Wildlife photographer Chris Brunsᴋɪʟʟ was left astonished when he saw a cunning jaguar ambush and ᴋɪʟʟ a yacare caiman after a protracted and difficult struggle on a river in a remote part of Bʀᴀᴢɪʟ.
Dramatic pictures showed the big cat surprising the reptile and pouncing on it, starting an uncommon ғɪɢʜᴛ to the ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ.
The young jaguar wrestled with the caiman for more than twenty minutes, sinking its massive jaws into the reptile’s neck and the back of its skull. The predator turned prey for a much larger animal and the caiman bravely attempted to flee but was dragged deeper into the forest.
Images showed the jaguar was spreading its razor-sharp claws and enveloping the lifeless caiman. The cat won the battle, lifting the lizard out of the water by the neck and dragging its lifeless body out of sight. Moments earlier, the female jaguar had attempted to charge a group of capybara.
Wildlife photographer Chris Brunsᴋɪʟʟ said that he captured an extraordinary variety of images, totaling about 50GB, of an animal ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ sequence that had fascinated him ever since his first trip to this enchanted location more than five years ago. Jaguars deavour caimans but humans are incredibly unlikely to see a struggle like this. Photos of them are even rarer.
