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Why do jaguars bite the skull of the prey?

Canada Saiya Offline
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As another poster mentioned - my theory on this is that compared to in Africa and Asia, in the jaguar's home range there aren't so many (native) large prey species that have horns and a crushing bite into brain or cervical area is a quicker way to kill. I think this is why lions and leopards (not so sure about tigers though as the deer in their homerange aren't always armed with antlers) have evolved to use suffocation the most as means of killing ungulates.

Leopards are known to kill hominids with skull bites.
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RE: Why do jaguars bite the skull of the prey? - Saiya - 01-03-2018, 10:30 AM



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