This "jaguar" was photographed via camera trap near Guelph, Ontario. No scale is given to figure out how big this cat is, and if it is cougar-sized, the dismissal of this animal's identity as black cougar "because no black cougar has been spotted in North America" is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. It doesn't matter that no one has never seen a black cougar in North America before. No one has ever seen a jaguar in Canada!
http://retrieverman.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/black-jaguar-photographed-near-guelph-ontario/
I wondered if this thing was some sort of April Fools' joke.
ReplyDeletePossibly a hoax, although the neck and general build of the animal suggests a bulkier cat such as a jaguar rather than a cougar.
ReplyDeleteBlack (actually nearly black) Jags are not uncommon. And with panthers spotted as far north as Vermont, Quelph isn't such a stretch. Retrieverman is correct, if it is anything large it is simply a melanistic cougar.
ReplyDeleteThis, however, is a regular, run of the mill, domestic cat. I have three. I'd bet a years salary on it.
What do you mean 'simply a melanistic cougar' ?
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