Episode #1240

Forrest Galante

· 3 books mentioned

Books mentioned

  1. Coyote America

    Dan Flores

    Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:53:59

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  2. Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:41:57

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Wildlife adventurer and conservationist Forrest Galante describes expeditions, survival experiences, and encounters with dangerous animals while searching for surviving or unknown species, including the thylacine, Bondo ape, saola, and giant sloths. He and Joe Rogan also discuss field research, animal adaptations, ecological restoration, invasive species, conservation hunting, de-extinction, fossil collecting, and wilderness medicine.

What they talked about

  • Survival on Naked and Afraid
  • Amazon fishing and pristine ecosystems
  • Indigenous people with splayed feet
  • Crocodile attack rescue in Myanmar
  • Dangerous African wildlife encounters
  • Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) expeditions
  • Channel Island fox conservation story
  • De-extinction and mammoth cloning

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