Jaguar By: Jake

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Jaguar By Jake
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JaguarBy Jake
Surface Features Swamps Trees Rivers
Lakes Grasslands Dessert-like areas Mountains
Shelter Grass beds High tree branches
HabitatRain forest
Vegetation Plants Trees Flowers
Climate Warm Wet
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Diet
Physical Features
Jaguar
Interesting Facts
Quiz
Behaviors
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Diet

• Jaguars eat turtles, mice, capybaras, deer and
  fish.
• They also eat caimans (small alligators), and
  turtles.
• They bite the animals throat or head with its
  fangs.

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Behaviors

• Jaguars protect themselves by camouflaging in the
  rainforest.
• They hunt at night when it is hard for other
  animals to see them.
• Jaguars surprise their prey.
• They hide in tall grass and pounce on their prey.

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Physical Features

• Jaguars have black spots on a white and orange
  body.
• Jaguars have sharp teeth and claws, long
  whiskers, a long tail, and short ears.
• Jaguars have really good hearing and can see
  better than humans.

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Interesting Facts

• Jaguars are the only big cat that bite the head
  of their prey.
• A jaguar can swim across a river with a deer in
  its mouth.
• Poachers sell their fur, teeth, and claws.
• Newborn jaguars cant see or walk.
• Cats eyes shine in the dark because they have
  mirror-like linings in their eyes.

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Quiz

• How does the jaguar get its prey?
• Why does the jaguar have spots?
• Why do jaguars hunt in the night?