Jaguar Predation

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Do you have more info on any of this?
This excerpt is from the Carnivores of the World Princeton field guide. Jaguars preying on botos.

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Next three excerpts are from the Enciclopedia Salvat de la Fauna (1980):

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Claim of jaguars killing manatees in the water of up to 500 kg.

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Claim that jaguars sometimes hoist peccary up a tree like leopards to avoid being mobbed by the rest of the group.

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This one is no doubt more anecdotal, but interesting. W.L. Schurz, in his book The Infinite Country, claims jaguars can influence red howler monkeys to get down from trees to be catched. Reply