Paul Rosolie, a well-known conservationist and co-founder of Jungle Keepers, recently dropped a wild TikTok that shows just how unpredictable life in the Amazon can be. Imagine trying to get some shut-eye in the Peruvian jungle only to wake up at 2 a.m. to find leafcutter ants turning your tent into Swiss cheese. Yep, Rosolie’s tent became the scene of an all-out insect rave, with leafcutter ants leading the charge, followed by mosquitoes, grasshoppers, moths, and who knows what else crashing the party.
@junglekeeper Yet another reason you THINK you want my job. Here’s one of those times there’s just NOWHERE to go. Nothing to do. The walls have been breached and I was just stuck inside a multi-species festival of insect life. *This was from when I still had the good humor to film. It got worse. A lot worse. The rain got in, the ants won and swarmed in. It was like the battle of Helm’s deep. I got no sleep. Also l’m gonna need all new gear CAUSE THEY ATE IT. Everything I own now has holes in it. #camping #jungle #tarantula
In the video, Rosolie describes it as a âfestival of insectsâ after the ants chewed through his tent, inviting in every other creepy crawler. The ants, not content with just making themselves at home, decided to redecorate â by cutting fist-sized holes in his tent and carrying off pieces of the nylon like tiny construction workers.
The assault didn’t stop there. His backpack was next, and by the end of the ordeal, all that was left were the straps, the ants having gone full demolition mode. To make things even more fun, Rosolie also had to deal with ants nipping at his ear with their formidable mandibles.
Rosolie captures the jungle struggle perfectly in the video, explaining that sometimes, you just end up camping in the wrong spot, and nature decides itâs time for a rough night. “You know it’s four more hours until morning, it’s pouring rain, mosquitoes are waiting outside, and your tent is disintegrating,” he says, sounding like a guy whoâs well acquainted with jungle chaos.
Oh, and if ants werenât enough, Rosolieâs video ends with a bonus: a large spider chilling near his head, just to round off the Amazon experience. If youâve ever wondered what real jungle camping is like, this is itâraw, unforgiving, and full of surprises.
