Welcome.
Dr. Atherton, I presume.
Wait. Not so fast.
We're in a hurry, Mr. Manley.
Just bring your equipment.
Miguel Higueras, my assistant.
Muy bien. Sorry I'm late.
I've been held up with a fever.
Be sick on your own time.
I want close-ups
The what?
"T epui" is lndian
where species have survived
for millions of years.
- Any man-eating dinosaurs?
You're in luck.
Anybody ever get lost?
Legend says that men...
who climb to the "rain desert"
but we small-game hunters
Is he friendly?
I hope so. He's our guide.
Stick close.
Veinticuatro!
24-hour ant.
They bite?
They kill, Mr. Manley,
So do some of the frogs.
Great.
[ Atherton ]
We land here,
This is a sinkhole...
where thousands of years
have torn away the rock.
It's very deep, 2000 feet,
You'll need flash equipment.
Stegolepis...
nutritious enough
Thanks. I'll pass.
Plants your specialty?
Insects and spiders,
Great.
Just what the world needs,
What's your specialty, Manley?
Football.
Forget that no one mentioned
but a 2,000-foot drop?
This is for the equipment.
Our guide will show us
Vamonos.
- Mr. Manley!
Que pasa?
Y o no voy. No voy.
What's with him?
This is as far as he'll go.
What?
Here we are.
It's amazing.
The air temp's
in the last 100 meters.
Not far. Down there.
Ahh, ahhh!
Ahhh!
You all right?
I'm not over it yet.
of every specimen and the tepuis.
for "mountain"...
in isolation...
- Only Atherton.
We're hitting a new one.
never return,
don't climb. We fly.
in sufficient numbers.
Don't touch any.
This is where we're going.
then walk down here.
of streaming water...
and dark at the bottom.
to survive on for weeks.
and identifying new ones.
more bugs.
poison ants and frogs,
Come on!
another way down.
- Y eah, yeah, yeah.
dropped 10 degrees...