[Leica] Jaguars - Bad Lip

[Nathan Wajsman]

Poor kitty! But great photos.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 14 Sep 2016, at 14:01, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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