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Jaguars of Brazil - Dynamics,Lifestyle,Datas,Studies,Reports
Jaguars of Brazil - Dynamics,Lifestyle,Datas,Studies,Reports
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Jaguars of Brazil - Dynamics,Lifestyle,Datas,Studies,Reports
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Jaguar in Encontro Das Aguas State Park
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Gatuna female Hunting.
Miranda - Pantanal - MS - Brazil credits: G.Kayano G.Kayano Gatuna's hunt (part 1). ''We were out in the field when we got a call on the radio, saying that Gatuna, one of the Jaguars monitored by @oncafari was on the move, stalking a group of Capybaras in a water hole closeby. We immediately drove there, to find her walking along the margins. The Capybaras, confident in their superior swimming skills, stayed in the water and swam away, making calls of warning, eyes on the predator.'' VIDEO Gatuna's hunt (part 2). ''After a while moving around the Capybara group, Gatuna was able to find a few stranded individuals hiding in the tall grass on a shallower flooded area. This terrain could allow her to jump and potentially reduce the Capybara's advantage on the water. The first attack showed how agile Capybaras can be as it quickly evaded the Jaguar. The second attempt came out really close, making the Capybara retreat to dry land by the road. However, the young Capybara had the advantage and was able to get away running. I'm sorry about all the shakiness of the video. The car was moving and I had no tripod.'' Pass he arrow to the side to see Gatuna's hunt attempt on video.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Gatuna's hunt (part 3). ''Frustraded, Gatuna can't do much else other than watch the stranded Capybara get away safely.''  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Gatuna's hunt (part 4). ''Later in the afternoon, after a quick rest under the shade of the hammock vegetation, Gatuna set out for another attempt, relentless and resolute. We had been watching her for over two hours, sitting in the sun with swarms of mosquitos to keep us company. Totally worth it. '' VIDEO  *This image is copyright of its original author Gatuna's hunt (part 5). ''We had just a few moments before sunset, and it was almost dark. Gatuna wandered around, increasingly harder to spot, but it seemed like there were no more Capybaras left in the area. Slowly, she went into the flooded grassy area and disappeared behind the hammock vegetation.''  *This image is copyright of its original author Gatuna's Hunt (part 6). ''Watching the sunset with the heart still pounding, the images of the hunt were still vivid. Gatuna was nowhere to be found. We were excited. Afterall, witnessing a Jaguar actively stalk and attack prey is not something you see everyday. We were about to head out, hoping to catch dinner atthe village when suddenly we heard water splashing and sounds that hinted a struggle, just a few meters from us. And then we saw it: Gatuna had caught a large Capybara, and had her sharp fangs buried deep in the poor animal's neck, who hopelessly tried to escape. The Capybara's cries can be heard in the video, being suffocated by such powerful jaws. After the kill, Gatuna slowly dragged the Capybara's dead body across the road and vanished into the darkness. What a day! I'm glad we decided to miss dinner.'' Pass the arrow to the side to see the video of Gatuna locking her jaws on the Capybara in the water.  *This image is copyright of its original author Gatuna's hunt (part 7). ''The reasons why.'' Pass the video to the side to see the reason of all Gatuna's hunting efforts.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Conflict among females in Miranda - South Pantanal - MS
Sighting of Gatuna with her 2 cubs. May 2021 VIDEO One of Gatuna's cubs went missing after her 3 days long intense territorial fight against Luna female but thankfully Hakuna is back with Matata and Gatuna. Mauricio Copetti ''While we were tracking the mother and cub, at dawn, the vehicle had to stop to let them pass... Until that moment we did not see the cub Hakuna, only Gatuna (mother) with Matata and we thought that she might have been killed due to the territory fight with Luna, which lasted around three days of an intense dispute. But soon after this episode we found Hakuna together with its sister and mother. A beautiful wildlife story about cubs of the species, soon to be revealed and shown in a series. Good things are coming next year!'' VIDEO Aurora female vs Gaia female October 2019 Stephanie Simioni ''Yesterday another amazing sighting! We were looking for Gaia, a jaguar with a collar and we spotted her at the edge of a dam apparently disputing territory with another jaguar... It turns out that this other jaguar is Aurora. She is the daughter of one of the jaguars that was reintroduced into the wild by Onçafari in 2016. And this was the first sighting of Aurora as an adult, separated from her mother'' Pass the arrow to see the brief skirmish.
