ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - C - THE JAGUAR (Panthera onca)

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(10-12-2019, 01:40 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(10-12-2019, 12:41 AM)lionjaguar Wrote:

(06-10-2018, 02:45 AM)epaiva Wrote: @peter
Today I attended a SYMPOSIUM named  LOS FELINOS DE VENEZUELA with the best researchers of Cats in the country  with a great surprise, Dr Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski who has been doing a research of Jaguars and Pumas for more than 9 years found out a Coalition of two big adult males in Hato Pinero in  the Venezuelan Llanos they have already killed 3 males and have a huge territory with 3 females for them, they are mating  without any fight between them, Jaguars are supossed to be solitary cats. He said that he estimates that the largest Jaguar in Pinero weights at least 120 kilograms. Hato Pinero is a big Ranch located in Estado Cojedes, Venezuela
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That's fascinating. Are they living like lions? I heard a story about two old male jaguars in the Brazilian Pantanal combine forces to defend their territories against younger males. I read jaguars are less territorial against other jaguars are intruding their territory unless they invade the core area. That's probably why jaguars are doing better than most other big cats despite they are not adaptable compared to cougar.

Not sure about the 2 older ones but as of now you have 2 brothers who are still patrolling and hunting together but they're still young *3 ish* so they may not stay together much longer.
Jaguars are extremely aggressive to one another but not so much territorial since the Pantanal has constantly changing landscapes. When you see sandbars or trees where Jaguars hunt one year, those exact same spots may be washed away the next year once the floods come and go.
An example of how hard it is for Jags to grow up in the pantanal is that you will rarely see cubs there, there's too many huge males and they kill them off, you also rarely see young Jags who were born there come back, most Jaguars who come to the meeting of the 2 rivers arent known to the guides and it's usually huge dominate males. It's like they know that when they come back to these prestine hunting grounds they must be the best of the best.

I really don't know if jaguars are extremely aggressive. Pantanal probably has dense jaguar population, and that's probably why jaguars are territorial then. I heard it from other guide that jaguars are not aggressive compared to how Mapogo lions are killing others for territory. It would be different if prey is low in their habitats. I have never heard male jaguars are killing rival male's cubs. Is there any source to prove it? Reply