In the tropical forests of South and Central America living jaguar - an animal revered by many ancient peoples.Jaguar's revered, worshiped, he was considered the ancestor of the genus, and jaguar skin since ancient times was considered a sign not just of high standing and ability to influence the fate of the people and nation.This idea of Jaguars as polubozhestvah was, from the point of view of the ancients, is warranted.This majestic predator mythology has always been associated with the night, the dark forces.The Aztecs contrasted his eagle as a symbol of the sun.As the sun and moon are always in confrontation, and the jaguar eagle are continuous battle, the Indians believed.According to legend, the shaman, when he left his body, turned into a jaguar.So I think that from the danger can save even painted a jaguar.The animal for a long time been the object of worship.Moreover, if the ancient Egyptians portrayed people with the heads of birds and crocodiles, American Indians - with the heads of jaguars.Perhaps there is no more adapted predator than an animal.Jaguar sees well at night, even better than during the day.Therefore, it has always been associated with the darkness of night and magic, and with force, wild and untamed.The fact that the jaguar jaws so strong that it can easily bite through turtle shell.
Jaguar - feline, so has similar habits.He has a strong, muscular body, thick hair, and color can vary from sandy yellow to brown.Although at first glance.jaguar spots are located completely chaotic, it is not.The very spot a torn black ring or half-ring, inside of which - the black dot.If you enter a search query "jaguar animal photo", we can see that the beast is not completely covered with spots and a striped belly and legs.Interestingly, the famous black panther - a jaguar, which for some reason there was a mutation in one of the genes responsible for color.
Jaguar - a single animal.He always hunts alone in a certain area.A female with cubs may occupy the territory of 25 km, and males - up to 100 km.Jaguar - storm all the animals, since it literally eats anything that moves, and can easily kill a human.Still, this graceful predator prefers as ungulates meal, although it may start hunting for tapirs, turtles and other animals.Feature jaguar that although he does not eat all the prey at a time, do not throw it like lions, and pulls on the tree branches.
Unlike other animals, the jaguar has no clearly defined breeding season.In this regard, it depends on the female.Pregnancy lasts 100 days a jaguar.Kittens live with their mother in the den of 6 weeks, and then start hunting together as long as they find their own territory.Now jaguars is becoming less and less.Deforestation, the expansion of human habitat of the big cats can not contribute to proliferation.Also, do not improve the situation and poachers who hunt jaguars because of their beautiful fur and sharp fangs.In order to keep the population, the jaguar was listed as endangered.
Jaguar - the result of a long process of evolution and adaptation to the environment, so in the Amazon forest is not the hunters equal to him.
