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Finally since good news :) Surprised that a 13 years old was able to take care of 3 small children in a jungle full of snakes and jaguars for 40 days. How was
by kramerger 3y ago
Finally since good news :)
Surprised that a 13 years old was able to take care of 3 small children in a jungle full of snakes and jaguars for 40 days. How was he able to keep the toddler alive? What do you feed someone that young in a jungle??
- the_mitsuhiko 3y agoA one year old eats almost anything you give to them.
- gdcbe 3y agoThey’ll put anything you want in their mouth, but they’re just as well masters in spitting it out. Feeding 1 year olds is fun though, I give you that :P
- mysterydip 3y agoAnd several things you don't :)
- bombcar 3y agoThe cheetah is well known for its speed but the fastest land mammal is a toddler that was just asked “what is in your mouth?”
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- pm3003 3y agoThey found the baby bottle quite late. Maybe they managed to salvage some milk or formula from the plane.
- biorach 3y agoIt looks like it's a place where plants fruit all year round, plus the BBC article said that they are members of a local indigenous group and might have known what was edible.
- Gualdrapo 3y agoAlso the rescue mission and the air force was leaving humanitarian packs here and there with food and essentials, but am not sure if they found anything of that while they were lost
- BasedAnon 3y agoYou shouldn't be, 13 year olds have complex reasoning and the physical capability. 14 year olds used to be expected to fight wars.
- furyofantares 3y agoI'd be surprised if a 30yo could keep a 1, 4, and 9 alive in the jungle for 40 days.
- dahfizz 3y agoA 30yo with no experience in the outdoors, maybe
- briga 3y agoBig difference between a 30 year old westerner who’s never been more than 500m from a paved highway and is afraid of spiders and a 13-year-old indigenous child who grew up in the jungle
- furyofantares 3y agoI do believe we are in agreement, yes
- fennecfoxy 3y agoAh yes, our species has always lived in air conditioned houses
- runsWphotons 3y agoA few 14 year olds have always fought in wars but when was this common or expected?
- the_lonely_road 3y agoHere is a good historical reference from a western viewpoint. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_children_in_the_military https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_children_in_the_m... I am less familiar with other regions of the world but understand it to be common place in some of them to this day.
- sveme 3y agoSHE. The two elder sisters kept the two younger ones alive. They knew what to eat in the jungle and used some of the randomly dropped emergency kits.
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- ayhanfuat 3y agoShe*
- smallerfish 3y ago> Surprised that a 13 years old was able to take care of 3 small children in a jungle full of snakes and jaguars for 40 days FTA: "The children belong to the Huitoto indigenous group." I.e. they're used to living on the land. Snakes are a concern if you're unwary in the jungle, but if you are somewhat aware of your surroundings you'll be OK. Jaguars are probably a different story, but I guess luckily they weren't in the territory of any animals.
- looofooo 3y agoWell Jaguars are very limited in numbers. So of falling risk to be eaten by one of them is low. If it would be high, then there are to many and hence they would decline due to lack of food soon. Plus human is not in their hunting scheme and rather offsetting smell.
- jlg23 3y ago> She said the eldest of the four siblings was used to looking after the other three when their mother was at work, and that this helped them survive in the jungle. > "She gave them flour and cassava bread, any fruit in the bush, they know what they must consume," Ms Valencia said in footage obtained by EVN.
- ncpa-cpl 3y agoThe children belong to the Huitoto indigenous group, who inhabit Colombia's Amazon región. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witoto https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witoto
- dfawcus 3y agoWhy? In English common law, traditionally 7 is the age of reason, 14 the age of an adult, and 21 the age of majority. We'd have 14 year olds off to sea, etc. I suspect (but haven't checked) this comes from some biblical rules. Remember that people can generally breed by 14 (even now, some girls go through pubity around 10 or 11), though a lot of western cultures now outlaw it.