Incredible pictures of one of Earth's last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows

Daily Mail ^ | 5/29/08 | Michael Hanlon

[1rudeboy]

I remember commenting on this sort of thread years ago that the tribespeople probably think they chased off the big metal bird.

[PGR88]

Why is it assumed that people who live primitively, suffer from all diseases in the rain forest and believe they can take down airplanes with arrows are somehow happier living that way?

[Coyoteman]

Contact is usually a disaster for these remote tribespeople, who live a life probably unchanged for more than 10,000 years. Even if the loggers do not shoot them (which they often do) or force them off their land, diseases against which these isolated humans have no resistance typically wipe out half an uncontacted tribe's numbers in a year or two.

And keep those busybody missionaries out of there!

[shineon]

The guy on the right is wearing Nikes. I wonder how much he paid for them?

[ConservaTexan]

This is not an “uncontacted tribe.” This is a pilot program, developed to show how everyone but Algore should live in order to save the planet.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

‘We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist,’ said Brazilian uncontacted tribes expert José Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior. ‘This is very important because there are some who doubt their existence.’

So, he’s concerned about these people, yet keeps pestering them with flyovers?

[Joe 6-pack]

"I remember commenting on this sort of thread years ago that the tribespeople probably think they chased off the big metal bird."

At least they recognize the importance of enforcing their borders.

[ElkGroveDan]

Best to send in CPS to take their kids away.

[43north]

Quick, send in the Social Workers!

[genefromjersey]

Yes, let’s send them some nice missionaries-so they can vary their diet !!

[rawhide]

What channel are they watching on that color tv in their hut?

(just kidding)

[JDoutrider]

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[aruanan]

Why is it assumed that people who live primitively, suffer from all diseases in the rain forest and believe they can take down airplanes with arrows are somehow happier living that way?

Well, the people who watch Jerry Springer and pro-wrestling believe their lives to be the sum total of existence just like other ignoramuses such as liberals.

[ElkGroveDan]

Haha. Beat you.

[Lurker]

everything about these people is, and hopefully will remain, a mystery

What unbelievable arrogance....

God I hate liberals....

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[Ron Jeremy]

Why is it assumed that people who live primitively, suffer from all diseases in the rain forest and believe they can take down airplanes with arrows are somehow happier living that way?

We don't know that they are, we just assume it.

[bamahead]

Here’s an interesting one...

[Cyman]

Isn’t that Bear Grylls in the back?