Jaguar Attacks Crocodile Cousin (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) | National Geographic

When a jaguar pounces, sometimes one bite is all it takes to get a meal. National Geographic has exclusive video of a jaguar taking down a caiman in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, photos of which went viral earlier this month. Luke Dollar, a conservation scientist who helps manage National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative, explains the hunt and explosive moment of predation.

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VIDEOGRAPHERS: Kedar Hippalgaonkar and Parul Jain
NARRATOR: Luke Dollar
EDITOR: Will Halicks
SPECIAL THANKS: Jason Kurtis
RESEARCH: Joe Lemeris

Jaguar Attacks Crocodile Cousin (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) | National Geographic

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[smcneal]

That Jaguar snatched up that crocodile like it owed him money.

[SheepHairOG]

The Jaguar is able to swim and get out of the water silently to hunt another predator. That's actually crazy.

[zackariyyaalli]

He isn't swimming in croc waters, crocs are swimming in his waters.

[patockaphilipp]

The fact that this cat can lift the lizard not just up, but carry it through water shows how powerful it’smuscles are.
It‘s astonishing.

[RahulGautam-omks]

Other animals to jaguar:there might be danger in the water
Jaguar:i am the danger

[emersoncoelho]

He's carrying a 200 pounds Cayman by mouth like it was a little plastic toy.

[betoen]

That jaguar is now wearing some cool caiman skin boots.

[gluizhenrique]

As a Brazilian, I'm so proud of jaguars. They're our biggest cats, close relative to lions, leopards and tigers. Such amazing animals 😻

[eh]

Imagine you're trying to be sneaky then some guy with a camera talks about every detail of movement you make

[CheetahWhisperer]

Jaguars have the strongest cat bite in the world.

[ahmaddzaky]

Jaguar's Wife : "I want some Louis Vuitton Bag this Christmas"
Jaguar : Say No More..

[trevorjameson]

That is incredible. The completely silent swimming, then that lightening fast attack and dispatch of the prey, wow!

[gregb]

1:45 the other croc is like "F*** that, I'm out."

[davekent]

1:36 the other caiman in the background's like shit im outta here

[atlaslion]

Savage. That jaguar beat the caiman at its own game.

[Begonefromme]

Lets take a second and acknowledge how good the voice over is. This dude sounds like a person who is master in this field and is also human.

[frankiereimer]

Jaguars are basically leopards on steroids but who cares Jaguars are cool

[numuves]

It is absolutely beautiful that we still have a preserved ecosystem where we can witness this! Good job Brazil!

[NealX]

I like how this video starkly shows the evolutionary advantage of being warm blooded - the cayman were sunning themselves on that sandbar to gain enough energy to be able to move and hunt later on in the day, making them highly vulnerable; the jaguar on the other hand is ready to go anytime, anywhere.

[UseADamnCoaster]

Bro the way it zoned in on the target, calculated every movement carefully, stealthily moved into position and then executed the takedown with such perfect technique... That's a thing of beauty. Jaguars are dope