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Jaguar's feist

We were in Pantanal, on a boat, looking for jaguars. Suddenly I spotted a dead caiman floating near the river edge. I pointed to it. My guide looked and spotted a jaguar hiding in the bush, just a few meters above. So we stopped the boat and waited, hoping that the jaguar would come down. After a while, she did. She got in the water, dragged the caiman back to land, and started eating.

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Date Taken: 11.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Brazil
Copyright: © vanessa Mignon