[Aztlan] Man eating jaguars

[Edward B. Hanna]

On 31 May 07, at 11:32 AM, John F. Schwaller wrote:

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>
> In Nahuatl the common name for the lion (puma, cougar, etc.) is  
> tecuani.
> It means "it customarily eats something human."  This is also where  
> the
> name Tehuantepec comes from, the place of lions.


While a mountain lion, cougar, puma, and catamount are generally  
considered to be the same beast, a jaguar ("el tigre") is a different  
animal altogether. I've never heard or read of one being a man-eater.

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/Ed
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