Isolated Indians on the Las Piedras river in Peru, seen from the air in 2007.

[Raineyrocks]

    
Isolated Indians on the Las Piedras river in Peru, seen from the air in 2007.
   
http://www.survival-international.org/news/2507


'They exist' - uncontacted Indians spotted from the air
1 October 2007


Isolated Indians on the Las Piedras river in Peru, seen from the air in 2007.
Isolated Indians on the Las Piedras river in Peru, seen from the air in 2007.
© Heinz Plenge Pardo / Frankfurt Zoological Society

Twenty-one uncontacted Indians have been spotted from the air during a flight over one of the most remote parts of the Peruvian rainforest. Their territory is currently being targeted by illegal loggers.

The Indians were spotted on the shores of the Las Piedras river in Peru's south-eastern Amazon. They left their shelters on the beach to watch the plane, chartered by Peru's Environment Agency, fly overhead. During the plane's second pass, one of the Indian women, carrying arrows and accompanied by a small boy, gestured aggressively, whilst the rest of the group sought refuge in the undergrowth.

'This is the most recent recorded sighting of them,' stated Peru's national Indian organisation, AIDESEP. 'The uncontacted tribes exist. If we don't act now, tomorrow could be too late.'

In total, there are an estimated 15 uncontacted tribes in Peru and all of them are under severe threat, mainly from logging and oil exploration. Because of their isolation, they do not have immunity to outsiders' diseases and any form of contact can be fatal for them.

The sighting comes after the chairman of Perupetro, Peru's state oil company, stated that it was 'absurd to say there are uncontacted peoples when no one has seen them', while another Perupetro spokesperson compared the tribes to the Loch Ness monster.

Survival's director Stephen Corry said today, 'What further proof is needed of the uncontacted tribes' existence? There they are for all the world to see – Peru's most vulnerable citizens whose government now needs to do its duty by them. It is time for their rights to their land to be recognised and respected, for oil and gas exploration to be banned from their territories, and for all loggers and other outsiders to be removed.'

For further information contact Miriam Ross on (+44) (0)20 7687 8734 or email mr@survival-international.org

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[Free libertarian]

 It's sad to think what's coming. Like many others before them, they will be "civilized", like it or not.  Sad.

[Raineyrocks]

It's sad to think what's coming. Like many others before them, they will be "civilized", like it or not.  Sad.

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[kola]

..sounds like what happened here.

history repeats itself.

[J’raxis 270145]

It's sad to think what's coming. Like many others before them, they will be "civilized", like it or not.  Sad.

I know, that's what I thought too!  Mcdonalds on its way! Eye roll smiley guy

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[Raineyrocks]

It's sad to think what's coming. Like many others before them, they will be "civilized", like it or not.  Sad.

I know, that's what I thought too!  Mcdonalds on its way! Eye roll smiley guy

By the way, until you get your forum profile fixed, you can type the smileys and they'll appear properly to other people. Here are the ones that appear on the main "post reply" form:—

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:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ::) :P :-[ :-\ :'( >:D ^-^ :blush: :icon_pirat:



Coincidentally, the eye-rolling one is the least intuitive one:—  ::)

Thank you so much, I love smileys!  I'm going to get around to printing this out and pin it to my desk.

[Raineyrocks]

It's sad to think what's coming. Like many others before them, they will be "civilized", like it or not.  Sad.

I know, that's what I thought too!  Mcdonalds on its way! Eye roll smiley guy

By the way, until you get your forum profile fixed, you can type the smileys and they'll appear properly to other people. Here are the ones that appear on the main "post reply" form:—

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:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ::) :P :-[ :-\ :'( >:D ^-^ :blush: :icon_pirat:



Coincidentally, the eye-rolling one is the least intuitive one:—  ::)

Thank you so much, I love smileys!  I'm going to get around to printing this out and pin it to my desk.

What are the big smiley guys and the green cracking up laughing smiley codes?  By the way I thought about it, this would be a great prank to play but I know your not.  You could give me all these real offensive smiley codes and I can't even see them so I'd be thinking I'm smiling at people's post when really it could be the evil smileys.  I'm glad your nice, I think I would've pulled my plan off with my lame sense of humor.

[J’raxis 270145]

It's sad to think what's coming. Like many others before them, they will be "civilized", like it or not.  Sad.

I know, that's what I thought too!  Mcdonalds on its way! Eye roll smiley guy

By the way, until you get your forum profile fixed, you can type the smileys and they'll appear properly to other people. Here are the ones that appear on the main "post reply" form:—

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:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ::) :P :-[ :-\ :'( >:D ^-^ :blush: :icon_pirat:



Coincidentally, the eye-rolling one is the least intuitive one:—  ::)

Thank you so much, I love smileys!  I'm going to get around to printing this out and pin it to my desk.

