Key PointsJaguar uses problem-solving skills to eat a watermelon hanging by a rope.Enrichment and training are both vital for Jaguars’ well-being in captivity.Training helps Jaguars calmly accept necessary medical injections for future care.
Animals often have incredible determination that should serve to inspire us humans. Just take the intrepid Jaguar in this video, for instance.
In this footage, this majestic big cat is hanging by a rope as they attempt to eat a tasty watermelon. At first, this might seem like a stunt or some kind of Spider-Man spectacle, but it’s really just some fabulous new enrichment for this Jaguar.
How to get the watermelon when it is hanging by a rope in the middle of the enclosure is certainly a problem for this Jaguar. But it is a problem that this Jaguar is happy to solve. It is an excellent enrichment activity for this majestic big cat.
And judging by this video, this Jaguar certainly seems to be doing a fine job of solving this problem. It’s pretty amazing the way they are able to hold on to this watermelon while eating it at the same time, and spinning from the rope while they are suspended in the air.
Clearly, big cats have big talents, LOL. Quite comically, the other Jaguar in this enclosure watches on as this happens. Maybe they are thinking, “How did they do that?”
Or maybe they are wondering, “Why didn’t I do that?” Whatever the case may be, it doesn’t look like they’ll be much of that melon when the first Jaguar is done with it, LOL.
Training Is Just as Important as Enrichment
As this other video shows, enrichment is not the only thing that a Jaguar needs for a happy and healthy life in captivity. They also need training. In this video, they are receiving classic conditioning training to make them comfortable with receiving an intramuscular injection.
According to Instagram user armoniaaimal, who posted this video, making the Jaguar comfortable with this type of injection is vital for their future medical care.
They wrote, “In this case, the technique is intramuscular, so the application is done with the needle in a straight position. If it were subcutaneous, it would be used at an angle, but what we are looking for here is to simulate the injection of intramuscular medication during the desensitization process.”
Regardless of which medicine this Jaguar needs to take in the future, it is good to see that they are learning how to calmly get an injection, and that they get to enjoy such stimulating enrichment in their current home.
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Jarret Hendrickson has been a pet parent to five dogs, a cat, and a dwarf hamster. He currently covers pet news for PetHelpful.