Uncontacted Peoples, The Amazon, and Junglekeepers | The MeatEater Podcast Ep. 934

Steven Rinella talks with Paul Rosolie about the Amazon, crazy jungle critters, arguing with indigenous people, dolphin intercourse, Chinese in the Amazon, and more!

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Chapters:
0:00 – Guest intro and the bullet ant initiation
9:07 – Amazon's worst stings: wasps, ants, and a killer caterpillar
17:03 – Amazon folklore and an 11-foot bushmaster standoff
22:09 – The candiru fish myth and Amazon mermaid legends
27:58 – Freshwater dolphins and what "the Amazon" really means
38:35 – Mapping the Amazon across 8 countries
44:02 – 20% of the Amazon is already gone
53:37 – How illegal logging in the Amazon actually works
1:08:11 – How land ownership works in the Amazon
1:13:35 – Turning loggers into rangers
1:19:22 – Uncontacted tribes of the Amazon, explained
1:26:32 – A rare meeting with an uncontacted tribe
1:33:03 – An uncontacted tribe put an arrow through his friend
1:38:17 – What happens when first contact goes wrong
1:43:26 – Jungle Keepers' dollars-to-acres funding model
1:49:50 – Narco traffickers put a price on his head
1:55:40 – From a kid in New Jersey to protecting the Amazon
2:00:43 – Closing thoughts and how to help