A jaguar ate her cub — the world's first jaguar to be born via artificial insemination — just days after its birth.
A team of veterinarians at the environmental organization Mata Ciliar in Jundiaí, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, hailed the birth as a scientific breakthrough for the conservation of the species.
The majestic felines are an endangered species, with rapidly diminishing numbers surviving in limited Amazonian territory, where 90 percent of the animals are found.
[...] "Bianca was a first-time mother and this may have influenced the outcome of the event. The veterinary team could not conduct a necropsy because the baby had already been eaten."
[...] Despite what happened to the newborn, research team leaders said they are happy with the result. They are already planning to carry out more procedures throughout this year.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/03/worlds-first-jaguar-born-by-artificial-insemination-is-eaten-by-mom/
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 04 2019, @04:44AM (9 children)
Perhaps it had unexpected pheremones? It could be the jaguar needs to be exposed to the father's scent to not eat the baby.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 04 2019, @04:49AM (6 children)
Simpler explanation: she was hungry.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 04 2019, @04:53AM (2 children)
Or just didn't remember ever having sex so didn't believe it was her baby. Like Ripley.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 04 2019, @04:59AM (1 child)
Or the insemination was too successful and created such a wonderful offspring she just couldn't resist the urge to take a bite.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 04 2019, @11:24AM
Or it was dead and this is how they honor the dead.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday April 04 2019, @04:35PM (2 children)
Maybe she is in captivity and didn't want her offspring to go through that.
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday April 04 2019, @05:36PM (1 child)
Actually makes sense, captivity never helped birth. Jaguar: live free or else.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @02:05AM
Or else I'll fucking eat you.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday April 04 2019, @12:20PM
Or it was like an XK-E Series III and the mother was an E-Type, I'd eat my young in that case as well out of embarrassment.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 05 2019, @09:11PM
this is what i came to post. not being exposed to the male and/or the sex act may influence the females chemical makeup. she may see the cub as foreign.