What are the big smiley guys and the green cracking up laughing smiley codes?  By the way I thought about it, this would be a great prank to play but I know your not.  You could give me all these real offensive smiley codes and I can't even see them so I'd be thinking I'm smiling at people's post when really it could be the evil smileys.  I'm glad your nice, I think I would've pulled my plan off with my lame sense of humor.

Here they all are. I just copied the "alt" attributes of all the images and constructed the table from it. Some of the smiley codes are unfortunately not the "alt" attributes, so some didn't come through.

:Lips:	:Lips:
:Sealed:	:Sealed:
:Kiss:	:Kiss:
:lockstep:
:icon_cat:
:shithitsthefan:
:soapbox:
:blah_by_sarrlas_emotes:
:_storm__by_clairebearer:
:_fire__by_zacthetoad:
:occasion15:
:glasses7:
:crazy3:
:Leaving_in_a_jet_plane____by_lady_blue:	:Leaving_in_a_jet_plane____by_lady_blue:
:toothy2:
:laughing1:
:read:
:mf_farmer:
:angel4:
:_The_Leprechaun_Life__by_JordanGosselin:	:_The_Leprechaun_Life__by_JordanGosselin:
:tshirt:
:iroc:
:occasion6:
:icon_biggrin:
:_hamsterball__by_Ugghhzilla:
:campfire:
:glasses1:
:icon_farao:
:wave:
:coffee:
:sunny:
:blahblah:
:independence:
:icon_monkey:
:couch:
:beer:
:occasion13:
:boogie:
:sad1:
:icon_sunny:
:book1:
:home:
:blob6:
:icon_joker:
:homework:
:icon_cheers:
:icon_guitarist:
:jailbird:
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:hello:
:angel1:
:offtheair:
:love1:
:fishing:
:sheep:
:drunken_smilie:
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:tool:
:hippy2:
:NinjaIconA:
:occasion1:
:fryingpan:
:ignore:
:occasion16:
:BangHead:
:love4:
:bdance2:
:cowboy:
:Drunken_Pumpkin_by_IcedOver:
:brave:
:violent5:
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:icon_motor:
:V_mask_50:
:Bacon_by_danniep:
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:grommit:
:hug:
:notworthy:
:occasion14:
:Bolt:
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:hug45:
:sign12:
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:icon_santa:
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:party-smiley-020:
:tent:
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:toothy12:
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:secession:
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:wallace:
:weed:
:Dollar_-_Silver:
:angry4:
:ahoy:
:broc1:
:_WeightOfTheWorld__by_Ugghhzilla:	:_WeightOfTheWorld__by_Ugghhzilla:
:hopmad:
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:wicked:
:dark1:
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:Flaming_Emoticon_by_The_Desert_Tiger:	:Flaming_Emoticon_by_The_Desert_Tiger:
:Jack_O_Lantern_by_Leafwoodfurry:	:Jack_O_Lantern_by_Leafwoodfurry:
:grouphug:
:puke:
:boxing:
:sonsofliberty:
:bandaid:
:guitar:
:help:
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:peace:
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:love10:
:_eatsnow__by_Conuyaku:
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:happy1:
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:_meteor_guy__by_ChaosEmeraldHunter:	:_meteor_guy__by_ChaosEmeraldHunter:
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:laughing4:
:happy10:
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:Dragon_Ball_emoticon_by_Weregesu:	:Dragon_Ball_emoticon_by_Weregesu:
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[Raineyrocks]

It's sad to think what's coming. Like many others before them, they will be "civilized", like it or not.  Sad.

I know, that's what I thought too!  Mcdonalds on its way! Eye roll smiley guy

By the way, until you get your forum profile fixed, you can type the smileys and they'll appear properly to other people. Here are the ones that appear on the main "post reply" form:—

Code Select Expand

:) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ::) :P :-[ :-\ :'( >:D ^-^ :blush: :icon_pirat:



Coincidentally, the eye-rolling one is the least intuitive one:—  ::)

Thank you so much, I love smileys!  I'm going to get around to printing this out and pin it to my desk.

What are the big smiley guys and the green cracking up laughing smiley codes?  By the way I thought about it, this would be a great prank to play but I know your not.  You could give me all these real offensive smiley codes and I can't even see them so I'd be thinking I'm smiling at people's post when really it could be the evil smileys.  I'm glad your nice, I think I would've pulled my plan off with my lame sense of humor.

Here they all are. I just copied the "alt" attributes of all the images and constructed the table from it. Some of the smiley codes are unfortunately not the "alt" attributes, so some didn't come through.

