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The document discusses jaguars. It states that jaguars are the only big cats native to the Americas and were once the top predator there, but are now endangered due to hunting and habitat loss. Jaguars have a heavy, muscular build and strong jaws. They are solitary animals except for cubs with their mother. While once found throughout the Americas, jaguars are now confined to remote rainforest pockets, where their dwindling populations are estimated at around 15,000 remaining individuals.

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Jaguar

The document discusses jaguars. It states that jaguars are the only big cats native to the Americas and were once the top predator there, but are now endangered due to hunting and habitat loss. Jaguars have a heavy, muscular build and strong jaws. They are solitary animals except for cubs with their mother. While once found throughout the Americas, jaguars are now confined to remote rainforest pockets, where their dwindling populations are estimated at around 15,000 remaining individuals.

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JAGUAR

Jaguar or Paanthera Onca is the only one of the world's 'big' cats which inhabits in American continent. Jaguar used
to be the top predator in American continent long before human expansion. Nowadays, Jaguars are facing great
danger of extinction. They are having completely disappeared from a number of areas. Here a description of Jaguar.

The Jaguar is the third biggest Cat in the world behind the Tiger and the Lion and is well known for its immense
power and agility. In fact, the name Jaguar is said to come from the Native American word ‘yaguar’ which means
‘he who kills with one leap’. The Jaguar is a large and muscular animal that has a heavier and sturdier body than that
of a Leopard. They have a large, broad head with jaws so strong that they are said to have the most powerful bite of
all the world's Cats. Jaguars tend to have a cover of either tan or dark yellow fur, which is dotted with darker rose-
like patterns that are actually used for a perfect camouflage in the surrounding jungle.

Jaguars are indigenous to the Western Hemisphere, where they primarily inhabit the tropical rainforests of Central
and South America. Although the historic range of the Jaguar stretched across the whole continent and even into the
southern states of the USA, they are today confined to remote pockets of rainforest particularly in the moist Amazon
Basin. They are nearly always found close to water and prefer either permanent swampland or seasonally flooded
forests. 

Jaguar is a solitary animal with the exception of the first couple of years that Jaguar cubs spend with their mother.
Males are particularly territorial and although their home range will overlap those of a number of females, they will
defend their patch fiercely from other males. Jaguars mark their territories with urine , by scratching marks onto
trees, and by growling vocal calls.

The Jaguar is known to be a formidable and aggressive hunter and is thought to eat more than 80 different animal
species in order to supplement its diet. Medium sized mammals make up the majority of the Jaguar's diet including
Deer, Capybara, Peccaries and Tapirs. When in the water, Jaguars hunt Turtles, Fish and even small Caiman when
the opportunity presents itself. 
The Jaguars once are found in throughout American continent. However, due to hunting for their fur and habitat loss
has led to drastic declines in population numbers. They are today very, very rarely seen in the USA and are
considered endangered throughout much of their natural range. The Jaguar is listed by the IUCN Red List as an very
endangered animal. Although the exact population number is unknown, there are about 15,000 Jaguar individuals
left roaming the rainforest today.
GEYSER

A geyser is the result of underground water under the combined conditions of high temperatures
and increased pressure beneath the surface of the earth. Since temperature rises approximately 1
F for every sixty feet under the earth's surface, and pressure increases with depth, the water that
seeps down in crack and fissures until it reaches very hot rock in the earth interior becomes
heated to temperature in excess of 290 F. Because of the greater pressure, the water shoots out of
the surface in the form of steam and hot water. The result is a geyser. In order to function, then a
geyser must have a source of heat, reservoir where water can be stored until the temperature rises
to an unstable point, an opening through which the hot water and steam can escape, and
underground channels for resupplying water after an eruption.

Favorable conditions for geyser exist in some regions of the world including New Zealand,
Iceland, and the Yellowstone National Park area of the United States. The most famous geyser in
the world is Old Faithfull in Yellow Park. Old Faithfull erupts almost every hour, rising to a
height of 125 to 170 feet and expelling more than ten thousand gallons during each eruption.

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