Researchers in South America have observed two examples of never-before-seen alliances between rival male jaguars.
Rival male jaguars are unexpectedly teaming up for years at a time to search for mates, researchers have found.
In a new study, published earlier this year in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology , researchers analyzed camera trap footage, GPS data and in-field observations from five different studies carried out across South America, and they uncovered two examples of these male big-cat bromances. In both cases, the coalitions lasted for at least five years before the unlikely friends parted ways.
Image 1 of 2The second pair was seen between 2013 and 2018 in Los Llanos, a flat depression that covers around a quarter of Venezuela. Surprisingly, both jaguars in this pair successfully mated with multiple females during this time. It is unclear what happened to the pair after 2018. Initially, the team suspected that the alliances were born from cooperative hunting. However, in both habitats in which the pairs were seen, there was an abundance of available prey, such as capybaras, tapir, caimans, turtles and domestic livestock. Additionally, in sightings, none of the duos showed evidence of cooperative hunting.
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