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Pole to Pole with Will Smith - Season 1 - Episode 03: The Amazon: Dark Waters
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00:08To be continued...
00:36So how are you going to try to kill me today, Brian?
00:40We're heading way upriver into the Ecuadorian rainforest
00:44where we will find the largest of all snakes, the anaconda.
00:52Maybe the anaconda will find us first.
00:58Oh, man.
01:06When they pull this camera out of an anaconda 100 years from now,
01:10I just want you to know it's his fault.
01:15Ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:37The Amazon has long been the home of the giant reptiles.
01:40In fact, it is rumored to be home to the biggest of all the anacondas.
01:53So really, like, how big do they get?
01:56A full-grown anaconda is about 15 to 18 feet.
01:59So you're not too big to be food.
02:03Well, hey, this is going to go all bad.
02:07Ha, ha, ha, ha.
02:23I've been inspired to explore the extremes of our planet
02:28because that's where we can find the answers
02:30to some of life's biggest mysteries.
02:36Now, I'm heading even deeper into the Amazon,
02:41the world's largest rainforest,
02:45to search for a snake the size of a school bus.
02:58I've only ever seen an anaconda
03:01in a Jennifer Lopez movie.
03:05And, I mean, J-Lo survived, but it wasn't fun.
03:10She didn't enjoy that.
03:13But I'm still trying to get my head around the idea
03:16of looking for anaconda and why we would do that.
03:22No, it's really important work
03:23because we're going to use the anaconda
03:25to study the health of the ecosystem.
03:33I've been fascinated by snakes since I was a little kid.
03:36So the opportunity to go after the world's biggest snake
03:40is, frankly, a dream come true.
03:48The reason I'm doing it is that there are fears
03:51that this part of the Amazon is becoming polluted.
03:55And the best indicator of the health of an ecosystem
03:59are its biggest predators.
04:07So how many people does it take to grab an anaconda?
04:12The anaconda is a big animal,
04:13but we are lucky because we are going to meet
04:17an indigenous group that lives in this deep jungle.
04:22They were running.
04:24They know how to track the anaconda,
04:26how to handle it, right?
04:27So we really need these people.
04:32They are the real experts of the jungle.
04:40So we got one of the world's best snake guys
04:44and a world-class expedition leader.
04:49And we still need help?
04:53Yeah.
04:54Nah.
05:05Okay.
05:05All right.
05:07All right.
05:08All right.
05:10Ah!
05:11Yeah!
05:12Wow.
05:15Hola!
05:16Guaponi!
05:19Okay, I come with you.
05:20Vamos, vamos, vamos.
05:25We'll get up this hill a lot easier than me.
05:28Yeah.
05:30Hold on, hold on.
05:33Wow.
05:42What's the proper greeting?
05:43Waponi.
05:44Waponi.
05:45Waponi.
05:46Waponi.
05:46Waponi.
05:46Waponi.
05:48Waponi.
05:50The Waurani call the jungle home,
05:53and they have been living there for thousands of years.
06:03I really hope that we'll can learn from these people.
06:13Because they have this deep connection with Mother Nature.
06:29Waponi.
06:30Waponi.
06:31Waponi.
06:32Waponi.
06:32Waponi.
06:32Waponi.
06:32Waponi.
06:33Waponi.
06:33Waponi.
06:34Waponi.
06:36Waponi.
06:39Waponi.
06:40Waponi.
06:41Waponi.
06:41Waponi.
06:42Waponi.
06:42This is Tenti, the leader of the community.
06:45Waponi.
06:45Waponi.
06:46Waponi.
06:47Waponi.
06:48Waponi.
06:48Waponi.
06:48Waponi.
06:50Okay.
06:51Let's go.
06:56Scientists rarely get to work with remote indigenous communities in the Amazon.
07:04Their vast understanding of these snakes,
07:07is going to be vital for the success of the expedition.
07:26I'm really looking forward to seeing an anaconda in person.
07:32El tepeña, mi hijo.
07:35Mm-hmm.
07:36El es bueno para agarrar y coger verra.
07:40El está buscando una ahora.
07:43Yeah, my son cannot catch an anaconda.
07:46Yeah.
07:46Yeah.
07:49Yeah.
07:49Yeah.
07:51How do you feel about working with people from outside of your family and community?
