A130_6851

Let me piss
Howler monkey, bearded monkey (Alouatta seniculus).
Civilized humans no longer urinate like that, humans have a politely closed little room where they deposit their waste and draw water, sending it into oblivion from an ignored cesspool until it contaminates the surroundings and overflows. The pissing monkey is an ignorant sage who does the right thing, because the monkey and the forest have existed for hundreds of thousands of years. Our protagonist advances in the forest, he returns the nutrients that the forest offered him. Thank you for the fruits, lady tree! Thanks for the minerals, mister monkey!
The current ‘civilized’ man has existed for a few hundred years and in that very short period of time he has already done a lot of damage, endangering an absurd amount of species and himself. But what can I do with this not-so-problematic ‘waste’? There are certainly worse things, but remaining on the subject of the photo: if the monkey’s pissing is commendable, what would be a ‘civilized’ human attitude, and commendable?
Let’s get out of the box, it all starts with curiosity… let’s google urine! And… dammit! a subject so hidden from normality pops up in a thousand directions: curing diseases, washing your eyes, sharpening your immune system, composting, fertilizing plants, strange ideas…
It is true that it would not be commendable to go pissing everywhere, like the ape, the ‘civilized’ human have lot of technologies to become aware of the forgotten waste, there are many ways, but to name just one: biodigesters for the production of inputs that do not poison.
What really surprised me was the cabocloThere is the caboclo of terra firme (highlands), more dedicated to hunting and agriculture, he knows and moves with agility in the dense forest of the highlands. There is the riverine that inhabits the riverbanks, more dedicated to fishing and short-term crops following the flow of the waters. Brown skin, the result of centuries of miscegenation between native Indians and many other peoples – mainly Brazilians from the Northeast, Portuguese, Bolivians, Peruvians, Colombians, Syrians, Lebanese and Jews – pioneers from the time before the rubber boom, or who took part in the boom. Over time, caboclos absorbed the ancient wisdom derived from many indigenous ethnicities. More cowboy when, in the corral, tending to cattle, and one of the cows spurted a waterfall of urine. I walked away, but the caboclo approached, cupped his hands and looked at me smiling, collected the golden liquid and washed his face pleasantly, smiling at me again. I felt the disgust of every ‘normal’ person, but it didn’t last long. Curiosity jumped into the corral, looked at the smiling cowboy, an old man with a child’s face, a child’s skin, a child’s life.

A130_6851 – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D2X with lens AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED set at 200 mm – Exposition: ISO: 100 – Aperture: 2.8 – Shutter: 1/30 – Program: Normal – Exp. Comp.: -0.7,
Original digital capture of a real life scene –
Original file size: 4320px x 2868px
Location: Paraná do Ariaú (Iranduba – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: December 21, 2010 – Time: 4:38:20 PM
Collection: Monkeys – Persons shown: none
Keywords:
guariba-ruiva, Alouatta seniculus, bugiu, macaco-uivador, red howler monkey, macacos, apes, monkeys, primates, mamíferos, mammals, FAUNA, animals, paraná do Ariaú, Ariau paranaParana – (from the Tupi para’ ná, similar to the sea). The branch of a river that feeds water back into the same river downstream or into another river.  Paranás occur frequently In the Amazon Basin and many of them are densely populated.   More, Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America
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A130_6852

Avoiding the fight
The male howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus), like the one in the photo, is the one that screams, due to the size of the hyoid bone. Howler monkeys emit powerful vocalizations that can be heard from miles away. The vocalizations end up preventing other groups from approaching, avoiding direct aggressive encounters.

“The hunt for howler monkeys is extremely difficult. They hide in the fronds of the tallest trees, among the clumps of lianas, and stay there for hours, without showing themselves. When hit by arrows, which must break all that armor of lianas, the howler monkeys scream frighteningly, pull the arrows from the body and break them with very human gestures.”

Darcy Ribeiro – Diários Índios (Cia. das Letras, 1996)

A130_6852 – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D2X with lens AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED set at 200 mm – Exposition: ISO: 100 – Aperture: 2.8 – Shutter: 1/30 – Program: Normal – Exp. Comp.: -0.7,
Original digital capture of a real life scene –
Original file size: 4320px x 2868px
Location: Paraná do Ariaú (Iranduba – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: December 21, 2010 – Time: 4:38:36 PM
Collection: Monkeys – Persons shown: none
Keywords:
guariba-ruiva, Alouatta seniculus, bugiu, macaco-uivador, red howler monkey, macacos, apes, monkeys, primates, mamíferos, mammals, FAUNA, animals, paraná do Ariaú, Ariau parana, Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America
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