Him & Her

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Plight of the Pantanal: A Wetland on Fire !

 

The Pantanal is burning uncontrollably. Animals are dying.

Jaguars are dying.

 

The Pantanal Survival Fund is putting boots on the ground, employing those left jobless due to COVID and lack of tourism, creating fire breaks, putting out fires, buying protective gear, paying for veterinary attention for rescued wildlife, food baskets and so much more.

 

Learn more via their Go Fund Me page.

 

Donate to help those on the ground trying to control the fire.

 

Help raise awareness of the plight.

 

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Social distancing - Jaguar style.

 

Jaguars are not known for being social creatures. The typical exceptions being mating pairs and mother with cubs.

 

Outside of this, still not much is known about how often, when and exactly what happens when jaguars meet. Typically holding large home ranges and low densities means accidentally crossing paths is probably rare. They do communicate with chemical and probably visual signals left for each other.

 

On an Untamed Jaguars of Pantanal Expedition we have often seen jaguar interactions, sometimes tense, other times surprisingly tolerant. With such a high density of jaguars in this area it's not so surprising they meet each other more often and have to negotiate these complicated interactions.

 

Here a young female is probably in heat for the first time and has attracted the attention of an old male. Must be nerve racking to suddenly be the focus of a male distinctly larger than herself!

 

Naun Amable Silva

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Pantanal, Brazil - Oct 2016

Done