she considered her options and decided that I am far enough and harmless and focused on the noise...which turned out to be lunch! the video capture her jump and catch, assembled from 19 frames using Quicktime.

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Well, if you have cats you know the drill. The female gets in heat but to ovulate, mating must take place, and it is mating in plural, not singular. If you are the dominant male you won't let her out of your sight for the entire three day period or her kittens will be sired by any of the suiters happy to take your place. We witness the first two days of the event (but only the periods spent at dusk, on a sandy beach near our footing hotel). I put together GIF from the many images I shot capturing the highlights, including a fiery end of play that had Lara and her killer mittens cutting Cobber. By the end of day two however harmony prevailed as you saw in the rendering posted earlier. Remember you can stop the movie at any point by clicking on it. Enjoy!

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After 24 hours of mating, the scene was idyllic with the two cats in seemingly great mood. Rendered from this image:
www.flickr.com/photos/rkop/54127895931/in/dateposted-public/

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After 24 hours of mating, the scene was idyllic with the two cats in seemingly great mood.

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A rendering of the only male Jaguar we saw in Jaguarland. I will next post some images from his romantic adventures with Lara, a three year old on her first date :-)

Taken on a a Photo tour with Juan Carlos Vindas www.neotropicphototours.com

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