Yeah, here we go.
Here we go. We're on, guys.
Oh, man, it's huge.
I don't know how I'm going to land this fish, it's in the grass already.
Oh, my God.
It's pulling me in. Oh.
You guys stay back, there are piranhas and caimans here.
Yeah, just let me get the shot.
It's a giant.
Cyril Chauquet spends his life traveling the world...
Easy, big guy.
...in search of massive fish.
Look at the size of that thing!
No matter the danger...
Look at the amount of venom on that bark.
Careful!
...he'll do whatever it takes to see these giants up close.
He could almost swallow me whole.
But many of these animals are also in danger...
They're facing a lot of challenges, those fish.
...from habitat destruction, pollution, and commercial overfishing.
Now, Cyril and his team of adventure filmmakers
are on a grueling mission across the globe...
- Look out! - Unbelievable.
Whoa! Oh, yeah!
...to help scientists study
these fantastic creatures and protect them.
We have the choice,
whether we preserve these fish or we let them go extinct.
This time, the team is in the Brazilian Amazon.
Watch out, deep here.
The planet's largest rainforest,
known for its mysterious beauty and lurking dangers.
Electric eel, get out of the water.
To help conserve two of the planet's threatened giants.
Oh, my God, did you see that?
The armor-plated pirarucu
and the Goliath catfish known here as the paraiba.
They're getting scarce.
Practically unchanged for millennia,
these prehistoric fish are now fighting for survival.
In order to help these animals...
Looks like a good spot, but we're gonna have to get to it.
...the team will have to venture deep
into uncharted and hostile territory.
Get out, get out.
And come face to face with real giants.
- Ah! - Yeah, this is not good.
And real dangers.
Okay, we're going down, guys.
Together, they'll fight to save the Last of the Giants.
The team begins their new journey in the city of Manaus,
the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
To achieve their mission,
they must venture out into the most remote corner
of Brazil's rainforest
in the northwestern section of the country.
Out there, it's a real no man's land where anything could happen.
So Cyril is traveling with his fearless cinematographer, Chris,
who is no stranger to danger having filmed in Afghanistan,
been chased by elephants.
Run!
And even been shocked by an electric eel.
They're followed by the rest of the crew.
Geoff, the director, throws himself into his work.
That's one way to study a shark.
And likes to keep things fun.
Aw, I want to see your face.
Oh!
- Come on, feel it. - Ow! Damn!
Even when it hurts.
Manu, the unflappable sound recordist,
never lets a little danger keep him from doing his job.
I heard something in the forest, I think it's getting closer.
And Jesse, the team's jungle expert
and second cameraman on this trip,
has explored and survived the jungles on four continents.
Guys, remember, watch where you step, watch what you touch.
The team is here working with a local biologist to collect
non-intrusive DNA samples from two of the country's largest fish.
The Goliath catfish known here as the piraiba will take the team far up
the jungle rivers into unknown territory.
But first, they have to find and sample the prehistoric pirarucu.
The pirarucu can grow to over 400 pounds, breathe air,
and has scales so tough that piranhas can't bite through them.
Humans have almost brought the species to extinction
in just the last century
due to commercial overfishing and poaching.
Yesterday, the team met with Lorenzo Barroco,
a scientist studying these prehistoric giants
in order to better protect them.
Lorenzo wants the team to collect pirarucu DNA
from deep in a rugged jungle region of swamps, lakes, and rivers.
With so few wild pirarucu left, he hopes the team can find
and help him identify remaining wild populations,
which desperately need protecting.
Imagine that this area that we're going to,
there's no information whatsoever on these fish.
They've never been studied.
We could be dealing with a separate population altogether,
a different, distinct population, we don't know.
That's what's crazy.
And for this new study, size matters.
The DNA of a pirarucu
that has succeeded in growing to full size
in this hostile environment holds precious genetic information
that scientists can use in the future to propagate the species.
It's harmless for the fish.
We'll take a small piece of the pectoral fin,
and that way we'll have its DNA.
They will have to do this with live fish in the jungle.
But before they head out on their mission,
the guys have an important stop to make,
which takes them through some rough parts of town.
So the police have assigned them a bodyguard for the drive.
They want to see for themselves one of the worst obstacles facing
the fish they're trying to help.
And for that, they're joining a raid led by Brazil's military police.
The Amazon covers a huge area.
Unfortunately, a lot of it is still untouched,
but every giant fish that lives here
is under a lot of pressure for multiple reasons.
And one of the main ones is poaching or illegal killing.
