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A NEW LITTER OF JAGUARS WAS BORN IN IBERÁ PARK!

Unbeatable news came along with the start of the year in northeastern Argentina: Juruna, one of the wild female jaguars living in the Jaguar Reintroduction Center in Iberá, gave birth to a new litter of cubs.

Like other times before, we were suspicious of Juruna's pregnancy as her GPS collar showed she remained several days in the same place, where we assumed she chose to establish her burrow. Recently we could confirm the birth of two beautiful cubs of about less than one month of life.

After three months of pregnancy, jaguars usually produce two cubs that come to the world with eyes shut and unable to walk. Newborn cubs are dependent on their mother and will join her tours when they are a month and a half old.

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This follows the announcement of a previous litter of cubs, Korai and Pora, the were born on late 2020, and represent the third litter of jaguars born in Iberá for reintroduction following decades of being extinct in the area. Reply