Jungle Cat
Directed by James Algar
Written by James Algar
1959/USA
Walt Disney Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant

[box] “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” ― Leonardo da Vinci[/box]

This Disney True-Life Adventure focuses on a family of jaguars living in the Amazon.  Mama is spotted and Papa is a black panther.  Their two cubs are similarly colored.  Between many great scenes of jaguars hunting and playing, we get lots of monkeys and  birds.  The jaguars also engage in combat with an anaconda and a crocodile.

The movie is all I have come to expect from Disney’s 1950’s nature documentaries.  The sequences are well edited to create little comedies and dramas.  It all may not be strictly scientific but it is entertaining.

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