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Nearby wetlands include a protected habitat for jaguars.

But the miners themselves live even further out, in shacks made of wood and canvas, surrounded by snakes and jaguars, and in total darkness once the generator is switched off.

There’s no fishing, but wildlife sightings are common, including a very large cat — a black jaguar? — at water’s edge in early October.

In one movement, she becomes the enchanted voice of a jaguar; in another she channels the song of the toh.

"The jaguar and the caybara were so curious. They didn't run."