#164 - Strange Ancient Discoveries are Being Made in the Amazon Rainforest | Paul Rosolie

Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, explorer, author, filmmaker, and “real-life Tarzan.” For much of the past 17 years, Paul has lived deep in the Amazon rainforest protecting endangered species and trees from poachers, loggers, and the foreign nations funding them. EPISODE LINKS JungleKeepers: https://www.junglekeepers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulrosolie JOIN OUR KULT: https://bit.ly/koncretepatreon Danny https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny Outline 0:00 - Introduction 0:52 - Moving to the Amazon rainforest 3:00 - How the jungles changes you 7:10 - Snakes 20:23- Getting eaten by an Anaconda 32:53- Why the Amazon jungle is dying 46:08- Economics of the rainforest 55:24- Rogue gold mining operations 59:26- Piranha 1:06:30- Uncontacted tribes 1:27:07- How the Amazon river was formed 1:34:53- Ancient civilizations 1:44:17- Pyramids in the Amazon 1:49:44- Hunter / gatherer chemistry 2:00:37- Violence & murder 2:13:55- Human nature & desperation 2:17:06- Hopeful future 2:23:54- Cocaine manufacturing

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