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🐾JACKAL (Canis aureus) “The jackal does not merely howl—it reminds us that behind every sound, there is loss.”

The jackal is the voice of the desert—the howl of grief, the echo of emptiness and desolation. In ancient Egyptian mythology, it is the animal form of Anubis, god of the dead, who watches over tombs and guides souls through the passage to the afterlife. Thus, the jackal represents both guardian energy and transition, but also embodies cruelty, destruction, and the eerie stillness of abandoned places.

Its haunting cry is not just ominous—it is a reminder: do not turn away from what has passed, for it still holds lessons. The jackal’s shadow side lies in self-interest and the darker side of pack mentality, but spiritually it may serve as a guide through mourning, a companion in the wilderness of the soul.

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Robert Doisneau. Quai De L'Hotel De Ville, Ile Saint Louis, Paris. 1946

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Bushveld Rain Frog (Breviceps adspersus), family Brevicipitidae, Phirining, found in southern Africa

photograph by Pete Oxford

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Rough Gecko (Naultinus rudis), family Diplodactylidae, South Island, New Zealand

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Mark Hansen