[Leica] Jaguars - Bad Lip

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Douglas,
Thanks for looking.

He was spilt for choice, considering there must have been half a dozen boats full of Homo Sapiens in front of him!

Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 16-Sep-2016, at 03:33, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> You certainly were being sized up in the last one, Jayanand. As they get older, I presume they opt for slower prey - like you :-)
> 
> Douglas
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 1:01 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Jaguars - Bad Lip
> 
> 
>> This jaguar was the one we saw the most during our trip - he had something
>> wrong with his lip, so we christened him Bad Lip. Our local guides could
>> not recognize him, calling him a newcomer to the area - but he was a
>> seasoned old jaguar, who had seen better days, so possibly he had been
>> ejected from his territory, and landed up here. Once his path crossed Mick
>> Jaguar, unfortunately for us, behind some trees, but no mayhem ensued and
>> they went their own separate ways peacefully, so they presumably knew, and
>> likely were related to, each other. He seemed to be on the lookout for prey
>> every time we saw him, but he never looked well fed. One of our boats did
>> see him make attacks on two caiman within minutes, but both were
>> unsuccessful, and because tree roots and grass was between the boat and the
>> jaguar, the photographs were a bit obscured as well.
>> 
>> Jaguars are the most aquatic of the big cats, and Bad Lip was ever ready to
>> take to the water:
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-7314.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160817-10906.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160817-10994.jpg.html
>> 
>> Otherwise, he was generally motoring down, or resting at, the waters edge,
>> on the lookout for prey:
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9856.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-7454.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9849.jpg.html
>> 
>> The Velvia greens were the actual colors of the scene, where he seemed to
>> be searching for, and stalking something, but we never figured out what it
>> was:
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160818-12780.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160818-12842.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160818-12926.jpg.html
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160818-12985.jpg.html
>> 
>> Please see LARGE
>> 
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
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