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The jaguars fishing in the sea to survive
The big cats’ resourceful new behaviour was recorded by a WWF study on a remote island off the coast of BrazilA thriving population of jaguars living on a small, unspoilt island off the coast of the Brazilian Amazon has learned to catch fish in the sea to survive, conservationists have found.The Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station island reserve, three miles off the northern state of Amapá, acts as a nursery for jaguars, according to WWF researchers who have collared three cats and set up 70 camera traps on the remote jungle island. Continue reading...
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