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

[Dark Jaguar]

Jaguar Durability.

Young male cub managed to survive possible attack of dominant male jaguar in Refúgio Ecológico Caiman - South Pantanal - Brazil.

He is son of Yara female and was seen feeding on a kill with deep gashes on its neck made by canines.

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Posted by adamoncafari on 09/16/2013

''The other evening the members of the Projeto Onçafari team were treated to one of the most magical sights. In the morning we had managed to track down a jaguar, finding where he killed a cow. The cat was not at the carcass, but there was still plenty of meat left. We decided to retreat back to camp, during the heat of the day, and then return after dark.

As the sun set on another magical day in the Pantanal, so we got into the car and made our way out into the ever-drying swamps. The jaguar had beaten us to it. We arrived at the carcass to find a young male feverishly eating away at the meat. He was so hungry that he barely acknowledged our presence.

We were able to identify him as “Yara’s Cub”. Of course, as the video and pictures clearly show, this is by no means a cub. The name just stuck. His mother is Yara, one of the oldest jaguars being viewed by the habituation team. We believe her to be in the region of 13-14 years old! Yara’s Cub was born mid way through last year. It is incredible when one sees how large and how quickly these jaguars grow. What is also wonderful to see is how relaxed he was. If ever we wanted proof that the habituation process was working…this was it.''


In this picture you can clearly see the pronounced bite marks. We believe that these injuries were sustained in a fight with the large resident male of the area.

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He fed for close on half an hour. We were able to slowly move closer and closer until we were parked a mere 15 meters from this spectacular animal.

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His facial features helped us to identify him as a young male jaguar, believed to have been born in August 2012.

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Hard to believe that this jaguar is roughly 14 months old.

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VIDEO

Written, filmed and photographed by Adam Bannister

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NOTE: I just managed to ID this young male and he happens to be Yvo male. Its been so long I haven't seen him and I didn't even get to see him as a fully grown adult. For a young cub the competition in the area was very tough, no wonder he wasn't too habituated in the monitored area sadly. But he was a very tough boy. Reply