OK....today I'm gonna post some short videos from my rain forest, if that's OK.....

[Gato Moteado]

...I usually have trail cameras set up in the forest on my property and I get a variety of wildlife popping up around the cameras; ocelots, jaguarundis, ant eaters, coatis, agoutis, pacas, monkeys, bats, opossums, tayras, currasows, tinamous, and more. a few months ago, I got a surprise visitor show up on a trail cam that had been aimed high to see if I had poachers or other human visitors using my trails...because of that I only caught a cropped, split second of the back end and tail of the beast.

but, I could tell what it was and, boy, was I excited about it.

so, I set a couple cameras up on the trail, aimed low enough to get the full animal the next time he/she showed up.

and they (1 male and probably 2 different females) showed up at different times. here are the videos and you'll see why I was elated by their appearance:

https://i.imgur.com/2T0Qfqg.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/6HgCiu6.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/dPQOgTx.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/vnly8aH.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/Ew9lChv.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/xfofOSO.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/gv8KhLk.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/7rkrMQT.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/gngzmop.mp4

[HAB911]

1. absolutely stunning

[Gato Moteado]

2. wait til the jaguars make their way back here!

...I hope it happens in my life time.

[Deuxcents]

3. I'd be excited, too! Beautiful big cats 🐱

[Gato Moteado]

4. yes! I'll keep the trail cameras going....hopefully we'll see cubs soon

[Deuxcents]

5. That would be wonderful!

[ShazzieB]

6. They're beautiful, but what are they?

Someone up thread mentioned jaguars, but I thought jaguars had spots.

[Gato Moteado]

7. pumas

AKA mountain lions, cougars, panthers

[ShazzieB]

8. Ooohhhh, cool!

I didn't realize their range extended that far south (although I guess there's no reason why it shouldn'tv ).

Congrats on catching so many images of these gorgeous creatures!