We have always knew that there are Jaguars and Pumas here at primary forests of Zizo. The Puma we see foot tracks regularly, and have even seen the cat itself on a few occasions. But the Jaguar is rare here in the Atlantic Rainforest. We have records of its foot track (much larger than a Puma) but never got a glimpse of one.
This past weekend clients Guilherme Ortiz, Professor Reginaldo (UNESP) and Octavio Salles got extremelly close to one. The alledged Jaguar growled at them from a very close distance, maybe not more than 5 meters away. Check the detailed report of the encounter at Octavio’s blog: http://octaviosalles.com.br/blog_english
We are extremelly happy with this, it proves yet again how helthy our forests are.
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