Full podcast episode: czcams.com/video/pwN8u6HFH8U/video.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: czcams.com/users/lexfridman 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
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 😅
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
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.
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
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 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.
@@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.
For the most part they are shy, but make no mistake, my friend went on a fishing trip and while with the net on the river a black caiman rushed in and bit him, it held him for 30min while 2 others tried to get it off. He lost his arm and was rushed to the hospital nearly dying in the process
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😂
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
I'm sure the otters had some fun in their task, but I tend to think it was as much a lesson to the Caiman, it's them letting that dumb reptile know that we ain't food. That this is OUR territory and if you want some more we got all you want. Dolphins do it to Sharks, they'll start battering a shark from all angles and the shark can't get out of there fast enough. The dolphins may enjoy it to some degree, but they don't go out of their way to do it. Otters aren't suicidal, sure they're faster, quicker, and smarter, but fucking with a caiman just for fun seems dumb. The risk/reward playing with what is essentially a dinosaur that survived seems more risk than reward. But what do I know?
Lex, Paul, I was born in the Amazon. I lived in the middle of the jungle for months on end, where Paul refers to - in the Brazilian jungle, at least. He is right the Caymans do not attack people frequently, but there are several communities which live in "palafitas" houses close to the river bed, they are little communities, far, far away from everything. Sometimes kids don't necessarily exert the same level of awareness as an adult would when approaching these majestic creatures, so an elder would come and kill it, for the sake of security, rather than to eat. Of course, loggers could also do the same, but it would be more unlikely because the cayman runs away when they hear the sound of the chainsaws. One human in my scenario is indigenous to the region very much like the cayman, the other is an alien.
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?
jumping in the Amazon River and swimming in the area of apex predators just isn’t smart. You’re an adrenaline junkie. I’m the same way on a motorcycle. Going 100mph on highways isn’t smart. I love & respect your passion for wildlife.
Full podcast episode: czcams.com/video/pwN8u6HFH8U/video.html
Lex Fridman podcast channel: czcams.com/users/lexfridman
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
Aye bro let’s work together?
If this dude and Neil Degrasse Tyson walked into a room that only had one microphone it would be a fight to the death.
Until they got eaten by an alligator dude
With spikes on it and hot lava, kinda like bowser is super Mario dude.
Except Neil is full of shit and every time he speaks you want to jam screwdrivers in your ears
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 😅
Need the funding bud haha
12:34 "I dont know anyone who has been eaten by a black caiman" shit made me giggle, like how would you lol
You can’t be this stupid 😂😂
Dude basically lives in the jungle but yeah lol
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
@nozrep what u yapping ab 🤣 he just said a joke because how could u know anyone thats been eaten 😂
Don’t think people above caught your joke 😂
He's definitely a storyteller ey
This dude can spin a yarn. One of the best story tellers out there.
Nah
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.
Jaguar: Hold my beer.
I was gonna say how are they an apex predator when Jags actively hunt them? Lol
I totally thought Lex was going to transform into Tarzan in his trip to the Amazon jungle 😂
But it's just Lex being Lex, even wearing his suit.
Lex wears the same suit just to go out for drinks or go hit it up in Vegas 😂😂
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
I keep thinking he's going to start singing metal. Haha.
He looks like the guy from system of a down.
Lol which guy from System Of A Down? Sergio? Or whatever his name is.. lol
Yup Serge.
😂
Nice Story Bro! Lets see some pics of the Otter taking you to the Caiman.
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...
@@Kopite96where’s the footage of the snake wider than he can wrap his arms around… oh wait
@@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.
@@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.
Lots of mushrooms prior to that conversation for sure.
