What’s a little missing skin? Some melted sneakers? I think my botflies are sleeping now. And my burnt lungs should heal by this time next year when they turn the ancient forest into the killing fields. The old gods lay bleeding. A billion heartbeats and the eyes all begging us to realize the same thing. Maybe you should rest. Maybe when there’s time. I don’t always wanna do what I outta do. But I wouldn’t miss a second of it or trade it for the world and I hope this is gonna leave a fucking scar.

Me almost getting nailed in the face 🤣 new video with the stunning rainbow boa is up now for subscribers. You can get inside access, early notifications on trips and giveaways, as well as some of the behind-the-scenes of how jungle life works.

Exploring tributaries in the Amazon Jungle

I don’t usually go on Twitter, but sometimes I do, I mean, X. Good news here I hope — it’s excellent to see the president made his way there. Hope he helps support Brazil in protecting Amazonia. I also hope he doesn’t get lost. Lol. I might start preemptively searching now… From @apnews : MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Speaking from the Amazon rainforest, President Joe Biden declared Sunday that there’s no going back in America’s “clean energy revolution” even as the incoming Trump administration vows to spur fossil fuel production and scale back efforts against climate change. Biden, the first sitting U.S. president to visit the world’s largest tropical rainforest, saw up close the ravages of deforestation. The Amazon, which is about the size of Australia, stores huge amounts of the world’s carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas driving climate change. But development is rapidly depleting the long-verdant region, where rivers have been running dry. Flanked by giant ferns in the forest, Biden said the fight against climate change has been a defining cause of his presidency — he’s pushed for cleaner air, water and energy and achieved legislation that steered unprecedented federal spending to the fight against global warming.

I remember when I was a kid and what it felt like being told to sit in a desk all day. I remember being told that I was going to work at a gas station my whole life. I remember being threatened that if I didn’t buckle down and do the assignment bad things are gonna happen. I remember feeling like I was in constant pain. Like I was always in jail. And like getting out with scary, if I made the decision to leave the normal path, it would inevitably result in failure. That’s what they all said. But as I watch the sunset, looking out over the Amazon Rainforest, over thousands of acres, that I’ve helped to protect… I just think of the millions of heartbeats that are out and all that wilderness. All the species and families and all the beautiful eyes and feet and paws and claws. The incalculable number of living things contained in this great jungle swells my heart. And now I’m barefoot most days at work. Half the time I don’t even wear a shirt. The teachers were wrong, I do have a calculator on my pocket. but most importantly, ✶ I’m free ✶

Originally, I thought this was cool, but then people in the comments made me aware that this is most likely staged. I’m leaving it up because I want you to understand that not everything you see on Instagram is real. Also not every wildlife photographer uses ethical treatment of the animals. In the slim chance this isn’t stage it would be Amazing strength from this snake as this fish tried its best to rip it off the branch 🐍 but I think it’s a setup. What do you think? #Repost @gusnawantjan ・・・ “Battle of the dragon”. #hubs_united #hayomoto #jaw_dropping_shots #nature #predatorfish #arwana #arowana #photoarena_nature #global4nature #dragonfish #snake #predator #animalelite

FINALLY saw how these grow! A bride’s-veil stinkhorn! MAGIC from the Mushroom world! #mushrooms

LUNCH.

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This is WILD! @junglekeepers is actually making it possible to save the Amazon and it’s all because of this man’s vision! Watch the rest of the film on YouTube — the link is in my story today! https://youtu.be/jNRhfVfaC1s?si=hlQBKxqrL_7NZ4HQ Cinematography by @lifewithdan and @mohsinkazmitakespictures @time #time100

My Grandfather Dominick DeLorenzo on his way to WORLD WAR II — A Marine in the South Pacific. He was there for the battle of Peleliu where Marine casualties numbered 6,526, including Navy corpsmen and doctors, of whom 1,252 were killed. The 81st Division totalled 3,089 casualties, of whom 404 were killed in action. Total U.S. troop casualties was 9,615 for Peleliu. Just one example on #veteransday “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” —Winston Churchill

I am about to vanish into the jungle. The animals have no idea what’s coming 🤣 Paul just got his first sniper ghillie suit. Me and my camera are about to have SO MUCH FUN 🔥🔥🔥