Why do jaguars bite the skull of the prey?

[parvez]

@Spalea The cougar's canines aren't long. In fact they are very inferiorly built compared to a Jaguar's. Perhaps the concept of biting the head needs invincibility. After trying to bite the neck of the prey jaguar must have undergone a lot of stress as it is tough to get underneath the neck. Also the prey too small to get under the neck. Jaguar must have tried with spine or backbone of the prey. The prey must have escaped or retaliated. After achieving invincibility it must have learned that neck bite is stressful and after developing robustiness of the canines the bite force must have increased and hence the head of the prey must have begun to be targeted now with greater bite force and slowly the robustiness in jaws must have lead to strong jaws. Without robustiness head or skull cannot be targeted as the skull bones are tough to break with lower bite force. This is just my opinion. Take time to digest slowly. Reply