Sounds like otters are the true apex predators
Black Caiman commit a disproportionate amount of Jungle crime
Its always a corny whyte supremest with their lame corny jokes
👀👀👀😎😎😎😎
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😅
Black caiman lives matter 😢
Love this guy..best jungle stories
For the most part they are shy, but make no mistake, my friend went on a fishing trip and while with the net on the river a black caiman rushed in and bit him, it held him for 30min while 2 others tried to get it off. He lost his arm and was rushed to the hospital nearly dying in the process
On the plus side, he lost 20 pounds
@@archmage_of_the_aether we don't suffer from obesity here
@@user-zl8ve4un7p I'm glad for your community
Plus who's arm weighs 20 pounds.
@@sylvesterstanton7488 do you even lift bro
"Suit (Run) through the Jungle" - Creedance Clearwater Revival
? What?
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😂
Same dude who couldn't wrap his arms around the Anaconda cause it was so wide. Wider than anything seen before in that species.
🤣 no pictures
@@Dan-mm1yl Yup! full of it.
Clearly he meant fingers to thumbs just needs a constant google translation. Try Nuanced Bullshido to English. That's what I used...
Yes because you’ve been to every corner of the earth and know exactly what does and doesn’t exist
@@Murphys_Law9how’d your investment do in that brain dead nft pfp?
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.
🤣 he talks the talk he's doesn't walk shit
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!"
😂
Lexi is about to sweat the suit through 😂
Why the fuck doesn’t he ever have camera footage of these big wild ass stories
you can't talk about caimen without talking about their bosses - the jaguars!
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.
@@5tnblnktfacts
@@5tnblnktthere is a reason they actively hunt humans. They have been the apex in there habitat since the dinosaurs.
@@5tnblnkt You're wrong dude. Jags get on their back and toy with them. I've seen it on an old Disney wildlife movie.
@@SlimSavageBlanco not adult caiman brother
I just love listening to Mr Rosalie tall about his adventures in the Amazon they should interview him more often
Yay🎉#1 on Lex clips
The jaguar didn’t received the memo…
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.
Or plain old bullshi.....
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
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.
Otter: hold my beer broski
The Black Caiman is actually a member of the Alligator family is not a Crocodile.
How can u type something so wrong while having Google available from the same device u posted this dumb comment on
Good work Paul !
I want to come work for Paul and learn from him. How do I contact him?
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.
Les looks high AF.... He must be on a Haia Waska trip... LOL
Ayahuasca
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
Nothing messes.with giant River otters
Are there any american crocodiles in the amazon
Lex is 🔥
This guy has been exposed for over exaggerating and making shit up as he goes along
Like Joe Rogan?
I love it when otters talk to me, let’s me know those shrooms were as good as the hippie said they would be.
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.
Anaconda be like, " yup that's why I eat them" LOL
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 💀💀💀
Can someone tell me what watch Paul is wearing? I love it
he appears to be wearing a cotton tshirt of some sort or another. my take anyways😮
@@nozrepmight be wearing pants too
“We found a Scorpion 🦂 that looked exactly like the Rock from the mummy, he was pointing and laughing at the otters taunting the caiman…”
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ oh Amazon fantasy land time
You look uncomfortably hot in that suit Lex.
Worth it
Woah lex freedman is a black belt
yes. ACME jui jitsu academy. Wiley was his instructor.
Why did they used to sell cayman at the pet store
Cool story bro
best comment
I was hoping lex was going to look at unexplored ancient civilation stuff looking for lost tech. Ecology stuff is good too, though
I like his passion, but otters were not talking to him in any for verbal or non-verbal.
Jaguars are the apex predator
The Killer Whale has a bigger bite force then a Salt Water Croc
Where’s JJ?
I wanna hear his stories.
Should record this stuff.
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.
paul actually forced him to wear it if watch the full pod
Would HAVE. I thought this was a podcast for intellectuals but you don’t even know basic English.
So when is this show going on Disney+? 😆
Game of Thrones Croc head the size of half the table 😂😂😂😂😂
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.
No, things are returning to the correct balance when the apex predators where killed to extinction.
the apex predator of the amazon is the jaguar they rip those things apart.