Cyril and the team will be joining these elite forces
on their mission to stop poachers.
Poaching in Brazil has grown into such a big business
that police need powerful military operations to take on the industry.
- Wait! - Pretty serious.
They told me to cover my face and they did the same thing,
but they removed their name tags to remain as anonymous as possible.
But today, their most important task is the protection
of Brazil's fragile ecosystem.
Getting to the harbor there,
they want to control some boats in the harbor.
The police must go through all the fish
to make sure none are illegally caught.
What are you looking for?
Either contraband fish or drugs.
Poachers will not leave illegal fish in plain sight,
so the police must be extremely thorough in their search.
Oh, I think they found something.
Surubi, red tail.
Those are all catfish, just like the paraiba.
But these are small ones.
They just intercepted a shipment of the, uh, illegal fish.
These catfish here, they're surubi,
tiger shovelnose catfish in English.
But it can't be harvested.
The surubi aren't the only fish being caught illegally.
But for some of these fishermen,
catching illegal fish is a necessary risk.
You know, I don't take any pleasure busting people, you know,
because they're people, they got to make a living, but...
These are protected species,
that's the only way that you can help the fish.
A few of these guys are going to have to face
charges of illegal fishing,
but the severity of their punishment is up to the courts.
What's great is that he just told me
that the fish is not going to go to waste,
it's going to be donated to charity, which is great.
Suddenly, the captain gets a call.
Poachers were sighted a few miles away.
The poachers are located on shore
near where the waters of the Rio Negro meet the Amazon River.
Be careful, just stay behind me
and stay behind the guys, don't go, don't go forward.
I know you want to get the shots, but be careful, okay?
Because Cyril will be out front with the police,
he was the only one on his team given a bulletproof vest.
Geoff, stay down. Geoff, stay down, man.
Come on, stay down.
With no visuals on the poachers,
the military police need to be on full alert
and make sure not to get ambushed by a surprise attack.
They got him. Over there, over there.
They got weapons man, be careful.
Okay, they got him.
Diego...
With both suspects now in custody, the police interrogate them.
The fact that those guys ran clearly says that
there was something suspicious going on here and they knew about it.
I think the main sentence would be... Will be for the weapons
'cause there is no registration for the weapons,
but they couldn't find the fish, so,
I think they're going to get, uh, in trouble for the weapons.
The police force takes poaching very seriously
as it is wiping out many of Brazil's large fish species.
Having gained a greater understanding of the poaching problem,
Cyril and his crew are heading deep into the heart of the jungle.
They need to find massive pirarucu to get samples for Lorenzo to analyze.
The information stored in their DNA will help
scientists protect these ancient giants.
This is good. Go right here.
- Right? - Right.
I like how you put your seatbelt on,
but Geoff has absolutely nothing and he's in the back.
You all right, Geoff? Hanging in there?
Hanging in.
Geoff guides the team by GPS.
We're still going in the right direction.
That's good to know.
But as they get deeper into the jungle,
the road becomes less reliable.
It isn't long before they encounter their first roadblock.
Well, looks like we're going to need machetes here.
Guys, I'll need, uh, I'll need some help here.
Yep.
Man, we have barely even started this trip, and, uh,
already we got a major obstacle.
I'm wondering what's coming up next?
So we're going to get stuck.
- Ah, there you go. - All right.
Fine down here, we're good.
Good job, buddy, good job.
Now they need to get the truck through the mud hole
without getting stuck.
Whoo!
Yes, sir.
Almost hit the tree, you see that?
-Good job, man. -Yeah, man.
It came this close to the tree.
Oh, man.
Geoff tries to steer the team towards the lakes they're looking for,
but the tree canopy is making that difficult.
The signal's terrible.
Yeah, I know, but we got the lakes.
So I think we're getting to the lake area.
Yeah, it looks like it.
Well, I think that's as far as we can go, guys.
Yeah, I think we should stop here and keep, uh,
trekking through the woods, right?
They just passed a small lake,
but there are better lakes for pirarucu up ahead.
How was it? Not too rough?
Sorry, man.
It was all right, actually.
- You have the cell phone? - I have one.
Geoff, you have the... The GPS?
Yep.
Good.
- You got a signal? - Yep.
Yeah, I find it's a little bit of an opening here.
Into straight down here.
Yeah, straight.
As straight as you can possibly make it.
All right, let's just pick a tree and head for it.
They leave the safety of the forest path
and hike deeper into the jungle.
