Hide and seek in a rainforest canopy : when a fruit-eating carnivore (almost) met its top predator carnivore
Pierre-Michel ForgetiD, Raphaelle AbensuriD, Malika GottsteiniD, Coraline N. PeloniD, Valentine AltiD, Jocelyn Cazal, Lionel Picart, Eric GuilbertiD, Christophe A. A. BaltzingeriD
Abstract
Prey-predator interactions in the wild are spectacular. Common reported cases come from ground-dwelling animals, in open areas and by daylight. Here, we report, for the first time, a sequence with the nocturnal arboreal kinkajou (Potos flavus), being followed ca. 20 minutes apart by one of its predators, the puma (Puma concolor), 33 m aboveground in a rainforest in French Guiana.
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