No. Not a big black caiman. Maybe a baby or juvenile
Don't Jaguars merc these Caimans all the time
Baby caimans not 6ft or bigger ones
There they are 🌪️
What about Jaguars? I'm not sure which Cayman they hunt and eat?
Usually spectacled caiman which are far smaller.
Hippo bites harder than any croc
Nah
Big salties bite harder than hippos actually. Crocs and hippos keep swapping the title of most deadly animal outside of skeeters
This podcast setting is insane. They are not actually in the jungle right?
Yeah thats pauls woodland studio
Black belt ? We need to check this
Ck it. It's true.
How the fuck is a crocodile a apex predator ...... in general
That’s one river otter 🦦
Whos idea was it to set the desk up in the jungle and put a suit on.
shades of timmy treadwell
Yoooooo that’s crazy
i’d rather not have a bit of a misunderstanding with any caiman😅
The Jaguar is undoubtedly the Apex Predator in the Amazon.
JJ isn’t real. I’m convinced
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.
Multiple eyes? They have more than two? Crazy.
Multiple caiman
Black caiman are easy prey for the Apex predator of the Amazon the Jaguar
He cind of seems like a person who likes to hear himself
man i tell you wot fellas and fellettes, this guy is great!😅
Like to see he’s thought on lion
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?
Well I just read the comment section lol, should have read before commenting😂
He talks like that tripped out, stoned weirdo at the party
This guys nose what he’s talking about.
Jaguars hunt the caimans sometimes lol think how bad a mf u gotta be them Jaguars built different
So you obviously took a photo right?
Its all fun and games,until someone gets EATEN ! 😂
Swimming in a wild animals habitat is absolutely absurd. If you do die no tears over here
This dude is gonna come back with a hand missing one day mark my words.
It’s not a crocodile though. Come on Lex 😂
Doesn’t jaguars 🐆 eat those
Yeah they only target the smaller ones. Not the big ones. The juveniles.
@@dannyboy3362 Forsure
I'm sure the otters had some fun in their task, but I tend to think it was as much a lesson to the Caiman, it's them letting that dumb reptile know that we ain't food. That this is OUR territory and if you want some more we got all you want. Dolphins do it to Sharks, they'll start battering a shark from all angles and the shark can't get out of there fast enough. The dolphins may enjoy it to some degree, but they don't go out of their way to do it. Otters aren't suicidal, sure they're faster, quicker, and smarter, but fucking with a caiman just for fun seems dumb. The risk/reward playing with what is essentially a dinosaur that survived seems more risk than reward. But what do I know?
Yet jaguar merk them....
Lex, Paul, I was born in the Amazon. I lived in the middle of the jungle for months on end, where Paul refers to - in the Brazilian jungle, at least. He is right the Caymans do not attack people frequently, but there are several communities which live in "palafitas" houses close to the river bed, they are little communities, far, far away from everything. Sometimes kids don't necessarily exert the same level of awareness as an adult would when approaching these majestic creatures, so an elder would come and kill it, for the sake of security, rather than to eat. Of course, loggers could also do the same, but it would be more unlikely because the cayman runs away when they hear the sound of the chainsaws. One human in my scenario is indigenous to the region very much like the cayman, the other is an alien.
That is intriguing. Where do you live now? How much time did you spend there? You speak very good English for someone born in South or central America
Surely the American Crocodile is king?
The animal was asking me to come with him. This guy always exaggerates one step too far
Cats mess these things up jaguar runs that jungle no ?
The bearded man slowly comes from the shadows.
Yall believe this guy he’s full of it
This comment section too funny😂😂 all y’all in y’all feelings like y’all know him personally lol
Giant river otters are mean
What about Jaguars?
They eat caiman.
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?
I like Paul but his little mannerisms would be super annoying after 6 months in the Amazon
jumping in the Amazon River and swimming in the area of apex predators just isn’t smart. You’re an adrenaline junkie. I’m the same way on a motorcycle. Going 100mph on highways isn’t smart. I love & respect your passion for wildlife.