Guys, remember rule number one:
watch where you step, watch what you touch.
Rule number two: see rule number one.
Pretty much.
See, what I'm telling you that everything here is meant to hurt you.
Look at this, look at the spikes on this palm tree.
It's actually the tree's natural way to defend itself,
just like a cactus.
Along with hostile vegetation,
the crew needs to also watch out for other jungle perils such as snakes,
venomous ants, spiders, and even jaguars.
Yeah, we're heading in the right direction
to some water down there.
Yeah.
These fish are obligate air breathers.
That means that they have to come up to the surface every once in a while
to breathe air.
But when they come up to the surface to breathe,
usually they make a big splash with their tail.
And it's very loud, you can hear it.
Because those fish, they're the apex predator around here, they're huge.
They don't care about being noticed.
You know, it looks like a good spot though,
and it's a quiet lake,
like a flooded forest, maybe some pirarucus.
But we should hear 'em.
Well, yeah, if we're going to hear them,
we need to stop talking.
Telling me to shut up?
I'm talking too much?
Kind of.
- Ooh, ooh. You heard that? - Yeah.
Pirarucu.
Yeah, looks like somebody's home.
Yeah, we hit it right, this is the lake.
See some open water there,
but from the shore here it's impossible to fish.
It's just... It's just too thick.
Down this bank to the right here, if you go aways it gets more open.
Cyril and his team follow the lake's natural drainage
into a more accessible spot to fish.
Yeah, looks like a good place here.
Whoa, that was a big one.
A giant pirarucu just broke the surface.
I'm dying to put a bait in the water, I'm telling you,
but I've got to show you how this works.
It's a circle hook, it's a special type of hook.
Basically, fish takes bait and as it swims away,
I just put some tension on the line slow but sure,
what happens here is that the hook lodges itself right here
in the corner of the mouth.
So, uh, this hook is designed to avoid hurting the fish.
I'd rather have fresher bait,
but I'm pretty sure this will do the trick.
Better start fishing.
Man, monsters and giants in there.
Wow, a big one surfaced right there.
I won't cast too close, so I don't spook it.
I just saw a fish come up to the surface over there,
that's why I cast right in that area.
But the problem is that if I... If I get this fish,
I don't know how I'm going to land it because you see there's a lot of grass.
Hmm.
Feel like going over there but,
looks like a perfect environment for anaconda and caimans.
The grass looks thinner at the back of the lake,
which might give Cyril a better chance at landing a giant.
Here goes nothing.
Oh, there's a little guy here. Guys, be careful.
There's a caiman here.
Oh, perfect.
Caimans are an ever present danger lurking on the banks,
waiting until they're close enough to their prey to attack.
So the team moves very carefully.
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Don't quite know what I'm getting myself into here, but...
Oh, my God, did you see that? Did you hear that?
Cyril quickly gets a line in the water
just in front of where the fish surfaced.
Guys, just so you know, we can't stay here for too long.
You know, we'll try to get this fish and get, uh,
get out of here.
- Why? - Guess why.
- Anacondas? - Yeah.
- Caimans? - Yeah.
Piranhas?
- Exactly, all of the above. - All of them.
I think we need fresher bait, guys.
But this one should do for now.
Oh.
Here we go.
A fish has picked up Cyril's bait.
But he can't set the hook until he feels that the fish is fully committed to it.
Yeah, here we go, here we go.
We're on, guys.
Oh, man, it's huge.
I don't know how I'm gonna land this fish, it's in the grass already.
It's pulling me in.
Oh, my God.
Guys, stay back, just...
I don't want you to get in this mess here.
Just let me get the shot.
Oh, my God. It's a giant.
It's the fish we need.
Cyril and the team are in the Amazon to catch
and sample giant pirarucu.
And there's one on the line.
At close range, pirarucu are dangerous when they thrash.
He needs to grab it before someone gets smashed by its bony head.
Watch out, guys.
Don't get knocked out by this fish's head. It's pure bone.
And it's very much alive right now, look, it's right here.
In order to get a DNA sample from this pirarucu,
Cyril would have to drag it through the floating grass.
I don't think there's any way we can sample this fish.
Which might injure or even kill it.
He has no choice, he has to release the fish.
We got to get out of here, guys, we got to get out of here.
I just want to put it over the grass here so he can swim freely.
He's good.
You want to sample that guy?
Can't, I had to let it go, man,
it's too complicated for you to make it here.
And it's not the giant that we need for Lorenzo.
That was a sizable fish, but not, not a giant.
