

The logo is a stylised profile of a male tyrant, silhouetted against the sunrise. This brave little flycatcher, with his indomitable character, was the perfect choice. Usually, the yellow anaconda can be found in the Pantanal region, known as a section of the river along Paraguay. These snakes are normally found in these countries: Bolivia, Paraguay, and other parts of Northern Argentina and Southwest Brazil. When we started the process of updating and redesigning our website, we wanted to adopt an image that symbolised our aims and our challenges. The yellow anacondas, unlike other snakes, can be found alongside the southern parts of the continent. He's appearing in growing numbers on the Reserva Do Luis, and his success has become an allegory for, and a symbol of, our own.

We love his perseverance his resolution to succeed against challenge, and his ability to prove that anything is possible. Even though yellow anacondas are much smaller than their cousin, the Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus), they can reach a length of up to 4.6 meters, but the average adult size is around 3 meters. He's willing to suffer to be beautiful, and somehow manages to fly with tail feathers that were surely designed for a bird three times his size.

The male is stoic in his tolerance of one of nature's strangest - and it would seem least practical - adaptations. One of these is the strange-tailed tyrant. We don't play favourites, but it's impossible not to engage more with some of our more conspicuous guests. The growing diversity of the animals of Reserva Don Luis is a fresh source of delight every time we return. So much so that we've adopted these beautiful and endangered birds as the symbol of the Trust We're delighted to have a strong population of strange-tailed tyrants at the reserve.
