Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

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(06-22-2021, 07:48 PM)Pckts Wrote:

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This book is excellent and thanks for sharing the whole pages so people can read the full context and not carefully selected excerpt to give a false impression. It seems like people who have seen African big cats get surprised when they see Pantanal jaguars because they don't expect them to be so large. He has seen multiple lions and leopards at Sabi Sands and these are his thoughts (that's Kyra and her daughter Patricia which is also shown in the book pages from your post):

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His opinions are mirrored by that of Londolozi trackers:

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Btw, based on your safari experience and knowing what we know now about average Pantanal male jaguar sizes, how would Aju (an average male) compare with the lionesses and tigress you've seen? Reply