07:58Es importante de este proyecto.
08:01Tanta animal.
08:03Y el anaconda.
08:05Y nosotros también.
08:06Y compartimos de vida de esta selva.
08:09La tierra es donde da vida.
08:16Living in harmony with the animals, this seems like a difficult environment to do that in.
08:25living in harmony with the animals, this is not living in the sea.
08:29It's the pride of living in the sea.
08:34El tepeña, mi herra.
08:36El tepeña, mi herra.
08:36El tepeña, mi herra.
08:47El tepeña, mi herra.
08:53El tepeña, mi herra.
08:57Absolutely, yes, please.
09:27Wow.
09:29That's what we call Tite.
09:30Tito.
09:31Tite, Tite.
09:32Tite.
09:34Tite.
09:36This little tapir is very free.
09:39He always comes and goes.
09:41He walks alone in the wilderness.
09:47We have 28 families or a little more.
09:53We have a little school, a house, a community where we work.
10:05Mucho gusto.
10:07Guapany.
10:14Ah, and it turns into this.
10:19Yeah.
10:22That's fantastic.
10:25I notice there's some things that you let in from the outside world.
10:32Eh, si.
10:35Si, esto antiguamente, hace muchísimos años, miles de años.
10:38Sigue manteniendo este trabajo, esta cultura.
10:42Es donde ahora es muy distinto.
10:50No seco.
10:52No seco.
10:53No seco.
10:54No seco.
10:57Ti, su propio geto.
11:01No seco.
11:03No seco.
11:08No seco.
11:13Viva de esa provincia.
11:15To' la streets.
11:16Contactaron.
11:27Y más rápido querían cambiar.
11:33Guaurani vivió en los dos mundos.
11:37Sabueyan, la colonización metieron más profundo esta tierra.
11:46So I noticed some people have t-shirts and shorts,
11:50then some people are, you know, more traditional.
12:07Does that, because, you know, that thing looks like it might hurt.
12:11Like, does that hurt at all to have it on?
12:17I'm going to want one of those before I go.
12:28I think I understand panty a little better.
12:35I started off, I was going to say nervous, but I was scared.
12:39You know, really uncomfortable.
12:42Uh-uh.
12:43Oh, hey.
12:44All right.
12:45Okay.
12:46Hey.
12:48You know, it's really beautiful to be out here.
12:53But for me, it's like outside of my comfort zone.
12:59It's such an extreme environment.
13:10Brian, what are you doing?
13:14I leave you alone for five minutes and you find a snake.
13:19See it right there?
13:20It's hidden.
13:21Mm-hmm.
13:22It's called a vine snake.
13:23And if you're walking on by and it doesn't move, you won't see that.
13:26You will not see that.
13:30Whoa.
13:31I'm looking at that and I see I'm really uncomfortable with snakes.
13:35I just got really clear like the snake thing.
13:38You know, it's good to know your comfort zone so we can shatter them.
13:42Hey, hey, hey, buddy.
13:45It's Brian.
13:49So, if you remain calm, they remain calm.
13:57Whoa.
13:58So, look how attuned to motion he is.
14:01Mm-hmm.
14:01So, he's a visual hunter.
14:02Mm-hmm.
14:03Oh.
14:04He's looking at me, Brian.
14:06Hey, Brian.
14:07Like I said, remain calm.
14:13Brian just showed me the snake.
14:15I didn't like it.
14:16I didn't want to touch it.
14:18Brian.
14:21We're about to go on an anaconda hunt with a snake that'll be like 10,000 times the size of
14:26that one.
14:29Yeah, I feel thoroughly unprepared.
14:56All jungle.
14:58All jungle.
15:03This is insane.
15:06You, you feel safe?
15:16Okay.
15:17Okay.
15:18Let's go.
15:19Okay.
15:22Okay.
15:23All Tä facts.
15:24Yeah, what is that?
15:25Oh, yeah.
15:28Oh yeah.
15:33Oh yeah.
15:43Oh yeah.
15:45Aw yeah.
15:46Oh yeah.
15:49Like I said, yeah.
16:01It is a dense, dense jungle.
16:05You can't see more than 30 feet in either direction.
16:11I have no idea how Penty knows where he's going.
16:16He's got no compass, no GPS.
16:19Nothing.
16:49Willie, come to know this part.