Luísa Caatinga female unfortunately gets trapped in a cave. AGAIN.
Pró Carnívoros ''In February 2020, Claudia (now working for ICMBio, as manager of the Conservation Units of Boqueirão da Onça), received a message from the resident involved in the first rescue, informing that Luisa had been seen in the region and trapped again, but in another cave. Yes, Luisa was trapped again in a cave, but thanks to the Program team's work with local residents, she (person who trapped Luísa) did not do anything mean or hidden. Not only did she not react by chasing and shooting the jaguar, but she took the initiative to warn Claudia, revealing the degree of trust that over years of working in the region she and the Program have been building and maintaining. Her reaction to the vulnerability she felt, due to the losses in her herd, was to trap the animal? and call for help to get her out of there. See how careful we need to be in judging situations. And what about the resourcefulness of those who work with animal conservation in the forest? After obtaining more information, Claudia again assembled a team and went to the site, which also presented difficulties for the rescue work, because there were two openings to the cave, covered again with stones, which required the adaptation of two types of objects for the rescue, also with risks for the team. After evaluation, the team was able to find the best way to rescue Luisa. After three nights of waiting, Luísa was rescued on the 15th day of the second imprisonment in the cave. Again weakened, Luísa was taken to Cemafauna/Univasf to receive the necessary care.'' Luísa Caatinga female in the containment box during the rescue  *This image is copyright of its original author INFECTION IN HER MOUTH ''After a new evaluation, it was discovered that Luisa had a generalized infection in her mouth and would need specific treatment from veterinary dentists, because with this problem she felt a lot of pain and was at risk of worsening the infection. In the case of wild animals, deaths due to generalized infections are not uncommon, as they make it impossible for the animal to capture its natural prey and cannot feed itself. In partnership with Ampara Silvestre, two specialists were sent to treat Luisa, thus eliminating the infection and the pain she was feeling.'' Luísa's worn out dentition  *This image is copyright of its original author Luísa caatinga female recovering in captivity from the first case trapped in a cave for 22 days without food and water, she was rescued in dire conditions.  *This image is copyright of its original author She measured 58 cm in height, 100 cm in body length without the tail and weighed 46 kg when released back to the wild in Sento Sé - BA, after recovery in captivity.  *This image is copyright of its original author There's an extra footage of this moment she attacked both cars (with the biologists in) parked next to her over the window. She was probably very stressed in this whole procedure.  *This image is copyright of its original author LUÍSA IS NOT ABLE TO RETURN TO THE WILD CAATINGA ANYMORE AND NEX NO EXTINCTION INSTITUTE EMBRACING LUÍSA. ''Considering her physical conditions, her age, the specific characteristics of the Caatinga and the conflict with cattle ranchers where she lived, it was realized that it would no longer be possible to return her to the wild. Following the protocols of the National Captivity Program, the institutions participating in the program were evaluated and NEX was identified as suitable to receive Luisa. We thank NEX for accepting her! Thus, she was sent by ICMBio, with the support of the Friends of the Jaguar Program, Cemafauna, Ampara Animal and the 72nd BI of Petrolina, to her new home at NEX, on February 07, 2021, remaining under the care and monitoring of ICMBio because of the Captivity Program. The NEX is where Luisa is, this little lady who is now approximately 14 - 15 years old (in the wild they live, on average, 15 years). She will remain there, with all her friends from the jaguars and the Caatinga rooting for her and for all the 'Luísas' who have the sertão as their natural home, a biome that has been so mistreated by us, humans, that we threaten the survival of birds, reptiles, mammals... the waters, the soil... and when we are done with all of this, none of us will survive.'' LUÍSA ARRIVING AT NEX INSTITUTION Pass the arrows to the side to see the videos in sequence. Pissed off mode Luísa Caatinga female She destroyed all palm trees in her enclosure lol. VIDEO LUÍSA'S HABITUATION IN NEX's SANCTUARY Nex No Extinction ''The whole process involving the handling of these animals must be done very carefully and be well planned, because most of these animals are suffering and are traumatized. The biggest challenge is to avoid more stress for them. Luisa is already in her new enclosure, which was built with all of your help (donations). We are immensely grateful for the support you have given us. This chain of good, unity, and love (even more so in such difficult and uncertain times) makes us even stronger to go on fighting for them. Luisa is getting used to the environment. In the video, you can see that she is still very angry and distrustful. But she broke and uprooted all the palm trees that we planted in the enclosure, that is, she is getting comfortable... no problem, as long as she stays well, she can uproot whatever she wants and we will fix it later (except the canvas)'' I personally think they did a good thing in taking Luísa to capitivity, just like Merlin male (who very unfortunately got blind by gunshot and he is now also in the NEX sanctuary) these jaguars went through and suffered alot in their lives and Luísa is already 14-15 yo in addition to the rough condition of her the jaws which would make her incapable of succesfuly hunting her natural preys, these jaguars are now being well taken care the best way possible at NEX, treated the way they deserve and in NEX there's no chances of her being trapped in a cave again for a third time.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Rare sighting of 2 jaguars mating in the presence of a youngster cub (most definitely the female's cub) following them as it all appears the youngster is still under her care - Pantanal MT.
