• BLACK JAGUAAAARRRR ALERRRT! 🚨😱🎥🐆🖤🇨🇷 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, WE HAVE OFFICIALLY DETECTED A SECOND BLACK JAGUAR IN THE TALAMANCA MOUNTAIN RANGE, AND THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR US! 🤯🖤🐆 Jaguars are already extremely rare animals. Black jaguars, also known as melanistic jaguars, are even rarer. Mysterious, elusive, almost legendary, they exist in Costa Rica only within the Talamanca Mountain Range. Despite their black coat, these jaguars still carry rosettes that can sometimes be seen depending on the light and angle, which is how we are able to identify and distinguish individuals. After Negro, the first black jaguar we have detected in this region, together with @procat_costarica we are incredibly excited to announce the detection of a second melanistic male. We initially referred to him as Macho 17 as a temporary name. Another organization detected him shortly before us and decided to name him Jagi. He appears to be a strong, healthy, and robust male. Based on territory use and timing, it is very likely that he is the son of Negro, who was until now the only active melanistic male we had detected in this area. While this cannot be confirmed with certainty, the hypothesis makes a lot of sense. As always, we do not share exact locations. Just know that this detection took place in the Talamanca Mountain Range, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Huge thanks to @thewildzone for sponsoring these camera traps and making this detection possible! 🎥🐆 Want to support our work even further? You can adopt Jagi or any other jaguar we monitor and directly contribute to jaguar conservation. Just send us a DM and we will explain how it works. You will receive updates every time your jaguar is detected. 🫶🏼🐆🇨🇷 #blackjaguar #jaguar #pantheraonca #cameratrap #costarica