16:57Whoa.
17:02It's ants.
17:04It's like a lemon.
17:09Mm.
17:16I guess it's like lemon lime.
17:20Well, well, well, I like it.
17:45I'm too tall for this forest.
17:54I can do that.
18:06I'm chasing him away.
18:10Rwani beatbox.
18:15That's crazy.
18:19Wow!
18:20No mas practicar.
18:23Carla, you want to try it?
18:26Oh, you got it.
18:32Maybe we work as a team.
18:36Lower, lower.
18:37Lower?
18:39Hey!
18:42Okay, you went through my arrow.
18:45Wow.
18:46Let's go!
18:54It is amazing to me that they are here barefoot.
18:58And not only barefoot, bare skin.
19:02I got boots on and long sleeves and long pants.
19:05Everything you ride.
19:06It's like they're as comfortable out here as I am in my living room.
19:10Yeah, that's right.
19:13They are at home.
19:27So I guess this is our last supper before we go for an anaconda.
19:33So you all seem very, very comfortable out here.
19:40What scares you?
19:51What the heck is that?
19:52What the heck is that?
19:54And that's what it's causing now...
19:59Like we saw the photo, it destroyed the lake.
20:04Oh, God.
20:05Yeah.
20:08But inside the Yacemi, seven petroglyphs are a petroglyphs.
20:18Wow.
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20:32selva alguien destruye
20:36no vamos vivir
20:43nos da da vida
20:51todo el mundo quiere quitar esta cultura
20:55este idioma
21:00esta tierra
21:05lo que estoy peleando
21:06porque es mi casa
21:10porque es nuestra familia
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24:39Hey, hold up.
24:40Something's on my neck.
24:41Something's on my neck.
24:45Sorry.
24:47Okay.
24:47I'm getting in.
24:50Can't find a zipper.
24:54I'm halfway in my tent.
24:56Jumping in.
24:57I hope it'll hold my weight.
25:00Look, Johnny.
25:01Get in my tent.
25:03All right.
25:04Ah, shoot.
25:07Sorry, Disney.
25:09All right.
25:10Okay.
25:12All right.
25:14Okay.
25:16I'm thinking about this anaconda tomorrow,
25:20and I'm definitely nervous.
25:23You find the truth about yourself in the jungle.
25:27You can have illusions about yourself
25:31in Manhattan.
25:35The jungle's the great equalizer.
25:38I know who I am today.
25:43I'm a jungle punk.
25:53Oh, darn it.
25:56All right.
25:57It's late,
25:58and I gotta pee.
26:00Um, I'm scared to take my thing out.
26:05Even though the Burani keep their things out all the time.
26:10I'm gonna give it a shot.
26:15I'll be in the morning.
26:37I'll be in the morning.
26:42I think that makes me an explorer.
26:47I was a little scared last night.
26:50Um,
26:52you do start to get more comfortable.
26:54I'm getting comfortable.
26:57I would love a cinnamon bun, though.
27:02Penty probably doesn't have those, though.
27:04I'll be in the morning, though.
27:28I'm very happy to be here with you.
27:33I love you.
27:38This is my house.
27:41You see this tattoo that I have, the forest,
27:45the tattoo that they represent, the river.
27:48This is the forest, the trees that I have.
27:52You are part of this place.
27:56Yes, and that's why I have to protect this beautiful forest.
28:02It's important that the message comes to the world.
28:09Thank you for sharing.
28:14Let's go. I'm ready.
28:23Oh, man, I'm not that ready.
28:50You have a sense of the kind of places the Anaconda would be in.
28:54Hopefully it'll be in the shallows.
28:57And that's our only chance of finding an Anaconda.
29:01An Anaconda is an ambush predator.
29:05It'll take up station and just wait.
29:09In deep water, they're a formidable predator.
29:13They'll pull the prey into the water, wrap coils around them,
29:17and then squeeze them so hard that literally, in some cases,
29:22the eyes will pop straight out.
29:25And if you try to fight back, they've got a pretty vicious bite, too.
29:32It's all good.
29:34Brian gave me some big gloves.
29:54Uh, talk me through that thing.
29:59It's a big radio receiver.
30:01Why Ron, you've been tracking the Anacondas.
30:04We've got one that they've radio tagged.
