. It's true.

[@AbcXyz-rn2lz]

I was hoping lex was going to look at unexplored ancient civilation stuff looking for lost tech. Ecology stuff is good too, though

[@Cooper-ju4uj]

The Killer Whale has a bigger bite force then a Salt Water Croc

[@urosjelovac3480]

I want to come work for Paul and learn from him. How do I contact him?

[@raddastronaut]

Where’s JJ? I wanna hear his stories. Should record this stuff.

[@kuruptMF]

Black caiman are easy prey for the Apex predator of the Amazon the Jaguar

[@melanosuchus]

lol no, black caiman dwarf jaguars and have killed them several times, the one you see jaguars killing is a much smaller species called Yacare caiman that eats almost entirely fish.

[@kuruptMF]

@@melanosuchus my money is on the elusive and formidable jaguar...easy food

[@OfficialJanitor]

This podcast setting is insane. They are not actually in the jungle right?

[@abrahamgladstone9626]

Yeah thats pauls woodland studio

[@nozrep]

i’d rather not have a bit of a misunderstanding with any caiman😅

[@5dollarshake263]

I like this dude but literally all his stories are the equivalent of a "based on a true story" movie. He is a compulsive exaggerator.

[@samkreider259]

How do u know if you weren’t their?

[@Dan-mm1yl]

​@@samkreider259 Easy to spot bs it's humans 6th sense comes with co habitation with other humans for 100 of thousands of years

[@ZeekoRamen]

And you know this how? He's spent years of his life in the Amazon while also learning from a man who's known the Amazon his whole life. I'd expect these stories to be true coming from a man like him.

[@smashtoad]

You're right. The otter asked him to follow him, cause the river otter knew instinctively that he was an awesome hero of the forest.

[@MtMichaelT]

You’re wrong. Why are you here then? Bye 👋

[@elitehvm7360]

That’s one river otter 🦦

[@JungleJargon]

Everything flies in the Amazon pretty much.

[@paulsmyth3580]

shades of timmy treadwell

[@slimrick]

Cats mess these things up jaguar runs that jungle no ?

[@Onestringpuppet]

Is there any video footage of your trip there? Anything at all, other than this one scene we're seeing over and over again. If not, why not?? You could of just filled your office with plant's and invited this guy to texas 😅 why no footage yet?

[@MtMichaelT]

Good work Paul !

[@norcalreppin1]

Whos idea was it to set the desk up in the jungle and put a suit on.

[@azfarakbar5259]

Wait till he meets the salties in Australia

[@klkiley2922]

Multiple eyes? They have more than two? Crazy.

[@jackrobinson6602]

Multiple caiman

[@sonnyhutchins3141]

Yet jaguar merk them....

[@WesleyNiman]

Dr. Doolittle over here..

[@etherspire]

The title is wrong to affect traffic don't feed the click-baiters

[@therunningman1]

He talks like that tripped out, stoned weirdo at the party

[@AustinBunyard]

Are there any american crocodiles in the amazon

[@JungleJargon]

Amazon is the greatest pretty much.

[@joelanthonyalvarado6947]

Doesn’t jaguars 🐆 eat those

[@dannyboy3362]

Yeah they only target the smaller ones. Not the big ones. The juveniles.

[@joelanthonyalvarado6947]

@@dannyboy3362 Forsure

[@zacharyshyaka1534]

This guy is so hard to listen too😮‍💨 I love nature and animals and listening to stories about animal encounters and deep excursions into the wild but this guy.. I just can’t. Am I alone?

[@zacharyshyaka1534]

Well I just read the comment section lol, should have read before commenting😂

[@j.l1007]

Jaguars hunt the caimans sometimes lol think how bad a mf u gotta be them Jaguars built different

[@melanosuchus]

A small fish eating species of caiman called Yacare caiman is what they hunt not black caiman, they can only hunt juvenile-subadult black caiman

[@NotYourFriendPal]

Everyone knows a guy like this. 90% of his stories are true but the 10% of BS standout like a neon sign.

[@jamellabruna6092]

Like to see he’s thought on lion

[@forevergooner4400]

Swimming in a wild animals habitat is absolutely absurd. If you do die no tears over here

[@jamisonberry4289]

Can someone tell me what watch Paul is wearing? I love it

[@nozrep]

he appears to be wearing a cotton tshirt of some sort or another. my take anyways😮

[@rockyevans1584]

​@@nozrepmight be wearing pants too

[@faraznotyou963]

So when is this show going on Disney+? 😆

[@marierademacher3100]

He cind of seems like a person who likes to hear himself

[@goatbaaad3711]

Damn so y’all not inviting Joe into this conversation?