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Lesly, 13, used her "ancestral knowledge" and experience of looking after her young brothers, aged nine, four and 10 months old, to keep them alive in the Amazon rainforest, known to be one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet

The four siblings, all members of the Uitoto indigenous community, were flying over the Colombian rainforest on May 1 when their Cessna aircraft crashed into the forest canopy after a suspected engine failure

Siblings, Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four, and Cristin - who turned one during their ordeal in Colombia - were travelling in a light aircraft when the incident occurred.

Four young children surviving 40 days in the Amazonian jungle has attracted global headlines, as have other children who triumphed against the odds