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A group photographer World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Emmanuel Rondeau, captured the first high-resolution images of jaguars in its natural habitat caught with a photographic trap in the Nouragues nature reserve, a tropical forest surrounded by the Guianese shield near the Amazon.
In the series of photographs that he sent this Thursday WWF For Efe, you can see multiple copies of jaguars very close to the device, which is activated during motion detection.
The Amazon It's the largest protected rainforest in the world, but it's also considered "the most mysterious," according to the Washington-based organization.
In fact, in 2014 and 2015, 381 new species were discovered in the Amazon: 216 plants, 93 fish, 32 amphibians, 20 mammals, 19 reptiles and one bird.
According to different scientific studies, 80% of the biodiversity of the Guiana Shield region is still unknown to humans.
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest predator of the Amazon and the "most emblematic" species of big cats on the American continent.
After lions and tigers, jaguars are the third largest cat in the world and play an important role in controlling populations of other species in their habitat and contribute to the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem.
"Unfortunately, the extent of the jaguar's living area has halved over the last hundred years due to deforestation and agricultural activities, population reduction and even total elimination in some countries. ", he lamented. WWF.
The group argued that human activities, such as hunting, forest destruction, loss of prey and conflict between humans and wildlife, also affected jaguar populations.
He also denounced the fact that the increase in Chinese investment in Latin America is causing the increasing demand for jaguar pieces, such as tusks and claws, which is driving poaching, even in regions as Amazon. EFE
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