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Facts About Jaguars
Protected areas like the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil are helping jaguar populations recover!
Jaguars once lived as far north as the Grand Canyon in the United States!
Fun and Unique Facts
A jaguar’s shoulders and front legs are extremely muscular, allowing them to pull prey up to twice their own body weight up into trees!
The word “jaguar” comes from the Native American word “yaguar” which means “he who kills with one leap”!
Jaguars have especially large heads compared to other big cats, which helps house their powerful jaw muscles!
A jaguar’s night vision is six times better than a human’s — it would be like having built-in night vision goggles!
The rosette spots on a jaguar often have small dots inside them, which makes them different from leopard spots!
A jaguar’s tongue has special backward-facing bumps called papillae that help them strip meat from bones!
A jaguar’s canine teeth can grow up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) long — about the length of your thumb!
Jaguars often follow troops of monkeys through the forest, waiting for tired or sick ones to fall behind!
Jaguars can sprint at speeds up to 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour).
Unlike many big cats, male jaguars don’t roar — instead, they make a sound called a “sawing” grunt that sounds like a deep cough, particularly during mating!
Jaguars have been known to use river bends as hunting spots, knowing that prey animals often cross at these points!
A female jaguar can have cubs every two to three years throughout her adult life!
Special crossing bridges are being built over highways to help jaguars safely move between different areas of forest!
Ancient Maya kings wore jaguar pelts and believed jaguars could help them communicate with the spirit world!
Jaguars once roamed as far north as the Grand Canyon in Arizona and as far south as Argentina’s Patagonia region!
The Aztecs had an elite class of warriors called “Jaguar Warriors” who wore jaguar skins into battle!
The name “jaguar” appears in the team names of many sports teams because of the cat’s strength and speed!
Jaguars can see clearly underwater, helping them hunt fish and turtles!
A jaguar’s roar is about as loud as a motorcycle engine!
The force of a jaguar’s bite is strong enough to crush a bowling ball!
A jaguar can swim across a river as wide as two football fields!