I wish this video was longer.
Zico and Juju mating
Onçafari ''In these 10 years of work, we have learned a lot about the largest feline of the Americas. Did you know that even outside the reproductive period jaguars still copulate? That is, when they are pregnant, lactating, or with cubs, they still mate with males in the region, and this may be related to the low rate of infanticide in the species. We believe that the females copulate with the males to distract their attention and free the cub from the danger of being killed by these same males, and that there are very few records of males killing cubs exactly because they do not know if that cub is his or not.'' 107 kg Zico male and 50.7 kg Juju female.
Eli Martinez
''Went on a night safari out here to look for wildlife. It was so great. We visited a privately owned ranch in the Pantanal. This is a cattle ranch and the owners converted it to eco-tourism. For years they would kill jaguars that would kill cattle on their ranch, but the conservation group here worked with them to change that, by helping them create this eco-tourism safari ride to help pay for the cattle the jaguars kill. While we were there we encountered three jaguars stalking some nearby cattle. It was intense to watch. The cats stopped hunting when we showed up. It was insanely cool. Before this was set up, these three cats would of been shot, thanks to the work by the good people here in the Pantanal the cats won’t be harmed. Such a good thing. We also encountered ocelots, crab eating foxes, peccaries and marsh deer. A nice ending to an amazing day.'' Pachamamo male following female.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Lightning male and female sighting at Rio Três Irmãos - Pantanal
Cássio Moris Lazzarini ''Exuberant, dazzling, imposing, cruel, fearless, violent: the jaguar is perhaps the most beautiful Brazilian mammal. This video portrays (without editing) the moment we saw a male and a female jaguar on the banks of the Três Irmãos River in the Pantanal (MT), after traveling more than 3,000 km from São Paulo and 3 hours by boat, after millions of mosquito bites and many other difficulties... But the feeling of seeing the animal right there, right in front of us, a few meters away is simply indescribable.'' Lightning male  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Atlantic Forest
The Tapir that became a banquet in the Parque Nacional do Iguaçu - Brazil. https://www.oeco.org.br/colunas/colunist...do-iguacu/ CENAP/ICMBio Year: 2013 Jorge Pegoraro* ''I want to share with the readers of ((o))eco a story, one of those that nature tells, that occurred on a routine inspection day inside the forest of the Iguaçu National Park. I work at the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Nature Conservation), at the Iguaçu National Park, located in the extreme west of Paraná and known for its majestic waterfalls and the dense forest that covers its 185 thousand hectares.'' Aerial view of the Iguaçu Falls. photo: Wikipedia  *This image is copyright of its original author Some people imagine that working in a National Park is to be a "guardian of paradise". I hear expressions such as: "ah, but you work in a beautiful place, this is what I want for my life, it must be very nice to work here? It must be very nice to work here?" It's true. But in this paradise is part of the animals' struggle for survival. We are there guarding and also learning.'' The surprise "Walking through "tracks" opened by hunters and palm gatherers, who unfortunately still insist in destroying what little remains of the Atlantic Forest of Paraná and Brazil, the park rangers of ICMBio came across a dead animal. It was a huge tapir (Tapirus terrestris) weighing approximately 150 kilos. Had it been shot or poisoned? A deeper analysis by the experienced inspectors showed that the animal had been preyed upon by a big cat, certainly a jaguar. Suspicious that the feline was still near the place of predation, because of the obvious "jaguar breath" that hovered over the site of the deadly battle, the inspectors decided to call the technicians of the Carnívoros do Iguaçú (currently called Onças do Iguaçú) project via radio. They suspected that the feline would return to finish its meal, which, in fact, had not even begun. The technicians quickly followed the coordinates indicated by the inspectors, carrying all the necessary arsenal: rifle, anesthetics, radio collar, trap cameras and, of course, courage. They set up camp near the indicated spot and had no choice but to wait for the much-awaited feast of the feline. After all, a large amount of fresh meat was waiting to be devoured. Camera traps were strategically installed to register the great moment, all waiting for the majestic jaguar. It would be one more record for the history of these animals in the Park. Who knows, this jaguar might be an uncatalogued specimen, a healthy male or a pregnant female. The hope of the project biologists is to find in each expedition a new specimen in the Park, given the decline of these cats in the Atlantic Forest.'' King Vultures ''stole'' the jaguar's lunch. photo: Divulgação.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Trying to climb a tree with Capybara kill - Fazenda Caiman - Pantanal - MS
