Jaguars of Brazil - Dynamics,Lifestyle,Datas,Studies,Reports

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(07-09-2020, 01:38 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(07-09-2020, 01:33 AM)OncaAtrox Wrote: Never mind, I realized that that is indeed the same lion upon further research, but the nature of how it lost its teeth was through an altercation with another lion, which is conducive to the theory of Tiago losing his canines in a fight as well.

They're not sure how he lost it, some say a kick from a Giraffe too.
Regardless, it was always there and never fell out. 
Also, like I said, this is extremely rare and it came with an entire broken jaw. A big cat generally will not have it's canines completely missing unless they've been removed by poachers. 
While I'm not trying to character assassinate these people and I appreciate their work, he still does quite a bit of human/cat interaction that I'm not a fan of and we never know if someone paid him off or if he is protecting a farmer etc.
I'm not accusing him of anything but like I said, the complete loss of canines is very suspicious. I'd be curious if the claws were intact or not.

Leandro has dedicated a lot of his life to protect jaguars even if he has done some controversial things in the past, I don't see him as the type to cover for ranchers and I doubt he would gain anything by it, a lot of those ranchers don't have the money to bribe a renounce biologist when they are severely hit in their finances when a jaguar kills one or two cows. Also keep in mind that the post mortem examination didn't come from him but from a different person, the likelihood that two biologists would risk their integrity and careers lying about it for some money simply doesn't add up, and the proof they provided does appear to suggest that Tiago died of natural causes by fighting another jaguar. Most poachers skin the animal and don't let the fur go to waste, they also usually take the skull with them, this simply doesn't seem like poaching to me. Reply