Ohh, were you born in Brazil? Your family seems to be all over the place!
Wtf, a panther?? That's so unfair tho, the older generation used to have fun with wild animals and dangerous stuff, while we couldn't even play after dark. My father had a pet jaguatirica (Charlie) that wasn't very tame, she used to chase the neighborhood kids and scratch the shit out of them, my grandparents thought it was funny.
Ooh, I only went to Rio once when I was 5, so I'm not very familiar to how things are over there, I'm aware this "to be considered a citizen of Rio you must go through a rite of passage which involves getting shot 5 times in a year" thing is blown out of proportion by the media, but yeeeah it's always good not to mess with people that own guns.
My hubby's family lives in Recreio, it looks pretty chill compared to Copacabana and the likes.