ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - C - THE JAGUAR (Panthera onca)

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Paulo Barreiros The story behind this picture is really interesting. That cat`s name is Cage. He was behaving pretty much like a female in estrus, showing off to a nearby young male: rolling around and growling; passive-aggressive moves that momentarily stoped in a ready-to-be-mounted position…(The young male was named Ramses. He`s almost half Cage`s size. Funny enough, Ramses kept his cool, indifferent to that “weird” display of his pal… I should have filmed it. I don`t wanna boast, but, most likely, I was the only person there that was aware of what was going on. People around me – including the other guides – were saying all sorts of non sense; even claiming that it was a mother and a cub! LOL)
I wonder if Cage is bisexual?!... A couple of years ago, for about 6 months, he was associated with Peter Schmidt (who is a real badass; I`ve never seen him losing a fight against other jaguars, even the ones who are bigger them him). We suspected they are brothers, but we don`t really know that for sure. They hunt together and even groom each other, but I`ve never seen them having sex. In fact, their association ended when fighting over a female (Bianca). Thus, we thought that they were not gay. 
Then, the following year, cage got this young squire… Very interesting, indeed. Mainly because (almost) everything that was ever printed about jaguars will tell you that the adults (except mating pairs for a little while; as well as females with cubs) are solitary…

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