I'm a Maya person, so when I started to work with the jaguars, I felt that connection. NARRATOR: Ray Cal manages Runaway Creek, a nature reserve, and a big cat hotspot. (birds chirping ...

Jaguars were worshipped as gods by the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, and the Inca, who carved jaguar effigies into their temples, their thrones, their pot handles, the spoons they made from llama bones.