Jaguars of Brazil - Dynamics,Lifestyle,Datas,Studies,Reports

[Dark Jaguar]

I just finished a conversation with Crawshaw about 2 large rival male jaguars from Acurizal followed by Panthera.org and Crawshaw in 2011-2012. I am gonna get their weights in the future when he reads the articles again.

But the main reason of this post is the Giant Anteater predation.

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I asked him

''We know that in some biomes the giant anteater is part of the diet of the jaguar painted mainly in the cerrado, and we also know that this animal has powerful claws to take down and crumble very hard termite mounds and self-defense. Do you know of cases of giant anteaters hurting or seriously injuring a jaguar during predation attempts or are they just another easy prey for the felid?''


He answered

''I've already heard of cases of jaguars getting seriously injured in clashes with giant antears and there's a video circulating of a giant anteater facing a jaguar and managing to escape, the jaguar gives up the attack.

''I think this will depend very much on the circumstances of both, of the giant anteater and of the jaguar, the respective experiences, on the degree of hunger and intention of the jaguar.''

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Some videos we already know of the encounter.

86.5 Natureza female vs Giant anteater

Male jaguar vs Giant anteater

To be honest I always knew these animals mean business, there's an account of one giant anteater killing a pit bull, yes its far bellow a jaguar strength and size but it yet shows how powerful giant anteaters claws can be and they serously injuring jaguars just makes me respect them even more.

There's also many cases of people killed by Giant Anteaters here in Brazil.



Giant Anteater demolishing very hard termite mound in Cerrado.

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