Jaguar. Predatory cat.

Jaguar. Predatory cat  - one of the most mysterious cats. The ancient Mayans considered it a symbol of the power of the gods. "Spread a jaguar skin - they said - and you'll see all the stars of the universe." Elusive, like the Haunted, Jaguar - the animal , which goes on the trail of a legend.Hunters Brazil believed that this predator has a powerful hypnosis, and the Indians are sure that he is able to imitate the cries of birds and animals, so it lures its prey. 

In our world, there are places that evoke in us a profound sense of the spirit of the wild world. On the ground, there are still corners where nature is preserved in its original integrity. Where laws dictate who is stronger. In such places, Central America and northern Argentina lives jaguar - a big cat, predator single ..

Jaguar belongs to the family cat, and like a tiger and a lion , belongs to the genus   panther (Panthera) and is third in size space. Predator weighs up to 120 kg (in nature were getting - 158 lbs.), And body length of 120-190 cm plus almost meter tail - an impressive size.

Very little is known of attacks on the people of this animal, most often it was caused by man. Naturalists, explorers, zoologists believe that the predator rather curious than aggressive.

Jaguar - female freestyle, she needs wild spaces. At the beginning of the twentieth English zoologist and traveler Ivan Sanderson met with a predatory cat alone.

In the language of the South American Indian people, the Quechua word jaguar ( yahuar ) denote different homonym for the word "blood." It could be a person belonging to a noble caste (the blood), a relative, and so on Guarini is a word meaning "beast who sheds blood, kills in one leap."

Thanks to its powerful jaws jaguar, predatory cat , is able to crack even a turtle shell. Great Polovtsian, he overtakes the victim, even when she tries to find salvation in the water. There are cases when a jaguar attacked sleeping alligators.

But the basic method night hunter lone   -   ambush in the tree. Eyewitnesses claim that the predator will never catch up animals who spotted him and chose to flee.

At first glance, looks like a jaguar chen another wild cat leopard (cheetah - to a lesser extent). But only at first sight ... How does a jaguar from a leopard  and a cheetah?Dear readers, this article and the article about the leopard is not all images are presented correspond mind. Did you find a difference?

Hide, rich colors, with a unique and individual to each animal pattern, was the main cause of extinction of jaguars. Today, Jaguar, predatory cat - a protected species of animals - is the Red Book of the world .