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Paul Rosolie: evaluation

13 Jan 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle

“People are like, “This is the worst example of white people shit I’ve ever seen.”

— Paul Rosolie

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Paul Rosolie
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evaluation
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13 Jan 2026
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Lex Fridman Podcast

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…So they have a process. When you say purchase, they want a bite just to hold and then they— It’s good. So… But again, all she wants is to be let go. In her defense, this massive snake—we named her Millie for the data entry—she just wanted to go on her way down the stream. The comments on this are hysterical. People are like, “This is the worst example of white people shit I’ve ever seen. ” I mean, Snoop Dogg shared it. So one guy goes, “Congratulations, you’ve touched enough grass. Go back inside.” Yeah, somebody said, “Interesting use of free will.” And I saw Killpopper007 commented— And maybe you can tell me if this is correct. “Anacondas are ambush predators. If you approach them, they will usually try to flee and will not register you as food. There’s other reasons too.” This is in response to how Paul possibly did not die from this. “There’s other reasons too, but this is the main reason. They’re pretty much apex at that size, so their fear isn’t as prominent. He was calm, so the snake was calm. It’s insane to do—” “…and still risky, but he might actually be the most qualified anaconda handler on Planet Earth. Paul is one interesting cat.” Hugging emoji. Is that accurate?…

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