Jaguar Predation

[Balam]

"Eyes bigger than her belly? This young female jaguar appeared to have bitten off more than she could chew with this huge jacare caiman crocodile this morning, but her tenacity combined with immense bite force and especially long canines helped her dispatch the reptile without too much trouble. All that remained was dragging the dead weight up the river bank and into the undergrowth."

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"A scaly snack. This caiman crocodile would have far outweighed this female jaguar but after killing it with a bite to the base of the skull - jaguars have particularly long canines and a bite force calculated to be greater even than lions & tigers - she proceeded to drag the weighty reptile up the river bank, over a fallen log and into the undergrowth. We estimated the caiman would have tipped the scales at more than 80kg."

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By Daryl Balfour Reply