In the tropical forests of South and Central America, a jaguar lives - an animal revered by many ancient peoples. They worshiped the jaguar, worshiped it, considered it to be the ancestor of the family, and the skin of the jaguar from ancient times was considered a sign not only
high position, and the ability to influence the fate of the people and tribe. Such an idea of the jaguars as demigods was, from the point of view of the ancient peoples, quite justified.
This majestic predator in mythology has always been associated with night, dark forces. The Aztecs contrasted it with the eagle, as a symbol of the sun. As the sun and moon are always in conflict, so the jaguar and the eagle are in constant battle, the Indians believed. According to legend, when a shaman left his body, he turned into a jaguar. Therefore, it was believed that even a painted jaguar could protect against danger. The animal has been worshiped for a long time. Moreover, if the ancient Egyptians depicted people with the heads of birds and crocodiles, American Indians with the heads of jaguars. Perhaps there is no more adapted predator than this animal. Jaguar
sees perfectly
at night, even better than during the day. Therefore, he was always associated with darkness, night and magic, as well as with power, wild and unbridled.
The fact is that the jaguar's jaws are so strong that it easily bites through the
tortoise shell.
The jaguar is an animal from the cat family, so it has similar habits. He has a strong muscular body, his coat is thick, and his color can vary from sandy yellow to brown. Despite the fact that at first glance. the spots of the jaguar are absolutely randomly located, this is not so. The spot itself is a torn black ring or half ring, inside of which is a black dot. If you enter the search query "jaguar animal photo", you can see that the beast is not completely covered with spots, but has a striped belly and legs. Interestingly, the famous black panther is a jaguar, which for some reason has a mutation in one of the genes responsible for color.
Jaguar is a lone animal. He always hunts alone in a certain territory. A female with cubs can occupy an area of up to 25 km, and males up to 100 km. Jaguar is a thunderstorm of all animals, since it eats literally everything that moves and can easily kill a person. Nevertheless, this graceful predator prefers ungulates as a meal, although it can start hunting for tapirs, turtles and other animals. The peculiarity of the jaguar is that, although it does not eat all the prey at a time, it does not
throws her like lions, and drags her onto the branches of trees.
Unlike other animals, the jaguar does not have a clearly defined breeding season. In this regard, it all depends on the female. The pregnancy of the jaguar lasts 100 days. Kittens live with their mother for 6 weeks in a den, and then begin a joint hunt until they find their own territory. Now the jaguars are becoming smaller and smaller. Deforestation, human expansion into the habitat of these large cats does not contribute to reproduction. In addition, poachers who hunt jaguars because of their fine fur and sharp fangs do not improve the situation. In order to preserve the population, the jaguar was listed in the Red Book.
The jaguar is the result of a long process of evolution and adaptation to the environment, therefore, there are no hunters equal to it in the forests of the Amazon.