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Footage uploaded by YouTube user Vince Pinto shows how jaguars are as comfortable splashing about as they are stalking prey in jungles.

The video, which was originally uploaded to image-sharing site to Imgur, quickly racked up more than 2 million views.

http://www.telegraph...goes-viral.html

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This jaguar seems to be in a zoo and has become accustomed to this manner of being fed. It doesn't really suggest that jaguars behave like this in the wild - although it is known that jaguars are good swimmers.

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aquatic Jaguars and centipedes from Naked Lunch, there is a line about it in there but I am just freshly awoken and have not the energy nor even the desire to find it. The line had always struck me as interesting like "pimps standing on piles of garbage" for the magnitude of their poetry...but coffee is what I need.

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That is just so amazing! The jaguar appears to be perfectly at home swimming underwater! WOW!

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They are known to pull fishermen out of boats in remote parts of the world..

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Fascinating

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Wow, whenever I reach for my garden hose my little kitty cat runs for its life. I don't even have to turn on the water.

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Have you ever tried to give a cat a bath? It's hilarious and dangerous.

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Seems like an Animal that prowls the banks of the amazon river would have to get accustomed to swimming, its a constant source of easy food, and a constant obstacle they would be facing daily. Especially with the rainy season. Not to say that the ones living Further north would be this way but just a thought on how the same species from different areas can have different behaviors. This specific individual is in a zoo, so not really sure, it could just be a result of how it was raised.

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Both Tigers and Jaguars are known to be good swimmers and that they enjoy being in water, but I never seen one eat something under water. I agree that wild Jaguar likely don't do that, and this one was in a zoo, and was likely raised that way.

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Amazing. I love the way it'd stop swimming for a while and just float, perfectly at peace under the water. Beautiful creatures. I think the time has arrived to put him back in the jungle.

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Have you ever tried to give a cat a bath? It's hilarious and dangerous.

Yes I have two cats and can confirm its dangerous.

My girlfriend came up with the incredible bright idea to shower together with one of them a couple of years ago.

Afterwards she looked like she had been in a fight with a lawnmower.

Some cats (races) do like water as some other posters have already said.

But the cat that like water most is the Fishing cat, it even has webbing between its toes to help it swim better.

Their main prey is just fish hence the name.

The cat attracts fish by lightly tapping the water's surface with its paw, mimicking insect movements. Then, it dives into the water to catch the fish.

It can also use its partially webbed paws to scoop fish, frogs, and other prey out of the water or swim underwater to prey on ducks and other aquatic birds.

It is powerful enough to take large prey, such as calves and dogs.

http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/fishing-cat

http://www.wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/asia/fishing-cat/

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Great video...Not something often seen. :)

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It's not all that surprising, in parts of their range which include the Amazon basin, the forest itself is flooded for months at a time, even the trees may be underwater. Their prey may use the water to escape; certainly iguanas will do that, and a hungry cat won't let an opportunity go to waste. Jaguars will eat anything they can overpower including aquatic animals like turtles, fish, capybara and so forth. They are by far the most aquatic of the big cats, tigers probably coming in second. They once ranged into parts of the southern U.S. but I don't know of any recent sightings.

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It's not all that surprising, in parts of their range which include the Amazon basin, the forest itself is flooded for months at a time, even the trees may be underwater. Their prey may use the water to escape; certainly iguanas will do that, and a hungry cat won't let an opportunity go to waste. Jaguars will eat anything they can overpower including aquatic animals like turtles, fish, capybara and so forth. They are by far the most aquatic of the big cats, tigers probably coming in second. They once ranged into parts of the southern U.S. but I don't know of any recent sightings.

Well, there have been sightings of what some people believed to be black Jaguars in the US. I'm open to the idea. Edited by DanteHoratio
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I grew up in southern California and spent time in Baja etc. It was considered common knowledge that jaguars liked water. As Sundew notes, they are rainforest creatures, after all. Those areas are prone to frequent flooding. When I was very young I saw them a couple of times in isolated desert regions as well. They are adaptable and beautiful creatures.

Some domesticated housecats also enjoy water. One of mine particularly liked to go outside when it was raining, so he could chase bugs. Another one of my cats didn't particularly make a point of playing in water, but he certainly didn't mind it either. I also found that my third cat, who initially hated water, observed the other two interacting with it and, over time, she became less timid about it. She still prefers not to go out in the rain, but she'll now go out if it is drizzling.

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