gods of the rainforests

kingdoms that stretch as far as just a couple of hundred miles mean nothing when you're the ruler of the night skies.

[pangeen]

“ Maya “ // camwhitnall

[manilaswivel]

We need everyone's help right now to protect the rainforest and Indigenous People

The Amazon Rainforest is under a massive threat. I know you've heard this a million times, but this is different. There is a piece of legislation that will decimate the rights of Indigenous people of Brazil, who have been protecting the rainforest. It's unfathomably bad. It has majority support. And they're voting tomorrow. As reported here, the Bill allows "the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples."

The thing you can do—and I know this sounds overly simple—is sign this petition—and tell your friends to do the same: SIGN HERE.

As reported here, the Bill allows "the Brazilian government to find energy resources, set up military bases, develop strategic roads, and implement commercial agriculture on protected Indigenous tribal lands, without any prior discussion with the affected peoples."

Again, this bill has majority support. You may be wondering, why will a petition signed by people who don't live in Brazil make any difference? Because it will give those opposing it political air cover. It will show the world is with them.

But we need a LOT of signatures.

Please do this simple act and spread the word.

[clawmarks]

The Naturalist’s Library - vol. XVI. Lions, Tigers, &c &c - 1840 - via Internet Archive

[big-catsss]

(by benjaminjameswildlife)

[clawmarks]

Le livre de la jungle - Rudyard Kipling; Paul Jouve, ill. - 1919 - via e-rara

[mischievousdog]

Shackled panther tattoo design for a client

[vintagewildlife]

Jaguar By: Unknown photographer From: Disney's Worlds of Nature 1965

[vintagewildlife]

Jaguar By: Unknown photographer From: Disney's Worlds of Nature 1965

[feather-bone]

Jaguar! They’re opportunistic hunters and will eat almost anything. Common prey include birds, monkeys, iguanas, deer, capybaras, and even tapirs and caimans.

[ID: an illustration of a jaguar, sitting facing to the left and looking toward the viewer. Its mouth is slightly open in a smile and its tail is curled up. It is on a jade green background with stylized leaves. End.]

[big-catsss]

(by Andrew Stanbury)

[antiqueanimals]

Harry Rountree. For the cover of Nature Magazine, October 1932 edition.

[trailcams]

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[trailcams]

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[redbuzzarddart]

I drew this vent art some years ago , the drawing represents stress and frustration. It’s a Jaguar swallowing his own spots.

[clawmarks]

Illustration (color edited) from Under the roof of the jungle; a book of animal life in the Guiana wilds - Charles Livingston Bull - 1911 - via Internet Archive

[sdzoo]

The South American native word for jaguar, yaguara, means “animal that kills in a single bound.” (📷: Paul E.M.)

[swtfrmx]

Missionary being eaten by a jaguar (by Noé León, 1907)