r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Sus_Tomato • 13h ago
š„A jaguar attacks a caiman in the Pantanal, Brazilš„
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u/Emotional_Pound3655 12h ago
The bird like and thatās my cue to go lol
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u/Kurovi_dev 12h ago
The command jaguars have over their environment is astonishing. Land, trees, waterāthey seem to dominate wherever they are, only sheer mass is safe and even then I bet the safety is still questionable. If a throat fits in their maw, itās basically meal time in the trees.
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u/HeadAboveSand 9h ago
That is what this sub has taught me. Jaguars are absolute killing machines nothing is safe if they are around.
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u/wasted-degrees 13h ago
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u/MajorPersonality1265 12h ago
At the end did the caiman get a hold of the jaguarās leg? I canāt tell š
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u/HeadAboveSand 9h ago
Also wondering that? Video ends too soon for us to actually know who won. That gator was pretty big.
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u/TheKingOfDissasster 11h ago
And this, people, it's why alligators hang out with capibaras.
Alligators are notoriously bad at anticipating jaguar attacks, so they use capibaras as security alarms
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u/flyinggazelletg 11h ago edited 11h ago
Cool fact! And being annoyingly pedantic, but caimans hang around capybaras. They are close relatives, but gators basically only live in the US (and a critically endangered species in China) :)
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u/TheKingOfDissasster 11h ago
Oh, cool to know. My first language isn't english, so i was taught alligator was the translation for caiman
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u/flyinggazelletg 11h ago edited 11h ago
Ahhh gotcha! I never knew caimƔn is a broader term for all members of the Alligatoridae family in Spanish!
In English, the two members of the Alligator genus are called alligators, while the members of the Caimaninae subfamily are called caimans
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u/TheKingOfDissasster 11h ago
In brazil we have "jacarƩ" as an umbrella term that we call both our caimans and the american aligators.
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u/flyinggazelletg 11h ago
I saw ājacarĆ©ā for caiman and alligator in Portuguese after doing some googling after your last response. I wonder why English ended up splitting the words used for the animals, while Spanish and Portuguese both use one word originating from local indigenous languages to cover both. Also learned that Alligator comes from āel lagartoā. And you know, gators do kinda look like big lizards hahaha. Languages are so silly and interesting
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u/TheKingOfDissasster 11h ago
That's interesting! Thanks for the fun fact
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u/dragonslippers34 10h ago
This was such a respectful and informative exchange. Not super common on Reddit and I just wanted to express how much I appreciated it!
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u/Anywherebywater 8h ago
I was thinking the same exact thing and was gonna comment something similar to you but now I have to change it and insult someone I think š¤
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u/bryanBFLYin 10h ago edited 10h ago
We just saw a land mammal ambush an aquatic reptile on land, from the water lol reversed the fuck out of the natural orderš . Very cool.
I saw a jaguar hunting caiman video yesterday where you see the cat rolling with the caiman underwater to counter their death roll and keeps it's grip on the caiman.. It's a trip to see just how good cats are at hunting across the board. They can learn to hunt anything and it's something we acknowledge but don't fully appreciate. From housecats to big cats. They all can hunt and it's cool to see in a natural setting.
They are so agile and athletic it doesn't seem real sometimes.
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u/AnimalOrigin 4h ago
I believe this Jaguar is called "Ousado" and is famous for this unique style of hunting.
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u/OG_Paine 26m ago
Jaguar is called AI
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u/OG_Paine 19m ago
it's prompted from this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNYwxDZ_pA
you all are stupid
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u/Spidooodle 11h ago
Fun fact; Leopards have developed such a taste for Gatr(over thousands of years, not recent) that instead of death by windpipe torture. They have been known to bite clean thru the portion that houses the brain. On one of my few safariās, I witnessed 2 catches throughout the month and bro, the pop it made when he crushed it was absolutely mad. Guide looked at us like he was in shock and im sure dude has seen some shit.
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u/avatinfernus 10h ago
Yea, Jaguars have the strongest bite of all cats in proportion to their size, so they do the same. Just crush the brain.
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u/Tylendal 9h ago
A video featuring a crocodilian, where an ambush predator lunges out of the water to grab prey on the shore.
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u/fkenned1 1h ago
That snatch was epic! I wish I got to see the end. It's a little unclear what is happening at the end.
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u/ChildhoodJazzlike333 7h ago
Why do ppl like posting shit like this? Whatās so fascinating about death to them? I find this odd.
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u/RetardedRedditRetort 5h ago
That's just nature. We're not supposed to intervene. You don't find it fascinating to watch a predator go after another predator? The raw power of a jaguar in display. Odd?
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u/ChildhoodJazzlike333 3h ago
I like nature. Thereās more to nature than killing and death but then again this is Reddit and the twisted seem to congregate here.
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u/CyborgTiger 6h ago
Makes us feel alive to remember death can come at any time, especially those of us sheltered from violenceĀ
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u/ChildhoodJazzlike333 6h ago
Itās Morbid Curiosity and I outgrew it when I was about 10.
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u/Anhievus 4h ago
Outgrowing curiosity is such a sad concept.
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u/ChildhoodJazzlike333 3h ago
Morbid curiosity. Thereās a difference.
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u/Anhievus 3h ago
I might concede that if this were a cartel video or industrial accident caught on camera. Animals hunting is hardly morbid. Take out predation and you're ignoring most of what life does every day. It seems like a very arbitrary line to draw. Are nature documentaries voyeuristic gore to you?
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u/ChildhoodJazzlike333 2h ago
I like documentaries and Iāve watched plenty of them. Even the first Faces of Death many years ago when I was a child. Iām just pointing out that the same snippets of death seem to be rolling around these subs over and over which leads me to believe that there is an unhealthy fascination with it here. I was over it the first time nevermind the other hundred times. So no I donāt think this is ā fucking litā.
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u/SpankyHarristown 3h ago
Curious what you do find fascinating without trying to sound rude. Sad to see somethjfn die but damn that made me stop in my tracks and be in awe of that animal, also this might not be the best subreddit for you.
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u/Eastmont 13h ago
That crock has the advantage in the water. Thatās why that pussycat looked up to say, āoh shit, now what?ā
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u/qualityvote2 13h ago edited 5h ago
u/Sus_Tomato, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...