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Up close face shot of the 'Uncontacted tribe' sighted in Amazon
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| Surreal JRS |
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/ameri...ibes/index.html
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(CNN) -- Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world.
Taken from a small airplane, the photos show men outside thatched communal huts, necks craned upward, pointing bows toward the air in a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest.
The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks "uncontacted tribes" -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders -- and seeks to protect them from encroachment.
More than 100 uncontacted tribes remain worldwide, and about half live in the remote reaches of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru or Brazil, near the recently photographed tribe, according to Survival International, a nonprofit group that advocates for the rights of indigenous people.
"All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed or decimated by new diseases," the organization said Thursday.
Illegal logging in Peru is threatening several uncontacted groups, pushing them over the border with Brazil and toward potential conflicts with about 500 uncontacted Indians living on the Brazilian side, Survival International said.
Its director, Stephen Cory, said the new photographs highlight the need to protect uncontacted people from intrusion by the outside world.
"These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do exist," Cory said in a statement. "The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct."
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The photos released Thursday show men who look strong and healthy, the Brazilian government said. They and their relatives apparently live in six communal shelters known as malocas, according to the government, which has tracked at least four uncontacted groups in the region for the past 20 years.
The photos were taken during 20 hours of flights conducted between April 28 and May 2. |
Up close face shot:
Hrm, apparently that dude goes to Guv on weekends! :p
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| VERTiG0 |
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| Jer |
| As per the previous thread, I'm'a go get me a bush bitch. |
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| Surreal JRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jer
As per the previous thread, I'm'a go get me a bush bitch. |
I'll get you one for your birthday... Oh wait, isn't that today? ;) |
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| Skipper |
It is amazing there are people on this planet who have successfully avoided everyone else all this time. I think it's super cool. Maybe their first contact should be on the show Survivor - think how much they'd kick ass!
and lol @ guv comment, I was thinking of that exact same picture. |
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| lockedgroove |
| it's too bad WEMF is ending this year...that campground looks sick! |
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| Abercrombie |
| Nice chop Simon! Good thinking. |
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| Surreal JRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
Maybe their first contact should be on the show Survivor - think how much they'd kick ass! |
Contact is dangerous. Most isolated tribes people die within a year of first contact due to diseases their immune system is not developed to deal with. |
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| gummybear |
It's so amazing to me that there are people out there that are hundreds and hudreds of years behind us in their way of life....
I posed the question to my fiance last night..."if they don't know about us..WHO do WE not know about that's takin pics of us?" lol...he looked at me like I just smoked an eight ball of crack...:) |
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| TranceGrooves |
| quote: | Originally posted by gummybear
he looked at me like I just smoked an eight ball of crack...:) |
well, ummm .... did you? |
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| Jer |
Okay, okay, okay.. Wait a sec.
Which one of you is the /b/tard?
Reveal yourself. |
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