A HUNTER survived for a month by eating worms and drinking rainwater from his shoes after getting lost in the jungle.
Jhonattan Acosta, 30, hid from jaguars and peccaries — aggressive pig-like animals — and ate insects and fruit.
Jhonattan Acosta receives medical treatment after he was rescued[/caption]
Jhonattan was separated from his friends while hunting in the Amazon in Bolivia on January 25[/caption]
He was found on Saturday when a search party heard him shouting[/caption]
He had become separated from his friends while hunting in the Amazon in Bolivia on January 25.
But he was found on Saturday when a search party heard him shouting, “Please get me out of here”.
He lost 37lb and dislocated his ankle during his 31-day ordeal.
He said: “It’s incredible, I can’t believe people kept up the search for so long.
“I ate worms, I ate insects.
“You wouldn’t believe all I had to do to survive all this time.”
Jhonattan says he is giving up hunting and will instead make music for God who has “given me a new life”.
Search and rescue pose at their jungle base as they search for the missing man[/caption]
