Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 Sent from my iPad > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information