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The creature that I am working on currently is a Jaguar. Jaguars have jaws and a large head especially equipped for piecing the skull of their prey with their canines. They are the only big cats which practice this habit. Unlike the other large cats who attack the neck, Jaguars often kill their prey with a single bite to back off the head. Jaguars have a mighty name. The unique part about jaguars is the shape of their spots, the spots resemble roses, and as such are known rosettes. While leopards also have somewhat similar rosettes as jags the difference is that jaguars’ rosettes have spots inside them, whereas leopards’ don’t. Jaguars are excellent swimmers, They’ll eat mostly anything. Jaguars live in the Amazon Basin, and nearby the Pantanal wetlands, less than half of their historic range.