YERRR we are joined by the legendary Forrest Galante to talk all things nature: - Growing up in Zimbabwe - Becoming a refugee - Tropical surviving - Close calls with death - Australia's wildlife & Wallace Line - Psychedelics - Gayest animals - Why Dogs are Man's Best Friend and much, much, much more - CACAAAAW! Timestamps: 0:00 UCSB crazy dorms 1:52 Weird being in the city 2:50 Hard to find rats 3:41 Growing up in Zimbabwe + Tracking techniques 8:56 Humans hunters weren't good 10:22 Mugabe, Fleeing Zimbabwe + Oakland childhood 16:35 The norm + self-enforced segregation 19:16 Getting in trouble + Exploring nature 21:12 Mom waitressing + Being African American 23:01 Losing language skills, Xhosa + Fake Mandarin 29:58 Bricked up on Naked and Afraid 37:44 Finding food immediately + Tropical Surviving 43:07 Practising, Surviving + Find water 49:48 Extreme climates 51:59 Wildlife is incredible + Connection to nature 53:39 Closest to dying + Snake venom effects 1:01:08 Sucking "venom", Snake bites + Burmese pythons in FL 1:04:18 Inteferring w/ nature + Throw off balance 1:11:06 US Open predictions 1:13:27 Another close call + Breaking back in Thailand 1:20:23 Close calls with predators + YT people ish? 1:23:11 Logistics for conservation + Wildlife Board 1:25:18 Cone snails, Unassuming killers + Wallace Line 1:32:06 Conditioning lions + Wild animals are still wild 1:39:40 The Amazon, Jungle hunting = hard + Farming 1:48:21 Natural psychedelics + Toad venom 1:54:34 Spending times with tribes + Uncontacted 1:56:48 Cargo Cults, Colossal's work + Filling ecosystem holes 2:02:06 Anant Ambani's Conservation 2:04:48 Animals mourning, Elephants' EQ + Relationship wtih humans 2:10:36 Searching deep connection, AI + Assassinated spy whale 2:13:37 Cattle mutilations, Misconceptions + No Black Panthers 2:18:14 Would you hunt a Big Foot? 2:19:17 Animal Deathmatch 2:20:11 Smartest animals, Best mother + Praying Mantis! 2:24:10 Gayest animals + Dolphins pulling out 2:25:37 Loving Steve Irwin + Influences 2:27:50 Rescue animals + Mans' best friend = dog #wildlife #austraila #snakes This episode is sponsored by Kalshi. This episode is sponsored by Sesh.