Can you correctly identify two big cats shown in this picture? | Trending
Praveen Kaswan, an officer of the Indian Forest Service, took to Twitter to share a quiz with his 4.2 lakh followers. The mind-boggling share that has left many scratching their heads shows two big cats, a leopard and a jaguar, with their backs. And people need to spot the difference between them on the basis of their patterns.”Lets see how many can identify. Which one of them is Jaguar & which one is Leopard. The pattern makes the difference, apart from other things,” tweeted IFS officer Praveen Kaswan while sharing two photos.Take a look at the tweet shared IFS officer Praveen Kaswan below:
Lets see how many can identify. Which one of them is Jaguar & which one is Leopard. The pattern makes the difference, apart from other things. pic.twitter.com/C68YIlDKCC— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) November 28, 2022
Since being shared a few hours ago, the tweet has raked up many likes and retweets. Many even posted answers in the comments section.A Twitter user shared basic differences between the two big cats.
Very easy to identify.Basic difference :🔹Leopard : the spots on them “aren’t of big size” and the “gap between two spots is very less”,🔹Jaguar : “spots are big” and “gap between two spots is also big” compared with “leapord,Leopard 👇 Jaguar,👇 pic.twitter.com/dSl68EFERb— Vikram Singh (@VS_shekhawat01) November 28, 2022
Another led differences between leopards and jaguars based on their coat, body and face.
While leopards are covered in more solid spots and rosettes. jaguars sport blocky rosettes with dinct internal spots. Jaguars on average are stockier and heavier than leopards and have a dinctive blockiness to their heads. pic.twitter.com/FwQtn0qcNC— Nisha rai (@nisharai_ggc) November 28, 2022
An individual differentiated between the two cats shown in the picture based on rosettes.
According to National Geographic, both big cats have ‘spotted coats’ and a very ‘similar appearance’. Leopards have ‘smaller, less complex rosettes’, which are ‘grouped closer together’ as compared to the intricate rosettes of jaguars.
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