APPEALS have been made to leave alone the members of one of Brazil's last uncontacted Indian tribes, spotted in the Amazon jungle near the Peruvian border.
The Indians were sighted and photographed from an aircraft or helicopter during flights over the rainforest in remote Acre state, said Brazil's National Indian Foundation, known as Funai.
Funai said it photographed "strong and healthy" warriors, six huts and a large planted area.
The photographs show red-painted tribe members brandishing bows and arrows.
Funai said it was not known to which tribe they belonged.
"Four distinct isolated peoples exist in this region, whom we have accompanied for 20 years," Funai expert Jose Carlos Meirelles Junior said.
"We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist," he said.
"This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence."
The tribe spotted recently is one of the last not to be contacted by officials. </blockquote>
Link (<a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23782262-2,00.html">here</a>)
<blockquote><cite>Posted By: Mr. Nobody</cite>Funny, their first instinct is too shoot.</blockquote>
what would you do if you were just standing there minding your own business and this giant and horrendously loud bird came flying at you out of nowhere...
can you imagine how freaked out they are right now...
<blockquote><cite>Posted By: benevolentspaceman</cite><blockquote><cite>Posted By: Mr. Nobody</cite>Funny, their first instinct is too shoot.</blockquote>
what would you do if you were just standing there minding your own business and this giant and horrendously loud bird came flying at you out of nowhere...
can you imagine how freaked out they are right now...</blockquote>
Well yeah but I think there's a big difference between food and a GIANT thing making REALLY LOUD noises. My first instinct would be to hide in case the huge bird tried to eat me. Sometimes evolution favours the wimps, too.