Merlin Tuttle's Most Dangerous Adventures in the Venezuelan Jungle

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  @TheParallelSound · 3 years ago

  We need more older people like him to be interviewed before that generation no longer is living.

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  @huggablecat9456 · 3 years ago

  This guy was battling bandits and jaguars in the jungle and I’m over here eating salad from a vending machine in a cubicle. He’s lived a far more adventurous life. What a badass.

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  @JCGomez-f2e · 1 year ago

  As an American Venezuelan, I admire this guy's guts. Not only does he venture where none of us Venezolanos go, but he knows the tribes like Yanomamis (Yanomamos) and Makiritares.  Those are only two of the 26 different native venezuelan tribes.  Good for him.

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  @jalandreth87 · 3 years ago

  This is what I like about Joe. He adapts to his guest. This guy has seen more danger than 90% of his guests, but hes an old man. The stuff hes talking about is crazy and exciting, but its being told in a somber way like a grandpa would. Joes just sitting there patiently listening and asking questions like a grandchild would.

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  @speedbagboxer7451 · 3 years ago

  There’s few things more entertaining than listening to a story from some adventurous old timers. I could listen all day

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  @ZippityAy · 3 years ago

  More old-timers, please. &nbsp;We pass them in the street and even get annoyed with them, but they always have the best stories to tell.<br><br>Think twice before you get frustrated with an old person. &nbsp;They&apos;ve been through a lot.

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  @tombystander · 3 years ago

  Buzz Aldrin is 93. Get him on before he passes or Jack Schmitt or Charlie Duke! A couple of the 12 moon walkers are still alive. It be awesome to hear Joe

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  @19stri · 3 years ago

  I worked for the Smithsonian years ago in Panama and I remember him coming through Barro Colorado. &nbsp;He was celebrity, even amongst the preeminent Tropical Biologists in the world. &nbsp; I now live in Venezuela and get to explore some of the places he’s talking about here. He’s a legend

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  @topgallant32 · 3 years ago

  I went to school with Merlin and his brother and sister. His Dad was a world renowned naturalist. Changed my life knowing them. It got me into my profession.

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  @Jermtheworm · 3 years ago

  I love how every drug to an older person is &quot;dope&quot;🤣🤣

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• ST

  @strangetheology · 3 years ago

  Merlin is an actual legend, I hope people don’t overlook this episode.

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  @tsancio · 3 years ago

  Random Venezuelan trivia here: when he says that the Yanomami (indigenous people) told Merlin &quot;that&apos;s not El Tigre&quot;, referring to the Jaguar, it&apos;s not a mistake. People here call all big cats &quot;the Tiger&quot;, even though they&apos;re mostly jaguars, mainly because it really doesn&apos;t matter what cat it is, if you&apos;re gonna get mauled. 🐅

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