30:09And if he moves it this way and the signal drops,
30:11or moves it this way and it goes stronger,
30:13we can orient ourselves and navigate towards it.
30:17The old ways and the new ways working together.
30:20I like that.
30:39All right.
30:40Got something.
30:51All right, so the beeping means we're getting closer to the Anaconda.
30:57And I'm assuming when they see it,
31:00those guys are going to go toward it.
31:05And I'm going to go to other direction when I see the Anaconda.
31:10You know, you got to stay out of professional's way.
31:19It's starting to go a little faster.
31:28We're definitely on the right area.
31:31But it just gets really tricky because if it's under the water,
31:34the intensity is going to be a little bit dampened.
31:50Oh, hey.
31:51Over on the right.
31:52There it is.
31:58Jeez.
31:59And that's just pure muscle.
32:04Let them try to control this.
32:09That's gigantic.
32:11I'm guessing 16, 17 feet.
32:15Wow.
32:28That was scary.
32:30Even from the boat.
32:33All right?
32:34All right?
32:35Yes.
33:02One sample from her.
33:04Got it.
33:05Got it.
33:08so we can measure the accumulation of pollutants in the water.
33:12All right.
33:13So we're up to the big belly scales.
33:16You can help us do this.
33:20Yeah, no. I'm a little nervous.
33:24You can do it.
33:25All right.
33:27From here, you could lift it up.
33:30Lift it up?
33:30Yeah, that'll work.
33:35This is a big girl.
33:37I got it.
33:40Let's keep going.
33:41Keep going.
33:44All right.
33:45Perfect.
33:46All right.
33:46So if you could please wipe away any little mud and debris.
33:51We'll still clean this.
33:51Wipe away.
33:52Let's go for these ones here where the skin's already been shed off.
33:56Just let it hold.
33:57Yeah, hold it at that position.
33:58Hold it right there.
34:00Whoa.
34:01Hold on.
34:02Hold on.
34:05Nice and clean.
34:06Jeez.
34:09All right.
34:12Now, I'm just going to cut along.
34:14Where you are.
34:14Hold on.
34:15Yep.
34:20There you go.
34:27There's our sample.
34:27With that, we can do all the research on this animal with just that one tiny little piece.
34:33That's fantastic.
34:34What will happen to you?
34:35Oh, my god.
34:41Good boy.
34:42I'm just going to have a drink.
34:45You're going to have a drink.
34:48I'm just going to have a drink.
34:50How you are going to have a drink.
34:54I'm just going to have a drink.
35:02I'm just going to have a drink.
35:22I've heard about anacondas and I've always been shook, but putting my hands on an
35:34actual anaconda, it was such a beautiful moment.
36:02That is a magnificent, gorgeous creature.
36:10A once-in-a-lifetime experience, because I'm never doing that again.
36:17A once-in-a-lifetime experience, because I'm never doing that again.
36:48A once-in-a-lifetime experience, because I'm never doing that again.
37:20This is as good as it gets.
37:25I wanted to follow scientists to the extremes to see what we could discover.
37:32But staying in the village was wild.
37:38I mean, Penti is one of the most extraordinary humans I've ever met.
37:44Just how he feels the jungle.
37:47You know, I've really opened my eyes to a different way of understanding and seeing the world.
38:04Oh, look, look.
38:10I would have loved to do a flip in the mud when I was six years old.
38:18Just to be totally naked outside and do a flip in the mud.
38:23I certainly would have been that kid.
38:25Yeah.
38:28It's funny to think about 50 years ago when Penti was their age.
38:33Oh, yeah, imagine.
38:34There was no contact with the outside world.
38:38Yeah, that's true.
38:39And he lived like this.
38:43And we just have to make sure it exists 50 years from now.
38:48Yeah.
38:48Yeah.
38:52I would never want to lose this.
39:09Looking at the results, we did detect heavy metals in the scales of the Anaconda,
39:15consistent with oil spills.
39:20These are forever chemicals.
39:22They don't break down.
39:25And anything that could threaten the health of the Anaconda
39:28could also threaten the entire ecosystem.
39:36So the stakes are very, very high.
39:44We hope that I finish my work, my struggle, my history.
39:52Because this land, every person, is from this and to protect.
40:00So my children will be in the future.
40:03They will be there.
40:11We'll see you next time.
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