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elpenisgigantico
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Phyllomedusa Bicolor, Amazonian frog trip in Vice Magazine
#10466541 - 06/07/09 04:04 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Vice Magazine sent drug expert Hamilton Morris into the Amazon Jungle in order to use the psychoactive Phyllomedusa Bicolor frog, they printed his diaries as well as a 9-part video about his trip.
http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n5/htdocs/the-sapo-diaries-872.php [article] http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=24888645001 [video]
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THE SAPO DIARIES
In the Amazon rain forest, there lives a very special frog called the Phyllomedusa bicolor, otherwise known as the Sapo. Traditionally, the Mayoruna tribe uses this frog’s gooey secretions to gain superpowers that transform them into killer hunting machines. First they tie the frog up and scare it into releasing its venom (generally via the sophisticated method of poking it with sticks). Next the natives burn little holes in their arms and rub the venom into the wounds. Then they shit and vomit for half an hour, and then they (ostensibly) experience a sharpening and heightening of the senses and an ability to go for days without food or water. This helps them target their prey (which are monkeys, by the way—they eat monkeys).
Naturally, after learning about the Mayoruna and their magical frog, we sent our resident mind-alterer, Hamilton Morris, to go forth and try this miracle drug.
DAY 1 I have arrived in Tabatinga after days of traveling. It’s an impossibly humid rainforest city built by drug traffickers and sandwiched between the borders of Colombia and Peru. I feel like I’m being gangbanged by vegetation; every visible surface is coated with growing plants. The streets are overrun with motorcycles, scooters, and mopeds. Everything is crumbling and I saw a plucked chicken walking down the street as if nothing were wrong. Next to our hotel there is a store that exclusively sells plastic flowers. It’s a refreshing sight.
I go out to dinner and meet our guide, Juan. Before we exchange a word he looks at my long hair and starts laughing hysterically. He says the Mayoruna Indians are going to think I’m a woman—they’re going to kidnap me as a wife. He repeats the joke a hundred times throughout the meal. I gorge myself on a giant meat platter, drink caipirinhas, smoke JWH-018-laced cigarettes, and get unspeakably stoned. Juan starts to shimmer.
Juan lived with the Mayoruna Indians for five years but has never used the frog that they call Sapo because he has a bad heart. He says the Amazon is full of creatures scientists know nothing about. Deep in the jungle he encountered a fur-covered beast with only one eye. He and the beast exchanged a glance, and as a result Juan suffered a five-month-long fever. Another time a jaguar was attacking him, so he sliced open its belly with a machete and 50 cubs spilled out of her womb. I am too high to be skeptical and instead opt for extreme fear.
Continued http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n5/htdocs/the-sapo-diaries-872.php
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Re: Phyllomedusa Bicolor, Amazonian frog trip in Vice Magazine [Re: elpenisgigantico]
#10467030 - 06/07/09 05:42 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanks for posting! Wow, what a fascinating, amazing adventure.
Hamilton is an interesting guy.
I'll post Part I of the video. Check out the rest. Good stuff.
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Re: Phyllomedusa Bicolor, Amazonian frog trip in Vice Magazine [Re: elpenisgigantico]
#10467058 - 06/07/09 05:48 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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That article was badass.
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Re: Phyllomedusa Bicolor, Amazonian frog trip in Vice Magazine [Re: veggie]
#10467702 - 06/07/09 07:56 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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giant leaf frogs r dope pets
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Edited by Coaster (06/07/09 09:18 PM)
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Re: Phyllomedusa Bicolor, Amazonian frog trip in Vice Magazine [Re: Coaster]
#10467897 - 06/07/09 08:41 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Very cool article, I don't think I would want to try this unless they could bring the frog to me
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Edited by oxalic32 (12/19/10 01:50 PM)
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