Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God - A Lex Fridman Podcast

In this 15 May 2024 video, Lex Fridman traveled to the Amazon jungle in Peru to stay onsite and interview Paul Rosolie, a naturalist, explorer, author and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest.

Living snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica and on most smaller land masses. Exceptions include some large islands, such as Ireland, Iceland, Greenland and the islands of New Zealand, as well as many small islands of the Atlantic and central Pacific oceans. Additionally, sea snakes are widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans. Around thirty families are currently recognized, comprising about 520 genera and about 3,900 species.

https://youtu.be/pwN8u6HFH8U

OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:07 – Amazon jungle
4:25 – Bushmaster snakes
15:51 – Black caiman
34:11 – Rhinos
37:25 – Anacondas
1:07:42 – Mammals
1:19:48 – Piranhas
1:30:38 – Aliens
1:48:23 – Elephants
1:59:40 – Origin of life
2:12:59 – Explorers
2:26:16 – Ayahuasca
2:34:41 – Deep jungle expedition
2:48:48 – Jane Goodall
2:51:19 – Theodore Roosevelt
3:02:15 – Alone show
3:12:01 – Protecting the rainforest
3:28:14 – Snake makes appearance
3:36:25 – Uncontacted tribes
3:49:49 – Mortality
3:51:17 – Steve Irwin
3:58:57 – God

Junglekeepers conserves threatened habitat in the vitally important Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. The Las Piedras watershed is part of the Andes/Amazon hotspot—one of the most biodiverse and pristine areas on earth.

This forest is home to tens of millions of trees, numerous indigenous communities and untold numbers of animal heartbeats. In recent decades new roads, illegal logging, poaching and gold mining have begun to seriously degrade the ancient forest that is the source of life in this region.

Junglekeepers Rangers patrol and safeguard almost 77,000 acres of this incredible landscape.

This threatened ecosystem is incredibly diverse, pristine and home to some of the last isolated tribes on earth.