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Black Jaguar Gazes at You at the Memphis Zoo
Black Jaguar Gazes at You at the Memphis Zoo

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According to Wikipedia, the jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus (Panthera Onca), and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and it is the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Apart from a known and possibly breeding population in Arizona (southeast of Tucson), the cat has largely been extirpated from the United States since the early 20th century.
This generally tawny yellow, black spotted cat most closely resembles the leopard physically, although it is usually larger and of sturdier build and its behavioral and habitat characteristics are closer to those of the tiger. While dense rainforest is its preferred habitat, the jaguar will range across a variety of forested and open terrains. It is strongly associated with the presence of water and is notable, along with the tiger, as a feline that enjoys swimming. The jaguar is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush predator at the top of the food chain, playing an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating the populations of the animals it hunts. The jaguar has an exceptionally powerful bite, even relative to the other big cats. This allows it to pierce the shells of armored reptiles and to employ an unusual killing method: It bites directly through the skull of its prey between the ears to deliver a fatal bite to the brain.
The black jaguar is typically a melanistic color variant of the generally tawny yellow jaguar.
This image originally included the intrusive chain link top of the enclosure in its background, but I used Photoshop Elements (Clone and Copy/Paste) to remove it and produce a more natural background.

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Taken on: October 8, 2009
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Camera: Nikon D200, f/5.6, 1/25 sec, 300mm (=450mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length: 300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: +1 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Windows
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