Huge numbers of fish-eating jaguars prowl Brazil’s wetlands
Most jaguars are loners that hunt landlubbing mammals, but not the big cats of the Pantanal
A jaguar (Panthera onca) swims in flooded wetlands in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The predators, which are extraordinarily abundant locally, have a diet surprisingly rich in fish and aquatic reptiles.
Charlotte Eriksson