Let's get out of here.
Get out. Come on, move. You can't stay here too long.
All right, everybody out of the water, because now we made a big mess,
and that's going to get some attention, predator's attention.
No, it was too risky for us to be standing in the water there
and not only that, but at one point
I was thinking of maybe bringing the fish to shore,
but it's not good for the fish.
I don't want to be dragging the fish over the grass,
and here would have been the ideal spot to actually sample it, but...
It would have been the perfect spot.
I'm trying to think...
That's what I'm thinking right now, how we can do this.
You made the right call but, uh, I mean,
it looks like there's more fish out there, so,
how are we going to sample them?
- That's the question. - Yeah.
With the grass along the bank making it impossible to bring
an adult pirarucu near shore,
the guys have to find another solution.
But there's grass everywhere.
Hey, guys, there are fishermen over there.
They got a big fish, they're holding a big fish.
Cyril thinks these fishermen might have a pirarucu in their net.
But it's far from it.
Ah!
It's an anaconda.
And the fishermen are planning on killing it.
This snake doesn't need to die.
Getting too close can result in serious injury.
It's a constrictor, but we still don't want to get bit.
Cyril must secure the head to avoid getting bitten.
Biggest snake in the world right here.
Anaconda, and I'm hold...
I'm securing the head right now because I'm telling you,
you don't want to get bit by an anaconda,
especially an anaconda this size.
They have, like... He's ready to go,
and they have teeth that have pointed backwards.
It's not so much the bite itself that is dangerous,
it's the infection that comes after the bite
because most times they don't want to let you go.
The way they kill their prey is that they latch onto their prey
with their mouth and then they wrap around and they choke the life out of him.
If you happen to be in the water and you get caught by one of those,
I'm telling you it's going to pull you under water.
It's going to wrap you and pull you underwater.
And a snake this size,
it's definitely, definitely capable of killing a person.
Oh, yeah.
Guys, we, uh, we're lucky we showed up just in time.
Otherwise this snake was going to get chopped up in pieces.
Did you see that?
- He was going to go for the machete. - Yeah.
- I saw it.
Have a bit of a little conflict in my head right now
because I just told them that, okay, let's release it.
And they're like, "No, let's kill it."
'Cause it can be... It can be dangerous
for the, uh, the people of the village, even the kids.
Why don't we move it to a different place?
A different spot?
- Relocate it? - Yeah, relocate it.
Look, they have a boat.
Yeah, that's not a bad idea, actually.
Cool. Good idea, man.
Moving a big snake must be done carefully
to avoid hurting the snake or getting attacked by it.
But the snake seems tired from struggling, otherwise,
it wouldn't be this docile.
Cyril's on high alert, though,
because the animal still could bite him,
resulting in a bad infection.
Get onboard.
The snake is tired.
And there they go, relocating a freakin' anaconda.
Yeah, that's really cool.
Man, this snake smells really strong.
This typical musk, you know? Very strong smell.
This guy is definitely one of the giants in the Amazon.
Running some water on it.
Cool it down, I don't know,
maybe it's too hot on the boat, I don't know.
After about ten miles...
They find a good spot...
To let the predator go.
Okay, buddy. You're one lucky snake.
Wow.
Now I can tell how big this snake is, you know?
It was hard to tell with the guys holding it...
And when it was coiled up.
But now, whew, when it's all stretched out, it's huge.
It's way, way, yeah, it's definitely over 15 feet long.
That's a big snake, yes.
With the snake safely away from the village,
Cyril and the team can get back
to their mission of catching a giant pirarucu.
And the first thing they need to do is catch some fresh bait.
But not just any bait.
One of the planet's most feared predator fish:
the piranha.
And some tasty beef should definitely get their attention.
Yeah, it's probably not the best idea to be fishing for piranha
with our feet in the water right now, but...
I've been around piranhas quite a bit and they have a bad rep
because they're very aggressive predators.
But, you know, there's certain conditions where they get especially dangerous.
Because the water level in the Amazon fluctuates.
It goes up and down a lot.
And when it goes up, it floods areas of the forest that are not flooded,
usually creating lakes that... And those lakes remain when
the water level goes down and piranhas,
they breed in those lakes until they deplete all the food that's around
and then they get really aggressive.
They can start even eating each other, they can be cannibals.
And that's in those conditions that they get really dangerous.
I know we're not going to get attacked here.
Normally.
Making some noise on the surface to get the piranha's attention.
To them, it mimics the sound of prey on the surface, in distress.
