Climate Change: Climate-Change-Induced Conflict? Rare Footage Captured of Jaguar Killing Ocelot at Waterhole

Jan 6, 2021 | Washington State University
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In what may be a sign of climate-change-induced conflict, researchers have captured rare photographic evidence of a jaguar killing another predatory wild cat at an isolated waterhole in Guatemala. In the footage, a male jaguar arrives near the waterhole and apparently lies in wait for an hour. It lets a potentially dangerous prey animal, a large tapir, pass by, but when the ocelot stops to drink, the jaguar pounces and carries off the smaller predator.