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Nov 30, 2018 · Sea turtles are easy prey for jaguars because they’re simple to kill, says Luis Fonseca, a researcher and biologist featured in Untamed. And Playa Nancite is uniquely positioned for this ...
- Elaina Zachos
- 6 min
Feb 3, 2017 · • Scientists from Instituto de Ecología, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) demonstrated that almost all jaguar subpopulations are Critically Endangered. • Only 10% of the estimated 64,000 jaguars survive outside of the Amazon Basin, between México and Argentina.
May 7, 2024 · Jaguars show some degree of tolerance. Recent studies in Brazil indicate that males do not show strong aggression or territorial defense against other jaguars. Scent mark to advertise territory. Spray urine (backwards), cheek-rub, and claw to claim territory.
Nov 22, 2014 · Camera traps were set-up on freshly predated turtles to capture jaguar activity across both Peak and Non Peak green turtle nesting seasons. Thirteen individual jaguars (five males, five females, three cubs) were captured returning to 77% of monitored turtle kills (60% Peak; 95% Non Peak).
- James Guilder, Benjamin Barca, Stephanny Arroyo-Arce, Roberto Gramajo, Roberto Salom-Pérez
- 2015
Mar 8, 2019 · The answer is illegal hunting in the national park. This caused declines in the jaguar’s main prey species. Species targeted include the jaguar’s favourite, the white-lipped peccary (a pig-like animal). We know this from our research into the jaguar’s diet. Jaguars are opportunistic predators.
The powerful bite of jaguars makes them excellent hunters; their teeth possess the strength to pierce through crocodile hides and turtle shells. Once jaguars acquire meat for consumption, they use pointy bumps on their tongues, called papillae, to scrape the meat from its bones.
Jaguars will eat monkeys, peccaries, pacas, agoutis, deer, turtles, tapirs, armadillos, iguanas, anteaters, alligators, fish, and almost anything else that crosses their path. Yet monkeys feed on leaves; peccaries feed on roots, seeds, and fruit, and occasionally eat insects; pacas and agoutis feed on fruits; and deer browse on twigs.
