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Rare Jaguar Spotted in Arizona Mountains
Tucson News Now ^ | Thursday, September 14th 2017 | Carolyn Yaussy

Posted on 09/14/2017 12:48:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The Center for Biological Diversity released video of a wild jaguar caught on a trail cam in the Chiricahua Mountains. The jaguar appears to be the same one that was photographed in November 2016 in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, according to a news release.

Students at the Paolo Freire Freedom School in Tucson named the jaguar "Sombra."

Researchers said that these images taken seven months apart are good evidence that the animal has made southern Arizona its home.

The center said jaguars have been photographed in the United States for the past 20 years.

Three jaguars have been spotted in Arizona since 2015: El Jefe, Yo'oko, and now Sombra.

Researchers are hopeful that these sightings signal a recovery in the American southwest.


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To: nickcarraway

A fake or a plant, to justify an endangered species lawsuit against the wall? Or at least to flog Trump in the media for wall construction, speech or thought?


21 posted on 09/14/2017 1:16:54 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: squarebarb

Very cool. Love jaguars.


22 posted on 09/14/2017 1:25:24 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: IYAS9YAS
Oh. I was thinking a lightweight E-Type... Never mind.

Here's one spotted in my garage (hence my forum name). Not a lightweight, just your typical run of the mill 67 Series 1.

23 posted on 09/14/2017 1:25:41 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (n1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
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To: karnage

We like the big cats in our neighborhood.

They eat the deer and save us a lot landscaping problems.

Burglars stay away from big cat areas at night.


24 posted on 09/14/2017 1:26:50 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump for President, make 62+ million of us into Deplorable Racists/Nazis? NO! NADA!)
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To: karnage
My wife ran across a mountain lion on one of her hikes in the hills here in NorCal Bay Area a couple months ago. Then she and I spotted a bobcat on trails in the same area a couple weeks later. There have been a lot of mountain lion sightings on the SF Peninsula this summer.

There was a mountain lion sighting in Palo Alto a couple weeks ago in a densely populated residential area.

Then there was this good one a few months back: "Mountain lion snatches dog from Pescadero bedroom."

...and a couple weeks ago, "Puma kill puts Los Altos Hills residents on alert." Asia Schulhof spotted a deer carcass on her driveway and her first thought before heading to work was "How would she dispose of it before it started to reek?" That problem took care of itself when the cat came back to drag it into the bushes and have meals ready for the week.


25 posted on 09/14/2017 1:35:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: nickcarraway

Hello, I am Havier the Haguar. I like to hump!


26 posted on 09/14/2017 1:35:56 PM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: nickcarraway

All sorts of critters on the video. Those deer better be careful with the big cats wandering around.


27 posted on 09/14/2017 1:38:37 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: nickcarraway

There was a 10+ y.o. found dead in Arizona. Like 19 or so years ago. He was huge.


28 posted on 09/14/2017 1:48:56 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: JaguarXKE

Sweet. Good lookin’ ride.


29 posted on 09/14/2017 2:02:42 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: hoosiermama

I love big cats-but I watch for mountain lion tracks when hiking-don’t want to meet one of those kitties in person...

There is a mountain lion living in the woods below the cliff across the river from the road I live on-I’ve seen the tracks by the river when hiking a few times-my neighbors and I see deer carcasses it has killed and dragged into brush to munch on sometimes, too-they don’t bother livestock out here-they really don’t like to go near humans, and there are plenty of deer, small game to eat-and the occasional loose pet cat or dog belonging to a snowbird in an RV or cabin on the river-who does not realize we have mountain lions here that consider pets take out/fast food...


30 posted on 09/14/2017 2:30:04 PM PDT by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: nickcarraway

El Jefe, Yo’oko, and now Sombra — where jaguars go to be spotted.


31 posted on 09/14/2017 2:40:34 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: hoosiermama

Cool!


32 posted on 09/14/2017 3:41:07 PM PDT by karnage
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To: Grampa Dave

Ha!


33 posted on 09/14/2017 3:41:31 PM PDT by karnage
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

One must be cautious in lion areas, but it’s exciting. No need to spend thousands to go on safari to Africa (although that’s a gas too) - just take a hike in the Santa Monica Mountains!


34 posted on 09/14/2017 3:42:52 PM PDT by karnage
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah...more jaguars roaming around. That is just what I need when hiking with my kids.


35 posted on 09/14/2017 3:52:36 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh! Let me guess. The wall can’t be built now because this endangered cat would surely die if there was a wall. Some liberal probably caught it down south and released it near the wall. Getting lots of pictures shortly thereafter.


36 posted on 09/14/2017 3:56:47 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: JaguarXKE

Now THAT’S a Jaguar!


37 posted on 09/14/2017 4:02:10 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: JaguarXKE

Nice. I still miss my 1974 .


38 posted on 09/14/2017 4:05:18 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: JaguarXKE

That give me a chubby.


39 posted on 09/14/2017 4:27:23 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: chajin

“another rare Jaguar”

Nice one, but its not spotted! :)


40 posted on 09/14/2017 4:30:47 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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