Oh, oh, oh, something's picking at it.
The bait keeps getting attacked.
- But no big piranhas, yet. - Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, yeah, here we go.
Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Right away.
Oh, that's a nice red belly right here.
Check this out, that's a big one.
See that, how red the belly is?
This is probably the most common species of piranha,
the red belly piranha.
These fish have a very strong bite, really powerful jaws.
So you don't want to get near this mouth.
What makes the piranha bite so devastating is a combination of two elements.
Number one is this, look at those teeth, serrated triangular shark-like teeth
and the fact that they perfectly interlock,
resulting in a typical cookie-cutter bite,
semi-circular, flesh gone.
Piranhas hunt in schools.
So it's a safe bet there are others nearby.
Chris, you're not too far from the action.
There's a bunch of them there, so be careful.
After Afghanistan, there's nothing here to scare you.
It's not an old piranha you're going to be afraid of, right?
Not one.
There's about 50 of 'em for sure there, swimming around.
Oh, got a bite.
Yeah, here we go.
Ooh.
- And that's a good one. - Yeah.
Yes, there's another one.
Yeah, here we go. Oh! Yep.
I think we've got enough, guys.
With fresh bait in hand, the team is ready to find
and sample a giant pirarucu, but they have to get away
from the grass and all these piranhas,
which will eat the bait even if it's another piranha.
Oh, yeah, looks good here.
Predator, and it's going to get eaten by another predator.
This piranha will make a delicious meal
for a giant pirarucu.
Oh, here we go, here we go.
We got a good bite here, that's a good bite.
Here we go, fish, good fish, big fish.
That might be a catfish, or a big tambaqui.
I don't think it's a pirarucu 'cause it's not jumping.
I'm going to try to work my way down the shoreline here.
It looks like there's a good spot to land it there.
What is this fish?
Oh, no, it's... Yeah, it's a tambaqui, big tambaqui.
Wait till you see this fish.
You got to see the teeth on this fish. This fish is the...
The cousin of the piranha.
The teeth of a human that would have a pretty, uh, bad, uh,
oral hygiene, let's say.
This fish are known for eating mainly seeds and fruit,
but obviously this fish took a piece of fish,
so that I think they're omnivores.
They can eat anything they find.
But look, what a beautiful creature.
Like the pirarucu...
Tambaqui.
...these fish are exploited for their meat in Brazil.
And if nothing is done to stop overfishing,
they will also need protection.
There may be a school of Tambaqui here that will take all of Cyril's
fresh piranha bait before he ever catches a pirarucu.
The team can't risk it, so they trek to another part of the lake.
A slow river connects a series of still water lakes,
an ideal environment for pirarucu.
But to find a true giant for Lorenzo,
they need to access areas so remote even poachers won't go there.
Here's the lake.
I don't know how we're going to fish here though.
From the shore?
It's going to be really tough.
Yeah, we can't do anything from here.
It looks like, uh, prime anaconda water.
And the banks are steep, really steep.
Vegetation is really dense, too.
So thick.
Look over there, I think we can fish from there, on that spot.
Yeah, maybe we can fish from the far bank.
Looks like a good spot, but we're going to have to get to it.
I think that requires a little swim.
Well, yeah.
Now the question is, uh,
who goes first?
Let's get the rope and get down there, and, um,
I'll make the first cross and, uh,
if I make it alive over there without any...
Too many piranha bites on my legs
and then go ahead and follow.
I can come with you.
- You, uh, you'd swim with me? - Yeah, sure.
Yeah, I think that's a good idea, actually. Yeah.
Yeah.
In case one of you guys has a problem, a cramp or something?
Uh, yeah, and I think also, you know, the fact that we're bigger,
it's more intimidating for a predator.
Right.
Thinking of caimans and anacondas.
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.
Oh, yeah.
I didn't forget about them, they're here.
So gonna repel down first and, uh...
I'll follow you.
Geoff anchors a rope around the tree for Cyril and Manu to climb down.
- Rope's secured? - Yeah.
Everyone's a little tense because they don't know what creatures
could be possibly lurking along the ledge.
I'm making sure, might go slow because
there could be a lot of things here.
Or in the water.
They have to be careful on their descent.
If they slip and fall...
Good job, Manu.
The splash could provoke a bite or draw the attention
of a nearby predator.
Keep going, we're close.
- Manu, you follow real close, okay? - Yeah.
They all need to hurry across to avoid predators
that may be attracted by the splashing.
You guys, you're gonna pass me my bag and my camera and everything, okay?
