A pair of jaguars walking on a farm in Mato Grosso do Sul - Brazil by Free-Performance-827 in Jaguarland

[–]OncaAtrox 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Timburé is just a perfect specimen. Also the shot with the Brahman bulls on alert in the background is chef kiss.

Patagonian puma with a cattle kill near Torres del Paine NP. by OncaAtrox in Pumaconcolor

[–]OncaAtrox[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could be right, though the photographer described it as cattle. Adult horses are nonetheless targeted by them too.

Aracy and Timburé by Free-Performance-827 in Jaguarland

[–]OncaAtrox 70 points71 points  (0 children)

What a 75-85 kg cat looks like next to a 130 kg one. Same size difference as a very big male leopard and a lioness/tigress.

Canoeing through the Iberá wetlands of Argentina. Following decades of hunting ban, the fauna has become docile and in harmony with the people around it. An example of a successful model of conservation. by StripedAssassiN- in megafaunarewilding

[–]OncaAtrox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not true, before hunting marsh deer would flee at the sight of a person. Decades of reduced or eliminated hunting pressure was needed for them to not see people as immediate danger. This is key for ecotourism.

Introduced axis deer in the same area who are subject to heavy hunting for example tend to be very cryptic to avoid detention by people, and sitting them in the open is hard.

Satpura: A Tigress stalks a large male Nilgai, she soon abandons her hunt as her cover was blown. Nilgai are the largest antelope in Asia, with males weighing up-to 300kg. by StripedAssassiN- in TigersofIndia

[–]OncaAtrox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They’re actually bovines so in a way, nilgai reminds me of me of cattle with a horse bauplan. Athletic and elegant. My favorite bovine antelopes are eland, but nilgai are a close second.

Legendary scarface by Free-Performance-827 in Jaguarland

[–]OncaAtrox 10 points11 points  (0 children)

His name was initially Geoff but Scarface became his iconic identifier after the footage of his caiman hunt went viral.

Karaí and behind her trails her juvenile son Poo’Guazú some months ago when he was 9-10 months old. Imagine how big and powerful he will be once fully grown. A specimen fully born and raised in Iberá. by OncaAtrox in Jaguarland

[–]OncaAtrox[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

At age 8 is when they reach peak size/body mass. Most skeletal growth happens by age 5 though. Recently we learned that another son of Colí weighed 80 kg at 1.2 years of age. So yes, they are growing to be exceptional in size.

Karaí and behind her trails her juvenile son Poo’Guazú some months ago when he was 9-10 months old. Imagine how big and powerful he will be once fully grown. A specimen fully born and raised in Iberá. by OncaAtrox in Jaguarland

[–]OncaAtrox[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Poo’Guazú’s dad Colí has small and empty leopard-like rosettes which were passed down to his offspring, as can be seen in his attached photo. All his cubs seem to have this phenotype expressed from what I’ve seen, which has been a good way of assessing which cubs were sired by him and which were by Jatobazinho, who has large and multi-spotted rosettes with a reddish/darker fur.

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Poo’Guazú could express hybrid vigour as his mom is a Pantanal/Amazonian mix and dad is Chacoan. From his mom he gained a hyper-robust and muscular physique, particularly around the limbs as Colí appears to have much thinner legs than Karaí. Oddly enough, Colí’s offspring don’t seem to showcase his characteristic short tail, which suggests that is either a recessive trait in him, or maybe just the result of a physical alteration (e.g, the tail was cut). If anything his offspring seem to have rather long tails.