The Most Dangerous Things in the Rainforest
The Rainforest can be Dangerous! The Amazon Rainforest, a tangle of green, full of stories about dangerous creatures and disappearances, what is the most dangerous thing in this Jungle? and how do you survive its grasp? In this video I seek a legend deep in the Amazon, a forest being called the Chullachaki. Leading people astray this myth informs us on what people fear about the Amazon. I also seek out the home of the Chullachaki, mysterious places called devil's gardens, which have unique biology. While not tended by a forest spirit, devil's gardens, or Supay chakra, are created by a special ant.
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Sources
1. Disney. (2021). Jungle Cruise. Disney Plus.
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3. Singing to the Plants | A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon: Chullachaqui: Singing to the plants. (2007, December 23). Retrieved March 2, 2022, from https://singingtotheplants.com/2007/1...
4. BBC News: Devilish ants control the garden. 21 September 2005. Retrieved August 12, 2006.
5. Shwartz, Mark (2005-09-26). "Ants, not evil spirits, create poisonous devil's gardens in the Amazon rainforest". Stanford University. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
6. Frederickson, M. E., & Gordon, D. (2007). The devil to pay: the cost of mutualism with Myrmelachista schumanni ants in 'devil's gardens' is increased herbivory on Duroia hirsuta trees. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274 (1613): 1117-23.
Music
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0:00 Intro
0:16 The Dumb Framing Device
1:05 A Discussion of the Jungle Cruise Movie
2:00 Lope de Aguirre and Amazon Trail the 3rd Edition Tangent
3:02 Back to the Jungle Cruise Movie...
3:44 Why Getting Lost in the Amazon Rainforest is Deadly
5:44 The Chullachaki- an Amazon Ghost Story
7:08 Search for a Devil's Garden
9:13 The Biology behind a Devil's Garden
12:01 Why the Legend of the Chullachaki Matters
12:31 How to Stay Safe in the Amazon or Other Wild Places
14:58 Termites in the Pants and the End Screen