1. Attacks by Jaguars (Panthera onca) on Humans in Central Brazil: Report of Three Cases, with Observation of a Death 
Manoel Francisco Campos Neto, MD, Domingos Garrone Neto, MSc, PhD, Vidal Haddad, MD, MSc, PhD 
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages (June 2011)
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2. Figure 1
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the third largest cat of the world and the most powerful predator in the Americas. Photographs: Vidal Haddad Jr and Domingos Garrone Neto. Map: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Brazil.
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3. Figure 2
The attack in Case 1 was provoked by the victim's dogs that hunted the jaguar. Brazilian Indians kill jaguars to demonstrate power and prestige (see the necklace with the claws). Note the victim's scars. Photographs: Domingos Garrone Neto.
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4. Figure 3
This violent attack by a jaguar on a tourist could have killed the victim, who presented with severe lesions in the cephalic segment, with fractures and loss of cranium bone fragments and cerebral tissue (Case 2). This was classified as a predatory attack. Photographs: Manoel Francisco de Campos Neto.
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5. Figure 4
A fatal predatory attack in which the victim was killed by bites to the posterior cervical region. There is extensive destruction of bones, muscular and cutaneous tissue, blood vessels and nerves. Photographs: Manoel Francisco de Campos Neto.
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