00:00:11the Amazon jungle
00:00:14the mysterious Jaguar is rarely seen but
00:00:17this covert cat takes its mission
00:00:19seriously
00:00:26like many stocking predators the Jaguars
00:00:29and opportunists and a mature deer is a
00:00:31great opportunity each delicate step
00:00:35gets implosive to his meal but not this
00:00:40time
00:00:42the Jaguar the biggest cat in the
00:00:45Americas actually likes one they have
00:00:48strong muscular bodies and make good
00:00:50swimmers often found near the water’s
00:00:54edge the Jaguar is a patient hunter and
00:00:57will spend the time required to catch
00:00:59its meal
00:01:02using its sharp claws this Jaguar is
00:01:05rewarded with an armored catfish for the
00:01:12Jaguar there may be only one thing as
00:01:15challenging as finding food and that’s
00:01:17finding a mate the jungle playing field
00:01:22is huge and the prospects bar this
00:01:26female Jaguar uses its unique roar to
00:01:28call out to a potential mate but the
00:01:32sound only carries a few hundred yards
00:01:35scent is another mating call it defines
00:01:39her boundaries and also lets suitors
00:01:41know she is receptive a male Jaguar has
00:01:46found his way into her territory they
00:01:50will made up to a hundred times a day
00:01:55the pair will stay together for two or
00:01:57three days but the male will be long
00:01:59gone when the Cubs are born in three
00:02:01months while the Jaguar may be king of
00:02:09the Amazon jungle in another part of the
00:02:13world the throne of the big cat belongs
00:02:15to a feline adorned with different
00:02:17stripes the tiger
00:02:21the biggest cat in the world right the
00:02:25Jaguar the tiger seems to enjoy water in
00:02:28tropical climates they can frequently be
00:02:31found lying in water to cool down except
00:02:37for a mother and her Cubs Tigers live
00:02:39alone the average litter is 2 to 3 and
00:02:44these two adolescents still live with
00:02:46their mother they’ll stay with her for
00:02:49about two years until they’re ready to
00:02:51hunt on their own then they’ll make
00:02:53their way into the jungle to carve out
00:02:55their own territory a tiger may have to
00:03:00travel up to 20 miles a day to find food
00:03:04unlike most lines the tiger hunts alone
00:03:10after a kill the tiger will drag the
00:03:13carcass to a secluded spot to eat its
00:03:15fill sometimes up to 40 pounds in a
00:03:18single day the smallest tiger on earth
00:03:25is the cemaat Rijn as the name suggests
00:03:27this Tigers found only on the Indonesian
00:03:30island of Sumatra and it has the darkest
00:03:32coloring of any tiger but predator has
00:03:36become prey the Sumatran tiger is
00:03:40critically endangered with some
00:03:42estimates putting less than 500 in the
00:03:44wild poaching and habitat destruction
00:03:47threaten all the Asian tiger populations
00:03:50but for now the tiger remains the top
00:03:53cat of the East if the tiger represents
00:04:01the east its the solitary mountain lion
00:04:04that represents the West
00:04:07from Alaska to Argentina from the east
00:04:11to the west coast the mountain lion
00:04:13roams no other feline ranges so far in
00:04:17the Americas
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00:04:24it’s a cat of many territories and
00:04:27titles known as cougar puma and even
00:04:30panther these are elusive cats except
00:04:39when it’s time to breed
00:04:42mountain lions give birth throughout the
00:04:44year
00:04:44females can have litters of up to six
00:04:47kittens but the average is usually just
00:04:49two or three the kittens will stay with
00:04:53their mother for about 18 months
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00:04:58this big cat can see in color and was
00:05:02designed to be an excellent hunter they
00:05:06start then pounce on their prey
00:05:08delivering a neck breaking bite their
00:05:11success has allowed them to thrive for
00:05:12thousands of years but today their
00:05:16numbers are threatened
00:05:22the Jaguar the tiger and the mountain
00:05:26lion these three impressive predators
00:05:29are in jeopardy because of habitat
00:05:30destruction and hunting
00:05:34but these breathtaking beauties are
00:05:36worth saving through conservation in
00:05:39education there is hope for these big
00:05:41cats of the wild
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