Santiago Duran's Secrets

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Santiago Duran was a jungle badass. He once killed an 11 foot electric eel opened the back of the things neck removed the nerve that he says was the source of the electric then he cut his forearm placed that nerve into his forearm wrapped it with a dead sword and continued to be a jungle badass until the day he quietly leaned back at a barbecue and ceased to be alive. The man was incredible but the secret that he told us was that if you want to find big anacondas you have to go to the Boiyo, which is what we came to call the floating forest. And so he sent us there and it became like this. This pilgrimage in the Amazon

Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, explorer, author, filmmaker, real life Tarzan, and founder of Junglekeepers which today protects over 50,000 acres of threatened habitat. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:09) – Amazon rainforest
(17:24) – Discovery of the Amazon
(22:00) – Werner Herzog
(28:06) – Jane Goodall
(41:55) – Anacondas
(1:05:44) – Eaten Alive
(1:18:08) – Joe Rogan
(1:26:28) – Surviving in the Amazon
(1:53:39) – Uncontacted tribes in the Amazon
(2:03:34) – Surrounded by black caiman crocodiles
(2:21:11) – Graham Hancock and ancient civilizations
(2:26:43) – Aliens
(2:56:44) – Climate change
(3:01:55) – Jordan Peterson
(3:19:17) – Hunting
(3:26:33) – Ayahuasca
(3:35:00) – Meaning of life