Neat video. I did stop motion with clay and a Super-8 camera back in the 80′s. It took days for a minute. Digital is easier and a shutter release with a remote rather than a bulb really reduces jiggle. Still, it’s an amazing black hole of time.
Humm… Where’s my Gumby?
Anti-Aging: Even for the Amazon that seems a bit odd. I think that there’s a simpler answer to the deaths. BTW, nice melastomataceae leaf in the foreground. — at least the photo is tropical.