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To: SunkenCiv
Did the Olmecs have house cats? (like Egyptians)

Or are these Jaguars?

4 posted on 07/29/2011 9:36:48 AM PDT by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: RadiationRomeo

If those are their house pets I’m goin’ back in my own house!


8 posted on 07/29/2011 9:54:53 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: RadiationRomeo

Look sort of like Honey Badgers.


15 posted on 07/29/2011 11:58:35 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: RadiationRomeo

Jaguars, and on occasion it was vice versa. “Mmmm, Purrrr, Olmec buffet...”


20 posted on 07/29/2011 7:01:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: RadiationRomeo
"Or are these Jaguars?"

The Olmecs and later the Maya depicted jaguars in much of their art.

Some of their art depicted figures with human and jaguar features (at least that's how some interpret this:


25 posted on 07/29/2011 7:46:58 PM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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