Yeah. Okay, exactly.
You all right?
Good job Manu, you did it.
Cyril and Manu arrive safely onshore,
but the rest of the crew still needs to cross.
Geoff and Jesse are the last in line.
And now that the others have stirred up the water...
Yeah.
...they'll have to make it fast.
- Ready? - Yeah, one, two...
Well, I guess Jesse didn't wait for Geoff's count.
Good job.
Good job, guys.
- Good job, buddy. - All right, man.
Now let's do some fishing.
With everyone safely across, it's time to catch the largest pirarucu
in the region and get a sample for Lorenzo.
Collecting DNA to learn more about these fantastic creatures
is imperative for ensuring their survival.
All right, piranha, there you go.
Pull, pull, here we go, here we go, here we go. Fish, fish, fish.
Something found the bait very quickly.
My God.
I think this fish is tired.
Swam around a snag, and the line is cut.
That's why sometimes you want to use very heavy line.
You know, you got a lot of abrasion going on and the line rubs.
So you want to have heavy line that can withstand the abrasion
and the friction long enough that you can land this fish.
I'm going to do something careless, which is that I'm gonna
open the bail to try to let the fish swim freely,
and maybe it'll go... It'll go back around the snag.
Cyril hopes that by giving the fish enough line to swim,
it will head back out into open water.
Slowly.
Okay, he's swimming. Look at the line.
Look at the line, look at the line on the water.
Boom, boom, boom. Yeah, this fish is still on there.
I'm gonna let him swim real free.
No.
Cyril's plan worked.
The fish is free of the snag and fighting to get away.
If it's a pirarucu, it's a big one.
Oh!
He's coming, he's coming, he's right here, he's right here.
Oh, my God! It's a big pirarucu.
Oh, look at that.
Oh.
Ah!
Jesse, I'm gonna need your help holding the rod.
To land this giant, Cyril needs Jesse to hold the rod,
while he secures the line.
Okay, I think I got it, but I'll never know with this fish.
They're super powerful, so I gotta be careful.
The true Amazon warrior. This fish... Look at the scales,
look at the construction of this fish.
It's armor-plated,
it's basically the equivalent of a bullet-proof jacket for us.
The scales are so powerful they can withstand swarms
of piranhas attacking them.
The pirarucu, the, "pira," for fish. In indigenous language,
"pira," means fish and, "urucu," means red,
hence the red scales on the tail.
It's perfectly adapted to its environment.
I can barely lift him, and yet it's a small fish for pirarucu.
Let's get the fish.
He's good, as you can see he's breathing.
That's a beautiful fish, man.
Yeah. He's in good shape right now.
Geoff needs to take a small sample of the fish's pectoral fin
so Lorenzo can catalog its DNA.
- Oh, yeah. - Good job.
- Got it. - You got it. Good to go.
One second.
Getting samples from a large pirarucu
is the first step in helping scientists protect these prehistoric fish.
Okay, from the snout to the tail.
Uh, 178 centimeters.
178 centimeters?
And the fish is not even straight.
70 inches.
Matching the fish's size with its DNA will help Lorenzo
accurately catalog the pirarucu in this region.
28 inches, 71 centimeters.
20, yeah. So yeah, it's not a...
It's not a fat fish.
It's not a fat fish, but it's a long fish.
No. Yeah, yep.
This guy's ready to go, beautiful creature.
But I think we'll have to get an even bigger one.
A true giant.
There are even bigger pirarucu out here.
And since Lorenzo needs samples from a true giant,
the pirarucu mission isn't over yet.
Hear that?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Are you prepping for them?
Yeah, I can hear it coming.
Yeah, it's coming, that's the wind.
But bad weather rolls in.
Guys, it is a big storm that's about to happen.
And the crew packs up to seek shelter in the jungle.
They don't want to risk all their camera gear in a thunderstorm.
Okay, let's move, guys.
Hey, look at all this water.
Oh, man.
Flood, flood, flood, guys, flood.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Flash flood.
Floods in this region can be disastrous.
When rivers overflow from heavy rain,
the rising water can quickly reach over ten feet in some areas.
Ah!.
The crew needs to get to higher ground
before they're swallowed by the water.
- Watch out, deep here. - Guys, I'm stuck.
- You all right, Geoff? - Yeah, I'm okay.
Let's keep walking this way, we don't want to go upstream
because we don't know what's coming next.
We're gonna try to protect the equipment.
Get the samples!
- Get the samples! - Ah!