Amazon: Jaguars learn to catch fish by jumping in sea to survive

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) researchers found that a population of Jaguars living on an uninhabited island, off coast of Brazilian Amazon, have learned how to catch prey by jumping into in sea to survive. According to reports, Jaguars live in Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station island reserve and researchers have set up cameras and have installed microchip collars on few of jaguars to monitor ir behaviour.

Jaguars use distinct fishing technique

One of employees at Brazil branch of WWF, Marcelo Oliveira, said that one of jaguars on island jumped into sea in order to catch fish, giving first-time evidence that animals have been jumping in water to catch ir prey and sustain mselves. Oliveira is of opinion that Jaguar population living in reserve have fish as a big part of ir diet. Oliveira said that Jaguars have two distinct fishing techniques and i.e. to wait for tide to come in and catch ir prey from ponds that form in mangroves. second technique that y opt is to directly jump into sea.

According to reports, re is a population of 27 jaguars on 600 sq km island with five or six cats per 1-- sq km. It is also said that ir thriving population hunts lizards, monkeys, deer and buffalo in order to sustain mselves. However, mainland jacent to island reserve has proven to be dangerous for big cats as buffalo farmers feel threatened by ir presence in close proximity. In an incident, a leopard along with her cub was killed in a vill after y h attacked dogs living re.

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Collars fitted with satellite techlogy

According to reports, collars on Jaguars living in reserve are fitted with satellite techlogy and that helps WWF researchers to keep a tab on ir movements. cameras that have been set up by researchers have also captured more than 30,000 pictures, giving an insight as to how se cats function and sustain mselves. se tasks undertaken by researchers will give m an insight into how a Jaguar's behaviour governs it to function in its own territory.

Researchers have also mand to collect samples of blood of Jaguars with collars in order to determine if cats have been going over to mainland to breed and if scenario stands to be false n population on Maracá-Jipioca will have a limited gene pool, causing a long-term health problem. Island is 600 sq km big and is under protection of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with human beings living on it. island houses tropical forests, dense coastal mangroves, mudflats and flooded grasslands.

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(With inputs from ncies)