[Leica] Jaguars Part 1

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Beautiful animals, and images.  My favorite is the Mating Pair.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/11/2016 11:55 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> These are photographs taken of jaguars in and around the Cuiaba River,
> taken from motorboats, the core objective of our photo safari. We saw quite
> a few, but surprisingly all males, except for one female who was there as
> part of a mating pair. The Pantanal sub species is the largest of the
> jaguar, mainly due to abundant large prey, mainly Capybara, Marsh Deer,
> Caiman and Cattle - the last because most of the Pantanal has very poor
> soil, only fit only for grazing, so the place is full of cattle ranches,
> and has been for close to 200 years, so cattle has become entrenched as a
> core part of the Pantanal Jaguar's diet. Overall, the jaguar, like the
> leopard in Africa/Asia, is an opportunist and will eat practically anything
> edible that comes its way.
>
> We will start with a jaguar locally called Mick Jaguar, because of a rakish
> look due to something wrong with one of his eyes. He is the jaguar who
> stalked, attacked and killed a caiman in front of many boats, and the video
> footage of which went viral a couple of years ago. His eye problem does not
> hinder his hunting apparently, as can be seen from his full belly in the
> second shot:
>
> Resting:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160818-12318.jpg.html
>
> Full Belly:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160818-12166.jpg.html
>
> This is the only female I saw, as one half of a mating pair:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9994.jpg.html
>
> A male on purposeful walkabout, who then descended down to water's edge to
> have a drink, but seemed slightly put off by commotion caused by the boats
> around him:
>
> Walkabout:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9192.jpg.html
>
> Rest 1:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-8917.jpg.html
>
> Rest 2:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9000.jpg.html
>
> Another male on walkabout on the river's edge, in altogether better light.
> He was part of another mating pair, but we only got glimpses of the female,
> as she stayed hidden in the tall grass in the background
>
> Movement:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9346.jpg.html
>
> Eye Contact:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9365.jpg.html
>
> Late in the evening one day, we saw this big boy totally at ease with
> himself - and the commotion caused by the flotilla of boats in front of 
> him!
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160819-13380.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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