The Living Edens Manu
http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/mammals.htm
| Name: | Jaguar. |
| Description: | Can weigh up to 350 pounds and grow to a length of six feet. Is the largest and most powerful cat in the Americas. Jaguars usually hunt alone at night and kill their prey by pouncing on their backs and quickly severing the neck vertebrate with a powerful bite. |
| Habitat: | Jaguars live in tropical forests in Central and South America and Mexico. |
| Diet: | Eats tapirs, deer, peccaries, sloths, caimans, turtles, fish, and giant otters. |
| Name: | Giant Otter. |
| Description: | Is the largest and most formidable otter in the world. Can grow up to seven feet long and can weigh up to 70 pounds. Has wolf-like teeth, water current-sensing whiskers, and strong webbed forehands. |
| Habitat: | They are found only in isolated jungle regions. |
| Diet: | Eats fish, Anaconda snakes, and caiman. |
The Living Edens Manu
http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/mammals.htm
The Living Edens Manu
http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/birds.htm
| Name: | Harpy Eagle. |
| Description: | The Harpy Eagle is the most powerful bird in the Amazon. It can often be seen scooping up its prey with its large talons that can grow up to seven inches long. It can have a wingspan of about seven feet and has a white underside, a plume of gray feathers that crowns its gray head, and a black chest. |
| Habitat: | This Eagle lives in tall trees in the Amazon, such as the Brazil nut tree. |
| Diet: | Eats sloths, tree porcupines, monkeys,opossums, kinkajou, big birds, coatis, parrots, tree porcupines, and others. |