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An adult Amazonian poison frog (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus), on the Maranon River, near Iquitos, Peru, South America

An adult Amazonian poison frog (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus), on the Maranon River, near Iquitos, Peru, South America

An adult Amazonian Milk Frog (Trachycephalus macrotis), at the Amazon Rescue Center, Iquitos, Peru, South America

Family from Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Esilda and her friends making basket, young teenagers of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Thatched houses in a village of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600