Surviving the Jungle: Four Children's Incredible Story of Resilience and Resourcefulness.

Four indigenous children were found alive after 40 days in the Colombian Amazon jungle, surviving on wild fruits, cassava flour, and seeds from a native Amazon palm tree. The oldest, 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, kept the unripe seeds in her mouth to feed her younger siblings. The children's survival was facilitated by their traditional knowledge of the forest and remarkable personal resilience. Indigenous activists warn that this knowledge is under threat due to deforestation, criminal groups, and assimilation, and call for support and protection of indigenous lifestyles and knowledges.