The dramatic footage was shot by 31 year old wildlife guide, Leen Gillis in October. While a group of tourists watch in amazement, the footage shows the ruthless predator pounce on the unsuspecting reptile. The video was filmed back in Black Little River in Porto Jofre, Northern Pantanal. The video also shows the jaguar struggling to lift its prey on to the riverbank. The adolescent male is new to the area and it eventually dragged its prey into the nearby forest. It even stayed there for the next few days feasting. According to Leen who is a Belgian born safari operator seeing a jaguar involved in such a br*utal struggle was unusual.
She said, ‘In six years of being a guide in the jaguar area, I had never seen such a scene before, a narrow and calm river channel, almost no other boats around.Jaguars mostly hunt caiman as they are widely available, and easier to catch than other prey.But they often k!*ll them under enclosed vegetation – so you hear it sometimes but you rarely see anything.’ She even revealed that many of the tourists watching the big cat missed the in*cident.
She added, ‘When we found the jaguar, he was sleeping under a tree, not bothered with us or the other boats at all. He slept for about three hours and most of the other boats had already left before suddenly it stood up, got into hunting mode and started walking along the riverbank in search for food. He had trouble k!*lling the big caiman and also bringing it up to riverbank – we watched the amazing k!l*l for over 20 minutes.
