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An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey Of The Jaguar

The jaguar is one of the most mysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but also because of a power and indomitable spirit so strong, the jaguar has shaped indigenous cultures and the beliefs of early civilizations on two continents. In An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar, big-cat expert Alan Rabinowitz shares his own personal journey to conserve a species that, despite its past resilience, is now on a slide toward extinction if something is not done to preserve the pathways it prowls through an ever-changing, ever-shifting landscape dominated by humans. Rabinowitz reveals how he learned
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The jaguar is one of the most mysterious & least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental & human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but also because of a power & indomitable spirit so strong, the jaguar has shaped indigenous cultures & the beliefs of early civilizations on two continents. In An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar, big-cat expert Alan Rabinowitz shares his own personal journey to conserve a species that, despite its past resilience, is now on a slide toward extinction if something is not done to preserve the pathways it prowls through an ever-changing, ever-shifting landscape dominated by humans. Rabinowitz reveals how he learned from newly available genetic data that the jaguar was a single species connected genetically throughout its entire range from Mexico to Argentina, making it unique among all other large carnivores in the world. In a mix of personal discovery & scientific inquiry, he sweeps his readers deep into the realm of the jaguar, offering fascinating accounts from the field. Enhanced with maps, tables, & colour plates, An Indomitable Beast brings important new research to life for scientists, anthropologists, & animal lovers alike. This book is not only about jaguars, but also about tenacity & survival. From the jaguar we can learn better strategies for saving other species & also how to save ourselves when faced with immediate & long-term catastrophic changes to our environment.

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strong - A descriptive word for an item that has physical strength

Human - A highly developed and adapted mamal and deminant species on earth

History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.

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