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09-26-2013, 7:58pm
Nobody expected to witness predation of such a large reptile (jaguars also eat deer and other mammals), but it became clear that the animal was hunting once it crouched and began to cautiously inch its way along the river bank.
The caiman (a kind of alligator) was immobilized almost instantly with a single bite to the skull, in an assault so effective that there was almost no posibility of the jaguar being injured in a struggle. (Jaguars, which are prolific swimmers, boast the most powerful bite of all large cats.)
Caimans can reach lengths of 15 feet and they’re also master ambushers. "This guy knew his business,” scientist Luke Dollar told National Geographic. “This guy got right in the thickest part of the brain case and sunk those teeth in, and that’s pretty amazing when you consider that a caiman’s brain is probably the size of a walnut.”
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The caiman (a kind of alligator) was immobilized almost instantly with a single bite to the skull, in an assault so effective that there was almost no posibility of the jaguar being injured in a struggle. (Jaguars, which are prolific swimmers, boast the most powerful bite of all large cats.)
Caimans can reach lengths of 15 feet and they’re also master ambushers. "This guy knew his business,” scientist Luke Dollar told National Geographic. “This guy got right in the thickest part of the brain case and sunk those teeth in, and that’s pretty amazing when you consider that a caiman’s brain is probably the size of a walnut.”
Jaguar Attacks Crocodile (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) - YouTube