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"Teso Dos Bichos" is a 1996 episode of The X-Files television series. It was the eighteenth episode broadcast in the show's third season.

Plot
The episode opens on an archeaological dig in the ecuadorian highlands. An argument between Dr. Bilac and Dr. Roosevelt over the removal of a native-American burial urn, called an Amaru. Then We see A native shaman distributing Yaje, also known as the Vine of the Soul, to the villagers and Dr. Bilac. We then see Dr. Roosevelt murdered by the Jaguar spirit.

Mulder and Scully begin investigating the disapearance of Dr. Decker, after a security guard at the Boston Museum of History discovers a large amount of blood in Dr. Decker's archaeology lab. They interveiw both Museum Curator, Dr. Lewton, and Moana Wustner. They also visit Dr. Bilac. Dr. Lewton is killed by the Jaguar Spirit when his car, ironicly a Jaguar, won't start.During an investigation of the crime scene, Scully come across a party of rat corpses in the engine compartment of Dr. Lewton's car. Mona is then asked by Scully about strange or bizarre happenings in the museum of natural history, in which Mona replies nothing out of the ordinary occurred. Meanwhile, Mulder and a group of Boston police search for Dr. Lewton's remains. Scully sees blood dripping on Mulder's face from above and, upon looking up, they see Dr. Lewton's small intestine hanging from a tree. Scully, about to perform an autopsy on Dr. Lewton's intestine, is interrupted when Mona suddenly calls, saying that Bilac was under the influence of Yaje. Mona then hears noises from the women's bathroom and, upon opening the toilet lid, she sees rats forcing their way out of the the sewer. When the two agents arrive, Mulder goes to the women's bathroom due to the presence of strange noises. He then sees Dr. Bilac crying beside one of the toilets. Mulder then asks, "Where is she?" Bilac replies, "She is dead."

Elsewhere in the museum, Bilac escapes from the room inwhich he is beeing held without exiting through the only door. Mulder notices a large drag mark through the dust on the floor, leading to a strange hatch in the wall, under a table. Mulder then asks where the entrance leads, and the museum security guard says thatit leads to the old steam tunnels. Mulder and Scully enter into the manhole and Mulder jokingly says, "Ladies first", upon which Scully gives him a piercing look. They walk through the hidden underground room only to find rats, the bodies of those missing and presumed dead (including Mona's), and a multitude of ferocious cats. Scully then gets attacked by a cat with blood on its mouth and others come rushing towards them; in an attempt to escape, they find the hole the rat came through earlier and Bilac's body, mutilated and bloodied like all the others. As the two agents make their way out, the demonic cats scratch down the door and burst through the hole before Mulder closes the lid. The episode closes with Mulder suspecting that the animal attacks were associated with the Sokona Indian burial urn that had been unburied and removed against the wishes of the shaman and his clan. It is shorty returned to the burial grounds where the Sokona shaman watches the urn's burial with his jaguar-like eyes.

Trivia

 * The script of this episode was revised an unusually high number of times.
 * Yajé, Yagé or Ayahuasca is an actual hallucinogenic drug, traditionally used by South American indians. The visionary experiences often feature animals, with large cats being common.