The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat and the only Panthera species
native to the Americas. With a body length of 1.12 to 1.85 m (3 ft
8 in to 6 ft 1 in) and a weight of 56 to 96 kg (123 to 212 lb), it
is the third-largest cat species in the world. Its coat is covered by
spots that transition to rosettes on the sides. The jaguar's range
extends from the southern U.S. through Mexico and across much of Central
America to Paraguay and northern Argentina. It inhabits forested and
open terrain, but prefers dense jungle. It is adept at swimming and is
largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush apex predator. The
wild jaguar population is thought to have declined since the late 1990s,
and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching and
human–wildlife conflict. Since 2002, it has been listed as a near-
threatened species on the IUCN Red List. The jaguar has featured
prominently in indigenous cultures of the Americas, including the Maya
and Aztec civilizations.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: British reinforcements brought an
end to the Patriot attempt to capture Fort Cumberland in Nova Scotia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Cumberland_%281776%29>
1890:
The National Diet of Japan (pictured in session), a bicameral
legislature modelled after both the German Reichstag and the British
Westminster system, first met in Tokyo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet>
2007:
During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine
soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a
conference room in The Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Peninsula_siege>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
endow:
1. (transitive, archaic or obsolete) To provide with a dower (“the
portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or
a dowry (“property given to a bride”).
2. (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically,
to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a
permanent fund of money or other benefits.
3. (transitive) Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish
with some faculty or quality.
4. (transitive) Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with
something).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endow>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet
and open air wait for us, Somewhere. There's a time for us, Some day a
time for us Time together with time to spare, time to look, time to
care, Someday. Somewhere we'll find a new way of living. We'll find a
way of forgiving, Somewhere.
--West Side Story
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_%281961_film%29>
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