The little male jaguar at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is around nine weeks old in the above video. He has gotten to that rough and tumble stage, where his anxious mother is having a devil of a time in keeping him corralled. He is stepping over the doorway leading to the outdoors in an off-exhibit, dirt-floored holding pen with a giant plastic tube, logs, and other play toys.
The unnamed cub has started playing with all of the toys available, but he especially likes his mother's tail. Occasionally, she is seen trying to herd him back inside, but he won't have it. Sometimes she puts her huge mouth over his shoulders, as if to scruff him, and carry him back inside. But he is too big to lift now, and she gives up.
The Zoo is planning an event to celebrate the new arrival, when he goes out on exhibit, within the month.
Video by S. Staaden
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