These pictures of a jaguar killing a caiman are impressive and they show us too how impressive the jaguar is at killing almost any prey. They have the strongest bite of all the cats and it’s why many jaguar skulls … please continue reading
NO. I’ll keep this short and hopefully sweet. Leopards are a different species of wild cat to jaguars. They are not the same although they look very similar. The jaguar is larger than the leopard and lives in Mexico, Central … please continue reading
This is another depressing story about the destruction of the world’s ancient forests. I recently wrote about old Swedish forest being used to make toilet paper and today I’m going to address the destruction of tropical forest inhabited by Jaguars … please continue reading
The question in the title specifically asks how much jaguars eat not what they eat and therefore I am going to focus specifically on that point. There are many pages on this site about jaguars. Please use the custom search … please continue reading
The question in the title is badly formulated in my opinion. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, the question implies that jaguars only live in the rainforest. This is incorrect. Secondly, the word “adapt” is incorrectly used. Jaguars are … please continue reading
Jaguars eat caiman which are closely related to alligators and crocodiles. They are relatively small sized crocodilians. The average maximum weight is around 88 pounds. The exception is the black caiman which can be extremely large, weighing up to 2400 … please continue reading
The difference between a jaguar and a black panther is superficial. They are exactly the same cat except the black panther is a melanistic version (charcoal black version with ghost spots) of the jaguar. What I have just written is … please continue reading
This answers all Google search “Can jaguars” questions: Can jaguars swim? – Yes (they swim very nicely indeed – “These cats are excellent swimmers…..”). See photo below. Jaguars hunt the caiman (a sort of alligator – “an alligatorid crocodilian”) and … please continue reading
Jaguars don’t just live in the rainforest. The jaguar used to live in California until the last one in the state was shot in 1860. Jaguars continued to survive in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico until the 20th century. These … please continue reading
Another human screwup when using a wild cat for commercial purposes. A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped … please continue reading
