3D model of a 0.62m-tall piece of stone, engraved with a depiction of a spotted jaguar clutching a bleeding heart in its claws (model by A. Texis Muñoz; © Project Plaza of the Columns Complex).

Monument from the mountain of Cerro Patlachique, south of Teotihuacan, depicting a jaguar clutching a bleeding heart #JaguarDay
A common depiction throughout Teotihuacan, it suggests the mountain was sacred to the powerful Mesoamerican city-state.

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🏺 #Archaeology

Today is Nov 29:
#SmallBusinessSaturday
#ThrowOutYourLeftoversDay
#JaguarDay
#WomenHumanRightsDefendersDay
#ChiaPetDay
#ChadwickBosemanDay
#TuxedoCatDay
#ElectronicGreetingsDay
#DayOfSolidarity
#SquareDancingDay
#IsdalWomanDay
#KDramaDay
#CustomerIsWrongDay
#WorldDayOfGiving

Today, 29 Nov., is International #JaguarDay! 🐆

It's the largest cat in the Americas and 3rd largest in the world.

Through the Joint CITES-CMS Jaguar Initiative, countries are joining to secure connected habitats & corridors, tackle poaching, and livestock conflicts: www.cms.int/instruments/...

#FurryCalendar

Next week on November 29th is INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR DAY!

#JaguarDay

#jaguarday ~~

Just got a notice on my tablet but happy #jaguarday

"Today, November 29th, we celebrate #JaguarDay, a powerful symbol of our ecosystems. 🐆 Stay tuned for our upcoming article on jaguar conservation, soon to be published in #BIOTROPICA. Let's unite to protect the king of the Americas! 🌿💚"

Today is #JaguarDay 🐾

Photo of a jaguar in a zoo enclosure, viewed from the front but they're currently licking their back and/or butt and look more like a fuzzy spotted globe with chonky paws.

So apparently today is International Jaguar Day!
www.internationaljaguarday.org

Aren't we magnificent?

Image credit: Cedricguppy - Loury Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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