Synopsis
Ray Mears goes deep into the Amazonian rainforest to meet the Sanema people, who are superb naturalists and exploit chemicals from trees and vines to catch prey and to induce hallucinogenic trances.
- Programme: Ray Mears' World of Survival
- Series: 2
- Episode: 03: Headwaters of the Orinoco: Venezuela
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1998
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