Ever wondered what a jaguar’s love life looks like? Neither had we — until we captured the first-ever video of jaguar mating in the wild, featuring a rare black jaguar. 🐆😍🐈‍⬛ 🧪🌏🌐🍁. Check out the full video here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife

First Record of Mating Involving a Melanistic Jaguar (Panthera onca) in the Wild: Novel Behavioural Insights Into Colour Morphs and Captive‐Wild Comparisons

We report the first scientifically documented copulation event between a melanistic and wild-type jaguar (Panthera onca) in the wild, captured via remote camera in the Brazilian Amazon. The observed ....

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Erika Berenguer@erikaberenguer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Vídeo sensacional feito por cientistas de duas onças, uma pintada e uma preta, copulando na Parque Nacional da Serra do Pardo, no Pará. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨🐈‍⬛❤️🐈🚨 I am thrilled to share our latest publication in Ecology and Evolution, where we show the first scientifically documented video of a melanistic jaguar mating in the wild! Here is what we found 👇🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… #Jaguars #bigcat #naturalhistory #ecology #rainforest