Surprised that a 13 years old was able to take care of 3 small children in a jungle full of snakes and jaguars for 40 days. How was he able to keep the toddler alive? What do you feed someone that young in a jungle??
> "She gave them flour and cassava bread, any fruit in the bush, they know what they must consume," Ms Valencia said in footage obtained by EVN.
FTA: "The children belong to the Huitoto indigenous group."
I.e. they're used to living on the land. Snakes are a concern if you're unwary in the jungle, but if you are somewhat aware of your surroundings you'll be OK. Jaguars are probably a different story, but I guess luckily they weren't in the territory of any animals.
In English common law, traditionally 7 is the age of reason, 14 the age of an adult, and 21 the age of majority. We'd have 14 year olds off to sea, etc.
I suspect (but haven't checked) this comes from some biblical rules.
Remember that people can generally breed by 14 (even now, some girls go through pubity around 10 or 11), though a lot of western cultures now outlaw it.
He erased the tweet the next day saying that the information - which his office had been given by Colombia's child welfare agency - could not be confirmed." quote from the article this thread is about.
Edit: I believe the president is the one that tweeted it the first time, and he retracted.
I don't think that applies - actually they probably had close to ideal conditions for survival, it is possible to live naked without discomfort, and some tribes do.
In what we call "temperate" climates they might have died of exposure.
PSA I’m no expert but as a kid I was taught to stay where you were if you got lost. And this seems to demonstrate that.
