I went to Cameron Park Zoo a couple of days ago to take pictures of some of the zoo animals to share on my blogs. But one of the animals I wanted to take pictures of most were the jaguars, and if they had any...wolves. No wolves. Just signs for wolves.
I wanted pictures of them because I write about wolf shifters and jaguar shifters. Part of the realism in writing unreal stories is to research the real and add it to the unreal. In Savage Hunger, I did a lot of research about both the Amazon and about jaguars. Jaguars are more elusive than most big cats. They don't kill people like most big cats are known to do--mountain lions, lions, and tigers. Yet jaguars are the third biggest roaring cat behind lions and tigers with the strongest bite of any of them.
When I watched them, I observed a jaguar hunting a Jurassic Era catfish, humungous fish, and included that fishing scene in Savage Hunger. Reality in a jaguar shifter unreal world. I also included the jaguar shifter playing with her tail, because I'd seen one do that when she was lying down and all of a sudden started playing with her tail!
When I was taking pictures of the jaguars, suddenly one of them began to run along the fence, tail swishing, whiskers on alert, ears twitching. The jaguar wanted so badly to hunt! I wasn't sure what had caught its attention, but it was ready. Can I use this in a book? You bet!
So I went to the zoo to take pictures, but also to ensure no jaguar shifters had been caged by accident. At first, I was thinking that this was just another big cat. Now I'm not so sure.
I have to share this gorgeous sleeping jaguar. I think it might be Wade Patterson, after all.
Do you use reality in your unreal worlds?
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality."
www.terryspear.com
6 comments:
More Zoo pictures coming up. The animals were really active, but I caught the jaguar snoozing in the sun at first! :)
Such beautiful animals, Terry. I have a vampire/jaguar shifter in my Crimson Storm series. Can't wait to get to Jagger's book, but I need to write Raven's first. Bet you can guess what she shifts into. :)
Sounds like fun, Dawn! Isn't it hard when you are dying to write someone's story and someone else's needs to be done first???
Terry,
Interesting post.
I write Tudor historicals and use reality (like references to King Henry VIII) in my books.
I so agree, Josie! In my Highland Medieval, I enjoyed reading all about Henry I!
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