Is Jaguar capable of killing big crocodiles ?

[DinoFan83]

(10-29-2019, 12:05 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(10-28-2019, 11:20 PM)DinoFan83 Wrote: @epaiva 

Right on! I'd in fact say that jaguars in general are extremely overrated against crocodilians due to some accounts of them ambushing relatively unimpressive spectacled and yacare caiman only about 1/3 their size.

@Luipaard 
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1: How are they "overrated?''

2: Jaguars are by far the most adapted big cats to hunt them and do so everywhere they are found together.
Large Caimain in the Pantanal can get to 100kg and 10' long.
They also are nothing more than prey not a threat.

1: I have seen people back (on land and shallow water) a jaguar (55-95 kg) against a 270-450 kg American alligator, a 262-500 kg American crocodile, a 300-500 kg black caiman, and (yes, really) a 380-635 kg Orinoco crocodile. If you want, you can debate me about it on The World of Animals forum, which is where I've seen this.
Here:
http://theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/1860
http://theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/2713/jaguar-american-crocodile?page=1
http://theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/347/jaguar-black-caiman?page=1
http://theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/2909/jaguar-orinoco-crocodile
NOTE: To the mods, this isn't cross advertising. Pckts already has an account on WoA, and it's a somewhat different forum from WildFact

2: I understand that jaguars go after crocodilians somewhat more frequently than other big cats, but it's not quite as impressive as one may first think.
Yacare caiman are 14-58 kg while spectacled caimans are 7-40 kg. The jaguar, meanwhile, ranges from 55-95 kg. And it really doesn't help that the crocodilans are ambushed. Reply