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🦊 What do a long-legged golden dog, a flooded desert, and the secrets of living past 100 have in common? They all reveal something powerful about the resilience of nature—and ourselves. Today, we’re exploring the maned wolf, drifting through Botswana, and how remote elders defy aging in The Human Longevity Project. Oh, and there’s a bombshell glyphosate study you need to see. Let’s dive in.

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🐿️ CREATURE FEATURE 🐿️

The Maned Wolf

Meet the maned wolf—a striking, long-legged canid that roams the grasslands and scrub forests of South America. With its slender legs, reddish coat, and signature black mane, it looks like a fox on stilts (though not a true wolf or a fox). In fact, it’s the only member of its genus, Chrysocyon, meaning “golden dog.”

Standing about three feet tall at the shoulder, the long legs help it move through tall grasses while hunting. It’s a solitary creature, active mostly at dawn and dusk, and it rarely forms packs. Instead, monogamous pairs share overlapping territories, meeting mainly to mate and raise pups.

The maned wolf is an omnivore, with over half its diet made up of fruits and vegetables—especially the tomato-like “wolf apple”—alongside small mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects. This unique diet makes it an important seed disperser in its ecosystem. The maned wolf is considered near threatened, with conservation efforts underway to protect this shy, beautiful animal—a symbol of South America’s wild grasslands.

🌎 INTO THE…🌎

Into the Okavango Delta

Africa’s largest inland delta, nestled in northwestern Botswana, this vast oasis is formed where the Okavango River spills into the sands of the Kalahari Desert, creating a lush labyrinth of channels, lagoons, and islands that pulse with life each year as seasonal floods arrive during the dry season. Unlike most deltas, the Okavango’s waters never reach the sea—instead, they evaporate or seep into the ground, supporting a dynamic wetland that’s constantly shifting and renewing itself (learn more about its unique hydrology).

The delta is a sanctuary for some of the world’s most endangered wildlife, including cheetahs, African wild dogs, black and white rhinos, and massive herds of elephants and buffalo. It’s also a birdwatcher’s paradise, with over 560 recorded bird species thriving in its pristine habitats. The annual floods trigger spectacular migrations and synchronize the rhythms of countless plant and animal species, making every visit a glimpse into the intricate dance of water, land, and life.

Protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Okavango Delta remains one of Africa’s last true wildernesses—a living reminder of the power, beauty, and fragility of our planet’s wild places.

What the longest-living people do differently

What if aging wasn’t something to fear... but something you could influence?

Some people stay vibrant well into their 80s and beyond — while others struggle with pain, brain fog, and burnout far earlier. So what’s the difference?

It turns out, longevity isn’t just about genes. It’s about how we live — what we eat, how we move, how we sleep, and how we connect.

And now, there’s a powerful (and no cost) way to learn what the world’s healthiest elders have in common.

My friend Jason Prall traveled to Blue Zones around the world — places like Okinawa, Ikaria, and Sardinia — to document the habits of people who live long, joyful lives.

The result? A 9-part docuseries called The Human Longevity Project, featuring top doctors, healers, and longevity scientists.

• Discover how to slow or even reverse biological aging

• Protect your brain, gut, sleep, and immune health

• Reclaim purpose, connection, and energy

Watch The Human Longevity Project here <<<
Save your seat now before it begins later this month.

Let’s add life to your years.

🍎 NUTRITION 101 🍎

RESISTANT STARCH: Resistant starch is a special type of carbohydrate that isn’t digested in the small intestine. Instead, it travels to the colon, where it feeds your good gut bacteria and supports a healthy microbiome. Regularly eating resistant starch may help improve blood sugar, boost digestion, and keep you feeling fuller longer. You’ll find it in foods like cooked and cooled potatoes, rice, green bananas, oats, and beans. Adding more resistant starch to your meals is a simple way to support gut and metabolic health.

🔎 EARTH CONSCIOUS DEEP DIVE 🔍

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New Glyphosate Study Confirms Cancer Risk—and Why Our Work Matters

After nearly two decades speaking out about glyphosate, this latest study hits hard—and it’s deeply personal. As someone who helped expose glyphosate’s risks in our film The Need To GROW, I feel the urgency of this moment. We’ve seen industry spin, regulatory confusion, and even neighbors dousing their lawns with RoundUp—while shrugging about the cancer warnings on the label. We must do more: educate our communities, choose organic, and demand non-toxic public spaces.

🔬 The Latest Study: Glyphosate at “Safe” Levels Causes Cancer

A new long-term animal study published in Environmental Health finds that glyphosate—not just industrial doses, but even exposure within limits regulators consider safe—triggers multiple forms of cancer in lab rats.

Findings include…

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