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Re: Jaguar Sounds

Subject: Re: Jaguar Sounds
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:43:28 -0800
I'd rather be sprayed by a skunk than a jaguar, anytime. I still
dream of that cat sound in my earphones first time I heard it and
freezing in my provervial tracks. Reminds me of Leo Tolstoy's last
words: "I don't know what I'm supposed to do!"

BK

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>  But it had been following me down the
>>  trail as I wandered in the jungle around 1:00 that morning. I know
>>  that because I never outpaced the pungent scent of its frequent
>>  markings as it moved silently and parallel to my aimless direction -
>>  surely not more than a few feet away from me over a period of 15 or
>>  20 minutes. I'm quite sure it was a male because of the power of the
>>  scent and being familiar with their stalking habits.
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>>  Bernie
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>The only animal that I have had match my movements parallel to me at
>fairly close distance in the night has been a striped skunk and they
>are a friendly critter. I figured that to be an investigative yet
>defensive technique but could see how it could be used as a stalk.
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>Rich
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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