Giant Jaguars of the Ice Age - the Jaguars of the North American Pleistocene

In this video, we discuss the range of jaguars during the Pleistocene epoch, as well as their larger relative, Panthera onca augusta, also known as the "Giant Jaguar."
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[@rnedlo9909]

Thank you, I didn't know jaguars lived that far north.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

I hope that bone clones make a skull replica of the giant jaguar

[@jameswells554]

There were Jaguars in Oregon and Northern California until the mid to late 1800's. That's kinda scary considering they will hunt from trees; kinda glad they're gone to be honest.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

Caiman are actually more related to alligators then crocodiles

[@Rodrigo_Vega]

Jaguars do live in Argentina still today : P
Although it's true their range is limited to the hotter North.

[@paulofearghail9408]

We are still in the "ice age" that began roughly 2.5 million years ago. What people keep calling (erroneously) the "last ice age" was just the most recent glacial period, which ended around 11,000 years ago. We are in one of many warm interglacial periods (and not even the warmest), which will likely continue for another 40,000 years or so until the cycle switches back to another glacial period. As long as the continents are in their current positions, Earth will likely continue to be in this ice age, cycling back and forth between cold glacial periods and warmer interglacials.

[@manuelpena3988]

Hi, I'm not trying to be mean (indeed I love your videos) but to understand you better.
In your "Intro to the Ice Age" video ( ruclips.net/video/SB_SbMkVK4Q/видео.html ) you said something on the lines of:
" ... the animals haven't changed since then (the Ice Age), so, an animal from today, like a giraffe? there were giraffes back then..."
but now, in this video you say:
"... now jaguars are a very interesting species, because they are species that we still have in the planet today, but they are very much an Ice Age animal..."
So I'm a little bit puzzled. What do you mean with that, in which sense is more an "Ice Age" species a jaguar than... for example, a gray wolf, or a red deer?
Thank you!

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

This is true. Literally every animal alive today is an ice age animal, meaning every living animal was around d during the ice age. So while it is true to say a Jaguar is an “ice age animal”, technically every living animal is also. I don’t script the videos and just talk directly. I think I am in the habit of talking to people casually about the ice age rather than giving a longer presentation. So it is in my nature to tell someone something like “this animal literally is a survivor of the Ice Age quote as a way to help it stick in their mind. And while it is true,again, the fact is every living animal is an Ice Age animal. I apologize for the inconsistency in the way, I presented it in the two videos.

[@manuelpena3988]

@benwoodrufffalconry dont need to apologize, I just wss curious. Maybe there wss a deeper meaning I was not understanding. Thank you very much!

[@Kevin_40]

there used to be giant humans too

[@Tuyen-ew5wt]

Real

[@scottthesmartape9151]

Nah

[@scottthesmartape9151]

Technically yes but sorta nah