A Michael Broad Blog
The jaguar is an opportunistic predator, and they have, in essence, three ways to hunt. They are capable of killing a wide range of prey animals as you might expect. They might eat a turtle egg or a 2-pound armadillo or they might attack and eat domestic cattle weighing 1,000 pounds. The jaguar is …
There are two very sad facts to report in answering the question in the title. Firstly, there are websites and videos which greatly misrepresent the world population size of the jaguar. For example, there’s a video on YouTube which says that there are almost 200,000 Jaguars in 19 countries including America. The video is …
Google tells me that people want to know how many Jaguars (the cat!) there are in Costa Rica. It is actually a very difficult question because I don’t think anybody is courageous enough or silly enough to actually provide a firm number. The clever ones, the experts, can’t even provide a firm number or …
This page contains a customised Google map of the Jaguar range that is based as accurately as possible on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ map. It is designed to be refined by anyone with the will and the ability to do so! If you’d like to try please go to the original, which …
by Paul Farris (Ramona, Ca. 92065) Black Jaguar in Xcaret, Mexico – photo added by Michael (Admin) to illustrate page – photo by sunface13 July 1985: I was checking riding trails on the ranch I lived on, Poway stables, Poway Ca. We rent horses for trail riding. One of our guides a 15 yr …
by Michael (London, UK) I am pleased to hear that continuing research into the rare Jaguar, the third largest wild cat, in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica has turned up some excellent results and pictures….. This photograph was taken automatically by the camera trap. It is the property of Eduardo Carrillo who worked …
