The jag formerly known as Pepito...
Eliana checks out our camera
It was an excessively wet day, but there
was a fresh kill a couple of miles from base so Ben and I headed down to set up
some Jag Cams. By the time we arrived we were soaked with both rain and sweat.
The carcass was in an awkward location, there were no good trees nearby to
attach the cameras to, but with Ben’s innovative thinking and machete skills we
got them set up (one on a termite nest!). We headed back to base feeling
positive that we would get some good shots.
Eliana feeding at the turtle kill
A few days later I headed out with Pepper
to pick up the cameras. I was very
excited to find that we got some incredible photos of two jaguars, one was
Molly and the other was Pepito. As we looked at the photos though we realised that something was
wrong, Pepito was meant to be a male but the photos showed he was clearly
lacking male parts! It became apparent that Pepito is in fact a girl. This was
a very exciting discovery which led to a frantic renaming effort. We set up a
list on the board so people could suggest names. We ended up with a list of
names that varied from the sublime to the ridiculous, but after several tense
votes and heated discussions we narrowed down to three names, Eliana, Juno and
Aurora. When it came to the final vote Eliana stole it, so Pepito is now
officially Eliana!
-Rachel, 6-month Intern
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