Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Poor kitty! But great photos. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information