Ready for another river trip?
This time, we’re in South America, exploring the Amazon —
A full-length feature
— and its large cats:
Yes, pumas roam the rainforest, and as far as I know, no one really knows how they coexist with jaguars…but they do!
Wait. Where are the margays?
Ah, this video includes them along with the smaller oncilla:
This mechanical voice can be annoying, but there are so many cool views of the cats!
Margays look a lot like ocelots, don’t they?
Here is a video about margays that, among other things, gives us a few hints on how to distinguish between ocelots, margays, and oncillas (which are also known as tigrinas, or tiger cats):
The only cat in the Americas that can run down tree trunks. Asia’s marbled cat and clouded leopard do it, too.
And, finally, some camera-trap images of Amazon margays — that is a long tail!
That was uploaded ten years ago.
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This is five years old.
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And here’s a reminder that the Amazon basin used to have many urban centers!
Perhaps we can learn enough to find ways to coexist with nature here once again…
For lagniappe —
Flight To Wonder 