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Panthera onca
The jaguar is an amazing animal that is very rare to see in the wild.
We were in a boat doing a wildlife cruise in the Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica and we saw the jaguar swimming. It quickly raced up on to the bank, looked at us and then vanished
Nobody had seen a jaguar in the national park for a very long time. They had found evidence in the form of scats but all the guides were very excited when they heard that we had seen one.
Spotted on Jan 6, 2016
Submitted on Feb 16, 2021
2 Comments
Hello Daniel18 and welcome to the Project Noah community!
This is really a gorgeous spotting, and well completed, many thanks for sharing it with us.
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That is a breathtaking spotting!