Jaguars 2
The jaguar is a unique animal. Their size in length varys from 44-73 inches, their tail is short and thick and is 18-30 inches long. The weight in males varys from 125-250 lbs., in females, it's 100-200 lbs. The sexual maturity for a jaguar is 3 years. They can mate at any time of the year, but it's non-seasonal in the tropics;and early autumn in extremes of range. Gestation takes 93-110 days. They can give birth to 1-4 cubs, but they can only have cubs every other year. The habit of the jaguar is usually solitary, only getting together to mate during breeding season. Their diet mainly consist of ground living mammals. Some examples of these mammals are domestic stock, fish, frogs, turtles, small alligators, pecarries, turtle eggs, tapir, and deer. When in captivity the jaguar can live up to 22 years. The closest relative to the jaguar is the leopard. The cubs of the jaguar are born with no father. The father leaves the mother after they are through mating. When they are born, the cubs are blind and weigh from 25-32 ozs. At two weeks, once their eyes open, They can begin to explore outside of the den. At one month the cubs go go outside the den and follow their mother around. When six months comes and the cubs h
Jaguars have a reputation to eat man, but you have to realize that there is always a reason for it. They only sometimes eat men, they are more man-killers than man-eaters. They are known a lot to eat hunters who have tryed to kill them for their fur. Men aren't one of the jaguars natural prey. They only kill men for three reasons: They're unable to catch their usual prey, they develop a man-eating habit because food is scarce, or they learned it from their mothers when they were just cubs. "In exoneration of the jaguar the famous explorer and naturalist Humboldt tells of two indian children playing in a forest clearing. They were joined by a jaguar who bounded around them until it accidentally scratched the face of one child. The other seized a stick and smote the jaguar on the face; the wild beast slunk back into the jungle." The jaguars habitat isn't huge but its a cozy place for them to live in. Mainly they're found in central and south america as far as Patagonia. The largest jaguars are found in Mato Grosso. They can survive in an area of 3 miles if food's good. If food's not good they might need an area of 200 square miles. They can live in dense jungles and scrublands to reed thickets and shoreline forests. They will live in open country if grass and rocks offer enough cover for hunting and a reliable source of water is available. The jaguar's characteristics are very interesting. Jaguars like to stalk their prey by getting as close to it as possible without being noticed then they attack it. They usually hunt during the night because it's fur gives it great camouflage. Their great camouflage also makes them hard to find and hard to study. They are really good at hiding, making them hard to find, even during the day. They're good climbers, and when they get into the trees they can bec
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