Old Man of the Sea Tierra del Fuego Archipelago Panthera pardus pardus

Panthera pardus pardus

The ancient massive rises from the desert plains showing as many faces as there are hues in the pollution-free sky

Those Brazil Nuts you’re eating were harvested by hand in the steaming rainforest

When the light hits the sheen of the fur it dances like sunlight on water

under the beam of a ruby spotlight that doesn’t affect his behaviour

Old Man of the Sea Tierra del Fuego Archipelago Panthera pardus pardusThese enigmatic reptiles have travelled Earth's tropical seas for more than 100 million years. Like crocodiles, their form and function has remained relatively unchanged over that vast time period, although their size, like all reptiles, has greatly diminished.