China News Service, March 18. According to the BBC's report on the 18th, two indigenous boys aged 8 and 6 were rescued after disappearing in Brazil's Amazon rainforest for nearly four weeks and were taken to hospital for treatment.
Reports say they are expected to make a full recovery.
Data map: Amazon rainforest.
On February 18, the two boys lost their way while catching birds in the jungle near Manicore, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, and on March 15, a local lumberjack stumbled across them, the report said.
The report quoted local media as saying that one of the boys shouted for help when they heard the sound of logging. According to the cry for help, the man found two boys lying on the ground in the rainforest, looking very hungry and weak, with many skin abrasions .
The two boys reportedly told their parents that they ate nothing but drank rainwater when they got lost.