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The story of female Jaguar 'Ruth' (Panthera onca) and the putrefying Yacaré Caiman carcass (Caiman yacare), Pantanal: Image 15 see Description
... and heads back up the bank licking her lips. Now it becomes apparent from the development of the mammary gland visible just in front of her hind legs that she is almost certainly lactating, and somewhere has a cub or two to feed. Hence the reason for her tenacity.
Photo ID: PAN_06452_Jaguar_Ruth_(Panthera_onca)_River_Cuiabá_Northern_Pantanal_Mato_Grosso_Brazil_August_9_ECrsA
Photo size: 20.0 Mpixels (57.2 MB uncompressed) - 5500x3637 pixels (18.3x12.1 in / 46.6x30.8 cm at 300 ppi)
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