Uses of the Jaguar's Rosettes

Uses of the Jaguar's rosettes. Comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Jair Bolsonaro gets a Brazilian

A Jaguar gives Jair Bolsonaro a Brazilian wax. From my column with The Hindu BLink.

Ecological Repercussions of the US Mexico Border Wall

It's not just national integrity that is at stake in the USA. Here's a very basic deconstruction of Trump's disastrous border wall from my column with The Hindu Sunday.

Brazil Elections and the Amazon

Brazil just voted for a far-right fascist, racist and homophobic climate science denier as its President. Socio-political ramifications aside, scientists and environmentalists are now fearing the worst for the Amazon Basin, as the new President has had a history of being a logging lobbyist. Let's hope that the Tropical Trump does not trump the original Trump in stupidity. 

Wild Cats of the World

Cats- charismatic carnivores, fabulous felines, and the world's favourite animals! Wild species of cats occur throughout the world (except Australia and Antarctica), distributed across different ecosystems in 36-40 species. From the Snow Leopard of the Himalayas to the Flat-headed Cat of South-East Asia's marshes, wild cats occupy every imaginable habitat. Wild cats range in size from the 300 kg Tiger, to the 1.6 kg Rusty-spotted Cat! Wild cats are threatened by persecution, poaching and habitat loss throughout their ranges, with the Iberian Lynx, Flat-headed cat, Andean Mountain Cat and the Fishing Cat being the most endangered species.

Get all these 40 cuddly kitties home in this giant poster! Prints and a wide range of merchandise including t-shirts, mugs, laptop skins, wall clocks are now available on my webstore here.

Get the 201 Wild Cat calendar on Redbubble here.

For orders within India, e-mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com. The range of products for Indian orders is as follows-

A0 Posters (Matte surface, loose)- Rs. 3500 for the first print, 3000 for the second print onwards

A1 Posters (Matte surface, loose)- Rs. 3000 for the first print, 2500 for the second print onwards

A2 Posters (Matte surface, loose)- Rs. 1200 each

Loose Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 500 for the first copy and Rs. 200 for the second copy onwards

Coffee Mug (Compilation)- Rs. 850

The Jaguar and the Armadillo

Well, FIFA's here and so is the first sports comic on Green Humour! The Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo called Fuleco is the official mascot for the FIFA World Cup. This armour equipped mammal curls up into a ball at the sign of danger, making it impenetrable to its predators. Populations of the Three-banded Armadillo are declining rapidly owing to habitat loss, and conservationists hope that the mascot for FIFA will help spread awareness about the creature and aid its conservation.

Mothers' Day- The Jaguar Mom

The bite of the Jaguar has been recorded to be the strongest among cats, about twice as strong as that of a lion. Its jaws are also the second strongest pairs of all mammals, after the Spotted Hyena. This property enables this big cat to deploy a hunting method that is unique among felids- biting through the skull between the ears, directly piercing the brain. This technique is used specifically to kill Capybaras. 

How the jaguar mom still manages to carry her little furballs without even a scratch, beats me! No wonder this formidable yet soft-hearted predator is revered in Mesoamerican cultures.

Happy Mothers' Day to all moms, tame and wild!

Gold Mining in Costa Rica's Rainforests

Costa Rica's rainforests are believed to have the highest biodiversity for any country! This is probably because of the fact that the landmass that is now Costa Rica and Panama served as a bridge between North and South America three to five million years ago, allowing the different flora and fauna to intermingle. Costa Rica's biodiversity makes for nearly 4% of all the species found in the world!

Infinito Gold, a Canadian gold mining company has slapped Costa Rica with a $1 billion lawsuit because the country denied them the rights to start an open pit mine in the rainforest. Several predictions have been made about the toxicity of the mining activity and its impact on the health of the rainforest. An online petition has also been started against the lawsuit here- http://action.sumofus.org/a/mining-costarica/8/2/?sub=fb We've already seen the tremendous damage done to the Amazon by gold mining, and the rainforests of Costa Rica must not fall prey at any cost!