The Reluctant Fighter: A Jaguar’s True Personality Revealed
by: Alan Rabinowitz Text and images excerpted from "An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar" by Alan Rabinowitz https://www.thedodo.com/jaguar-the-reluc...61217.html Headline photo caption: Jaguar traveling in daytime during the dry season at the edge of a cattle ranch along part of the jaguar corridor in the Pantanal, Brazil. (Photo by Paul Goldstein.)  *This image is copyright of its original author ''Whatever adaptive abilities evolution and natural selective pressures had bestowed upon the jaguar, its ability to survive in an increasingly degraded, overpopulated world of humans with abundant weapons eventually came to hinge on how feared, valued, and tolerated it was by humans occupying what had been the jaguar's world. Perhaps this is why the most important and most distinctive element of jaguarness, the characteristic that has allowed the jaguar, one of the planet's most powerful living beasts, to coexist with humans in a way that other large mammals or apex predators could not, is that of nonaggression. I call the jaguar "the reluctant warrior" because of the choices it makes, how it uses its jaguarness. Humans who have lived or worked with jaguars all acknowledge the power, fierceness, and savagery of the animal and, at the same time, its non-aggressive nature towards humans. Since the early nineteenth century, tens of thousands of people have been killed by tigers, lions, and leopards. In some cases, individuals from each of these species have become serial man-eaters. From 1900 until recent times, at least 25 kills of humans by puma were confirmed in the United States and Canada. But in the wild, there are very few recorded instances of jaguars killing people and no instances of jaguars becoming a hunter of men, a true man-eater. One attempt to explain this phenomenon points to the fact that jaguars did not evolve alongside hominids, with the first real evidence of jaguar–human interactions found only in the New World. I begin this story in a chapter from my book "An Indomitable Beast." Expansive landscape mosaic of the northern Pantanal of Brazil. (Photo by Steve Winter, Panthera.)  *This image is copyright of its original author Rafael Hoogesteijn, a respected veterinarian and jaguar biologist whose 1992 book "The Jaguar" is still one of the classic natural-history books on the species, now works with Panthera in the Brazilian Pantanal. As of this writing, he has had 79 jaguar encounters with up to four jaguars seen together at once. Twenty-two of the encounters occurred while he was walking alone and unarmed or when he approached a jaguar from a car, bicycle, motorcycle, or horse (other encounters involved boats, helicopters, and captures). During these encounters, each of which lasted up to 20 minutes, he followed jaguars traveling and watched them mating. Only once did Rafael feel threatened. While following approximately 30 meters (99 feet) behind a male jaguar that was following a female in heat, the animal suddenly turned, roared, and charged straight at him, teeth barred, ears back, and nape hairs erect. Rafael stood his ground and the jaguar stopped 10 to 15 meters (33 to 38 feet) away, then turned and disappeared into the nearby river. Perhaps this was a bluff, or what Rafael called "a mock attack." Perhaps, had Rafael turned and run, the outcome might have been different. Clearly the jaguar must have felt threatened and reacted explosively, but then it reassessed the situation and made the decision to stand down. Killing or hurting Rafael would have accomplished nothing for the animal, except perhaps injury to itself. I had a similar experience to that of Rafael while watching a big male jaguar recover from sedative after I had captured and radio collared it during my work in Belize. I had laid the jaguar back in an open trap to recover, waiting nearby to ensure that no other jaguar came and injured the immobilized animal. Worried that the jaguar was taking too long to wake up, I walked to the side of the trap and poked him in his hindquarters with a stick. Suddenly, a clear-eyed jaguar looked directly into my face, leapt up, and was out of the trap in seconds. As I sprinted for the safety of my truck a short distance away, the jaguar chased after me. Realizing I could not outrun the jaguar, I turned and screamed "NO!" with all the energy I could muster and with no reason to think that this would stop the charging predator. Yet, the jaguar did stop, the anger of the moment dissipated, and he turned calmly towards the jungle. Clearly, this drugged and newly collared jaguar had cause for dismay, even retribution. Still, he walked away. A jaguar crawling under a cattle fence during the night in order to move through a cattle ranch in the corridor. (Photo by Steve Winter, Panthera.)  *This image is copyright of its original author When animals are faced with conflict, they react with a discharge of the sympathetic nervous system priming the animal for either fighting or fleeing - the classic "fight or flight response." Sometimes the response initiates a period of heightened awareness, during which the animal rapidly processes behavioral signals from the adversary before choosing to react. In this complex behavioral arena of conflict or stress situations, jaguars, more often than not, ultimately choose non-engagement. Some have misinterpreted the wariness, secretiveness, and nonaggression of jaguars as cowardice. During his explorations of Honduras in the 1800s, William Vincent Wells stated that "the jaguar is naturally a coward, and is seldom seen except in unfrequented places." Hunters who have run jaguars with dogs have been surprised by what they suppose to be the "fear" exhibited by a predator that could easily overpower or kill the much smaller dogs chasing it. But the jaguar's flight from danger through dense forest with lots of possible hiding places and escape routes is likely a better evolutionary strategy than a direct encounter with anything capable of inflicting injury. Injury is best avoided in the disease and parasite filled tropical jungles. And anyone who has witnessed the power and ferocity of a jaguar that is cornered or on the attack would never describe this species as "cowardly." I will never forget the feelings I had looking into the face of the first jaguar we had chased for hours through the jungle until it was treed with our dogs. One line from my field notes said it all: "Those eyes were watching me with no trace of fear or anger, but with thoughts I'd never know, and listening to voices I'd never hear." Only the foolish do not respect a jaguar's space when they encounter the animal. Although jaguars usually spend their time watching, waiting, and maintaining a state of readiness, when the jaguar takes action, its movements are quick, brutal, and highly aggressive. One needs only to examine the remains of jaguar kills - holes in the skull and crushed vertebrae - to see the big cat's potential ferocity. Jaguars are warriors. And like all great warriors, their success and longevity comes not from the number of fights fought, but the number of fights avoided. When a fight does occur, it is to accomplish a necessary end result. Ideally, the fight is finished quickly and decisively with an expedient return to calm equanimity.'' The indomitable beast leaping for a piece of food hanging from a tree in Brazil. (Photo by Steve Winter, Panthera.)  *This image is copyright of its original author
Pantanal Jaguar
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86.5 kg Natueza female sends a Warning to 107 kg Tupã male
Fazenda Caiman - Miranda - Pantanal MS - Brazil Diogo Lucatelli (Onçafari's Biologist) ''Amazing jaguar sighting, Natureza female with her two big cubs by a water pond, she wasn’t happy about the presence of Tupã, a large male monitored by Onçafari. But growling and an impressive fangs show was enough to make him follow his way after a while.''  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
137 kg Robusto male almost got in trouble
Very interesting case considering that big group of peccaries have killed jaguars before. As Leandro Silveira once said ''These animals in big group are really a Bee Swarm.'' Eduardo Fragoso ''Yesterday I saw an unusual scene to see here at @caimanpantanal: a male jaguar at the top of a tree. This behavior is most commonly observed in females, and size and weight may be factors that somewhat limit males from climbing trees more often. However, what motivated Robusto to climb was a large group of white-lipped peccaries, a species of wild "pig" with very aggressive behavior that can corner or even seriously injure a jaguar. When a jaguar notices the presence of many peccaries nearby, they usually run away or climb trees.''  *This image is copyright of its original author
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