Black baby jaguar born in Peru


It’s not common that we see endangered animals born in captivity. That is why this event should get some well-deserved attention. The baby jaguar still hasn’t received a name, even though it has been born 2 months ago. The cub is the third born in captivity in Peru and a good reason to visit the country and, implicitly, its zoo. Here’s the little sucka playing with the camera at at the Huachipa zoo in Lima, Monday, May 5, 2008.

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photo credits: © AP Photo/Martin Mejia/Scanpix

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31 Responses to “Black baby jaguar born in Peru”

  1. D Legal, on May 6th, 2008 at 1:06 pm Said:

    Cute little guy. I wonder at what age the zoo keepers will have to stop playing with him.

  2. Cute li’l critter… for a few months at least., on May 6th, 2008 at 2:21 pm Said:

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  3. Dave Greiman, on May 6th, 2008 at 2:38 pm Said:

    I wonder how many jaguars are left in the wild in Peru?

  4. paule perrier, on May 6th, 2008 at 2:49 pm Said:

    I want to marry him.

  5. wendell, on May 6th, 2008 at 3:12 pm Said:

    wow, i love his coat. great shots!

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  6. wendell, on May 6th, 2008 at 3:13 pm Said:

    wow, i love the colours in his coat. great post and great pictures..

  7. Garrettry, on May 6th, 2008 at 3:53 pm Said:

    Why haven’t they capitalized on this, like they did with Knut (The German Polar Bear cub who raised global awareness on the issue of Climate Change)?

    This seems like an ideal situation to raise awareness about our ever-shrinking rain-forests. Give the thing a cute, yet exotic name, make a bunch of “eco-friendly” plush dolls, and pump out a few commercials, hah, alright maybe it’s not THAT easy… but you see where I’m going with this.

    It’s amazing how some small, seemingly insignificant cute animal cub, can accomplish more than some people on this planet.

  8. Bramble, on May 6th, 2008 at 4:15 pm Said:

    look at the paws on that baby! he wont be little for long.

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  9. Mr. Polite, on May 6th, 2008 at 4:18 pm Said:

    What a beautiful cat.

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  10. Russ, on May 6th, 2008 at 4:28 pm Said:

    I beleive Mr Garrety has a good idea, the cub a pure delight should be able to invoke sympathetic emotion in oh so many ways. Are you going to follow his progress online for us?
    I must admit that Peruvian green issues are not something I have often thought about due mainly to the kazillions of issues that keep us busy in OZ. Great shots and good luck.

  11. Fin Ger, on May 6th, 2008 at 4:41 pm Said:

    paule perrier, on May 6th, 2008 at 2:49 pm Said:

    I want to marry him.

    See what the gay agenda has brought us?

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  13. Cindy, on May 6th, 2008 at 5:07 pm Said:

    Aw, that little guy is just so cute!

  14. Jim, on May 6th, 2008 at 5:14 pm Said:

    Here kitty kitty! Here cute little kitty! Here kitty kitt-MY ARM! MY FREAKIN’ ARM!

  15. Rick Sparks, on May 6th, 2008 at 5:53 pm Said:

    Whoooo’s a cute widdle man-eater? Whoooo’s a sweet widdle widow-maker? Whoooo’s got sharp, baby-eatin’ toofies!??!

  16. Bob, on May 6th, 2008 at 6:59 pm Said:

    If only we stopped cutting down the rainforest to plant crops for biofuels.

  17. yo, on May 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pm Said:

    I hope they don’t have to extract that guy’s eye from that cat’s stomach.

  18. Deb, on May 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pm Said:

    Two huge thumbs up to everyone who had anything to do with this adorable little guy being born. Thank you…

  19. blu57nav, on May 6th, 2008 at 9:46 pm Said:

    They should name him X-type.

  20. Timmoty, on May 7th, 2008 at 12:30 am Said:

    I want his tail as a souvenir, how far do you think 5 dollars will go for part of it?

  21. g, on May 7th, 2008 at 7:19 am Said:

    someone compared this situation to Knut (the polar bear cub) who is now quite grown: “Is that Knut?” a group of teenagers asked. Told that it was, they looked disappointed, one said, “Oh,” and barely a minute later, they had gone.
    http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/29/europe/29knut.php

  22. Speedmaster, on May 7th, 2008 at 1:34 pm Said:

    Unbelievably cute!!! ;-)

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  24. mossum, on May 7th, 2008 at 2:57 pm Said:

    Adorable! (and the cat’s cute too)

  25. daas helios, on May 7th, 2008 at 6:26 pm Said:

    I can haz your face?

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    I can haz a face?

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  30. jane, on May 10th, 2008 at 5:23 pm Said:

    hi i love that picture of the baby jaguar. (the first picture) how do i locate it?

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