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Post by Cornflake on Jan 7, 2024 8:36:31 GMT -5
From Arizona Central. For some reason this makes me happy. Go cats. A new jaguar is roaming southern Arizona after a trail camera documented one of the state’s most elusive predators. On Dec. 20, Jason Miller’s trail camera in the Huachuca Mountains detected motion at 8:27 p.m. He was shocked to discover a jaguar at the bottom of the frame. “Five years ago I started running trail cameras for wildlife footage here in southern Arizona, hoping one day maybe I’d get a jaguar,” Miller said in a video posted on YouTube after checking his cameras on Dec. 30. “I got lots of wildlife, including my first jaguar.” Miller is a hobbyist wildlife videographer who posts trail camera footage to his YouTube channel. He previously captured a rare endangered ocelot on camera and has recorded more common wildlife like bears, mountain lions and javelinas. The Arizona Game and Fish Department has authenticated Miller's footage, according to public information officer Mark Hart. The agency has confirmed this is a new jaguar to the United States. Jaguars can be identified by their unique spots, similar to human fingerprints. Miller's mystery cat has different spots compared to images of other jaguars previously in the U.S.  |
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Post by Marty on Jan 7, 2024 9:51:35 GMT -5
In that type of image it's difficult to tell the difference between a Jaguar and a Leopard.   |
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Post by dradtke on Jan 7, 2024 10:01:02 GMT -5
Well that's just cool right there.
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Post by John B on Jan 7, 2024 10:06:32 GMT -5
In that type of image it's difficult to tell the difference between a Jaguar and a Leopard. Well, if you're on this continent, it's probably a jaguar. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 7, 2024 10:57:56 GMT -5
How does a new species just appear?
Mike
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Post by epaul on Jan 7, 2024 12:46:14 GMT -5
"Jaguars can be identified by their unique spots, similar to human fingerprints. Miller's mystery cat has different spots compared to images of other jaguars previously in the U.S."
(i.e., every jaguar has a unique pattern of spots that can be used to differentiate one cat from another)
Not a new species, just a Jaguar that hadn't been caught on film before. So it isn't one oddball that is being caught on cameras over and over but rather is one that hasn't been caught on film before, an indication that may be several.
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Post by Marty on Jan 7, 2024 14:18:02 GMT -5
In that type of image it's difficult to tell the difference between a Jaguar and a Leopard. Well, if you're on this continent, it's probably a jaguar. True, but there have been instances of pet leopards being released. In the 50s there were Pet Clubs of people that owned Leopards, Cheetahs and other large cats. |
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Post by John B on Jan 7, 2024 14:21:57 GMT -5
Well, if you're on this continent, it's probably a jaguar. True, but there have been instances of pet leopards being released. In the 50s there were Pet Clubs of people that owned Leopards, Cheetahs and other large cats. I've heard that in the 50's Gibson knew how to make guitars, but that might be a rumor, too. |
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Post by Dub on Jan 7, 2024 15:30:08 GMT -5
Well, if you're on this continent, it's probably a jaguar. True, but there have been instances of pet leopards being released. In the 50s there were Pet Clubs of people that owned Leopards, Cheetahs and other large cats. Here’s a Jaguar from that period.  |
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Post by theevan on Jan 7, 2024 16:04:18 GMT -5
Hubba, hubba, Dub. I have a customer with one of those...so pretty.
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Post by drlj on Jan 7, 2024 16:05:24 GMT -5
Cool cat.
Of course, it is important to remember it would eat you if it could.
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Post by howard lee on Jan 7, 2024 17:52:07 GMT -5
Well, if you're on this continent, it's probably a jaguar. True, but there have been instances of pet leopards being released. In the 50s there were Pet Clubs of people that owned Leopards, Cheetahs and other large cats.
Soundholers of a certain age may remember Anne Francis as 1960s TV's "Honey West," a private eye with a pet ocelot.
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Post by t-bob on Jan 7, 2024 18:17:11 GMT -5
I lived in mid-Manhattan New York 1950s - middle 40W 55th Street NYC - 5th Ave/6th Ave.
Some neighbor had a tiger with leash - she had snakes and rats and iguanas - she kept her tiger in the French restaurant 55th block
That's where I saw Lenny Bernstein and his mother on the street - and the animals, queer souls - and the ex-governor had an studio - myriad affaires - Happy. He actually died with Happy. I guess she got a release.
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Post by Village Idiot on Jan 7, 2024 21:06:23 GMT -5
It makes me happy too, Don. We've had extirpated species moving through our area over recent years as well, and the thing that my neck of the woods and yours have in common in that regard is that the animal being spotted are top-tier level species. Jaguars for you, bears and mountain lions for us.
The fact that top-tier species are at least making forays into previously inhabited territories has got to have something positive to say about our environment, and these days I'll cling to anything positive in that regard that I can.
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Post by epaul on Jan 7, 2024 22:02:34 GMT -5
On the other hand, Jaguars have been completely eliminated from the NFL playoffs.
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Post by kenlarsson on Jan 8, 2024 9:37:11 GMT -5
True, but there have been instances of pet leopards being released. In the 50s there were Pet Clubs of people that owned Leopards, Cheetahs and other large cats. Here’s a Jaguar from that period. Just a matter of time before a pic like this got posted................... |
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Post by Marshall on Jan 8, 2024 9:43:12 GMT -5
Nice windshield. I'll bet that works great.
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Post by majorminor on Jan 8, 2024 9:56:30 GMT -5
After not much activity last year we have a lion working the patch of woods behind the house. Tracks aren't huge so I'm thinking it's a she. Now if I ever pick up a JAGUAR on MY trail cam we might have a global warming issue.   |
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Post by PaulKay on Jan 8, 2024 10:05:16 GMT -5
On the other hand, Jaguars have been completely eliminated from the NFL playoffs. That could be why he is now wondering around in the mountains. |
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Post by PaulKay on Jan 8, 2024 10:07:21 GMT -5
We have our own wild coyote wondering around in our subdivision park. We've seen him multiple times and he pretty much wonders off in any direction away from us.
He probably keeps the rabbit population in check.
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