The hunter and its prey: Astonishing photos capture moment jaguar stalked and ambushed a caiman

The 20-stone cat was filmed stalking the Yacare caiman as it basked on a sandbank by the Cuiaba River in western Brazil's Pantanal Wetlands. It could be seen eyeing up its unsuspecting prey (top left), before gliding silently across the river (top right), creeping onto the sandbank (bottom left) and leaping ferociously on the caiman's back (bottom right). It then clung onto the panicked reptile as it thrashed around, before finally whisking its leathery away in its strong jaws. Photographer Justin Black, 39, who caught the attack on camera, described it as 'astonishing'.

Daily Mail (UK) | 2 July 2014