Inside the World’s Deadliest Jungle: Snakes, Tigers & Survival | Paul Rosolie | FO500 Raj Shamani
4/23/20262 hr 35 min
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(00:00) - Intro
(03:26) - Who is Paul Rosolie?
(04:37) - When did he first think about becoming a jungle keeper?
(07:34) - Amazon & learning through experience
(16:56) - Difference between Indian jungles & Amazon
(22:10) - Do animals in Indian forests & the Amazon behave differently?
(25:59) - Elephants are very smart
(29:33) - The two loggers who were killed by uncontacted tribes
(36:50) - Understanding snakes
(54:21) - What was the exact moment he stopped being afraid of animals?
(57:49) - What was a moment that made him afraid?
(1:00:02) - His deadly encounter with an elephant
(1:04:39) - The difference between the fear he felt with an elephant & with an anaconda
(1:08:50) - Getting infected by tularemia in India
(1:12:01) - Difference between a tiger & a jaguar
(1:13:49) - How does he convince animal rights activists to let him do certain things?
(1:22:56) - What to do if a snake bites you?
(1:34:24) - His encounter with an anaconda
(1:37:05) - Amazon at night: a festival of s*x & death
(1:40:13) - What is the jungle like at 3 am for a human being?
(1:46:52) - Incident where the narcos wanted him & JJ dead
(1:56:31) - What’s the most disturbing illegal thing being traded?
(2:01:29) - What are rangers and a person he turned into a ranger
(2:09:42) - What’s the most human thing he does after coming back home?
(2:11:03) - Removing ants will collapse the ecological system
(2:17:22) - What’s one thing in illegal trade normal people don’t know about?
(2:21:11) - One animal that’s on the verge of extinction
(2:22:56) - Do humans & animals have the same emotions?
(2:26:41) - What’s his endgame now?
(2:31:23) - Why should people donate to the Amazon Rainforest?
(2:32:52) - BTS
(2:33:49) - Outro
In today’s episode, we sit down with Paul Rosolie, American conservationist, to talk about life inside the jungle and the reality of wildlife conservation.He shares how he built Junglekeepers, his experiences in the Western Ghats and the Amazon, and why India’s jungles can feel more unpredictable. We discuss how animals actually think, why snakes avoid humans, and moments where animals showed unexpected behavior, from elephant kindness to close encounters with massive snakes.Subscribe for more such conversations.
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First 90 secondsPaul Rosolie· Guest0:00
[tense music] [exhales] Ooh, she didn't wanna be kissed.
Raj Shamani· Host0:03
She doesn't like that.
Paul Rosolie· Guest0:04
No.
Raj Shamani· Host0:06
This- Dun, dun, dun, dun. This is a Burmese python. You ever been in this position on a podcast before? [laughs] [laughs] You were charged by an elephant in India.
Paul Rosolie· Guest0:20
There was, like, a field with beautiful trees. A wild elephant just starts screaming and then just smacks a tree with his trunk. The tree flew apart, and I started running through the forest. Zi- zi- zi- zi, and finally we get to the edge of the stream. And so I just jumped, and I rolled down the 12 feet and landed on my back, poof, into the stream, and the elephant gets to the edge of this cliff. He was so pissed, he picked up a stick, raised the stick up in his trunk, and threw the stick at me, and the stick, poof, right next to my head. And I was like, "I'm alive."
Raj Shamani· Host0:46
In this 500th special episode of Figuring Out, we have Paul Rosolie, a conservationist and author known for going where most people wouldn't even dare to look. You've tracked tigers on foot in India.
Paul Rosolie· Guest0:59
When you see a tiger in the wild, they're so big, and their paws are so massive, and there's only, what, 5,000 of them left on Earth, and it's one of the greatest terrestrial predators we've ever had. There's nothing else like a tiger.
Raj Shamani· Host1:11
If you wanna understand what's really happening inside the world's most dangerous and important rainforest, this episode is a must-watch. You've said that Amazon at night is a festival of sex and death.
Paul Rosolie· Guest1:23
Call the Amazon the greatest natural battlefield on Earth because in every acre of these vast, tremendous