Manny Puig is a legendary wildlife expert, hunter, & fisherman who became widely known for his hands-on approach when dealing with deadly predators such as sharks, rattle snakes, black bears and alligators. He has made frequent appearances on the television shows Jackass and Wildboyz as well as the Animal Planet show Gator Boys. EPISODE LINKS https://www.instagram.com/manny_puig_ FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny JOIN OUR KULT: https://bit.ly/koncretepatreon OUTLINE 0:00 - Growing up in Cuba 2:20 - Fidel Castro’s communist revolution / How CIA recruited Manny’s dad 8:29 - Manny’s dad was on CIA infiltration team / and later executed by Castro 12:09 - Escaping Cuba 13:21 - Felix Rodriguez 15:52 - Manny’s early obsession with snakes & alligators 18:51 - Manny’s first shark encounter 24:21 - Hunting sharks / Shark population decline in 1990’s 28:16 - Manny’s childhood fantasies of hand catching man-eating beasts 32:56 - How to stop a shark from attacking you: show aggression 41:16 - Why there are so many more sharks in the ocean now 42:56 - The rise in deadly shark attacks / Biblical prophecy of beasts of the earth eating human beings 44:32 - Tiger shark attack in the Red Sea 57:45 - Orca / killer whales are the deadliest animal in the sea 1:01:15 - How to ride a mako shark (don’t ride bull sharks) 1:11:54 - Tiger shark attacks in Hawaii 1:15:45 - The problem with shark over population 1:20:51 - The Amazon rain forest 1:29:01 - Barracuda 1:31:40 - Hand catching alligators 1:40:39 - How to avoid an alligator attack 1:45:02 - Deadly snake that melts your brain 1:47:14 - How bad does it suck getting bit by a rattle snake? 1:55:44 - Why Manny hunts with a trident 2:01:06 - How to hold your breath for 5 minutes / shallow water blackout

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