:Lips:	:Lips:
:Sealed:	:Sealed:
:Kiss:	:Kiss:
:lockstep:
:icon_cat:
:shithitsthefan:
:soapbox:
:blah_by_sarrlas_emotes:
:_storm__by_clairebearer:
:_fire__by_zacthetoad:
:occasion15:
:glasses7:
:crazy3:
:Leaving_in_a_jet_plane____by_lady_blue:	:Leaving_in_a_jet_plane____by_lady_blue:
:toothy2:
:laughing1:
:read:
:mf_farmer:
:angel4:
:_The_Leprechaun_Life__by_JordanGosselin:	:_The_Leprechaun_Life__by_JordanGosselin:
:tshirt:
:iroc:
:occasion6:
:icon_biggrin:
:_hamsterball__by_Ugghhzilla:
:campfire:
:glasses1:
:icon_farao:
:wave:
:coffee:
:sunny:
:blahblah:
:independence:
:icon_monkey:
:couch:
:beer:
:occasion13:
:boogie:
:sad1:
:icon_sunny:
:book1:
:home:
:blob6:
:icon_joker:
:homework:
:icon_cheers:
:icon_guitarist:
:jailbird:
:lurk:
:hello:
:angel1:
:offtheair:
:love1:
:fishing:
:sheep:
:drunken_smilie:
:alien:
:icon_albino:
:tool:
:hippy2:
:NinjaIconA:
:occasion1:
:fryingpan:
:ignore:
:occasion16:
:BangHead:
:love4:
:bdance2:
:cowboy:
:Drunken_Pumpkin_by_IcedOver:
:brave:
:violent5:
:kermit:
:sign7:
:icon_motor:
:V_mask_50:
:Bacon_by_danniep:
:rofl:
:grommit:
:hug:
:notworthy:
:occasion14:
:Bolt:
:blueman:
:hug45:
:sign12:
:color:
:evil5:
:icon_santa:
:dontknow:
:neenerneener:
:munky2:
:fencing:
:raspberry:
:occasion18:
:wav:
:_snowball__by_darkmoon3636:
:party-smiley-020:
:tent:
:South_Park_Group_by_Nharox:
:sandy:
:bus:
:flower:
:stop:
:duh:
:toothy12:
:batman:
:fingerscrossed:
:idea1:
:icon_war:
:_canoworms__by_Zikes:
:secession:
:walmart:
:wallace:
:weed:
:Dollar_-_Silver:
:angry4:
:ahoy:
:broc1:
:_WeightOfTheWorld__by_Ugghhzilla:	:_WeightOfTheWorld__by_Ugghhzilla:
:hopmad:
:protest:
:clap:
:spidey:
:pitchforked:
:worship:
:snowflake:
:snake:
:fish:
:crybaby2:
:mblah05:
:wicked:
:dark1:
:merror:
:pissedoff:
:Flaming_Emoticon_by_The_Desert_Tiger:	:Flaming_Emoticon_by_The_Desert_Tiger:
:Jack_O_Lantern_by_Leafwoodfurry:	:Jack_O_Lantern_by_Leafwoodfurry:
:grouphug:
:puke:
:boxing:
:sonsofliberty:
:bandaid:
:guitar:
:help:
:	:
:peace:
:horse:
:love10:
:_eatsnow__by_Conuyaku:
:drevil:
:cat:
:sad4:
:happy1:
:homeschool:
:icon_king:
:icescream:
:icon_drummer:
:_meteor_guy__by_ChaosEmeraldHunter:	:_meteor_guy__by_ChaosEmeraldHunter:
:bs:
:laughing4:
:happy10:
:hal:
:Dragon_Ball_emoticon_by_Weregesu:	:Dragon_Ball_emoticon_by_Weregesu:
:angel10:
:liquid_smoke:
:tiphat:
:occasion5:
:pizza:
:whip2:
:bow:
:occasion17:
:icon_queen:
:piecon:
:biglaugh:
:Lloyd's:	:Lloyd's:
:Smiley:	:Smiley:
:inspector:	:inspector:
:pirate:	:pirate:
:ship:	:ship:
:candy:
:cartman:
:treadmill:
:thanks:
:sheep:
:highfive:	:highfive:
:blowkiss:
:beating:	:beating:
:a:	:a:
:dead:	:dead:
:horse:
:faint:
:pout:
:clap:
:heart:	:heart:
:punk:
:too:	:too:
:cool:	:cool:
:cuddle:
:black:	:black:
:kitty:	:kitty:
:l'il:	:l'il:
:alien:
:No:	:No:
:Way!:	:Way!:
:santa:	:santa:
:hammer:
:cardinal:

You are the greatest!  Thank you so much!