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  • In the very South of Chile, the Puma marks its hunting grounds and lives in the beautiful Torres del Paine National Park.
  • The national park is the playground for one of the shyest and most powerful predators, the puma.
  • The female puma with her three cubs are in the wild. We see how the little ones learn from their mother and how to sneak up on their prey, the guanaco.
  • With the Torres Mountains in the background, the guanacos are seen laying around.
  • Mountain Massif of Torres del Paine. This is the hunting grounds for the puma in Chile.
  • Here is a mother guanaco with her foul in the Chilean national park. These animals are the main prey for the puma.
  • Puma at night feeding on a Guancao carcass Puma. The puma mother needs to be an effective hunter. The fouls learn from their mother how to hunt and to make themselves invisible when prey is approaching. The condors and Patagonian grey foxes also benefit from the night time kills of the puma.

  • Chilean Firebushes

    Photograph by Uwe Miller

    In the very South of Chile, the Puma marks its hunting grounds and lives in the beautiful Torres del Paine National Park.

  • Torres del Paine

    Photograph by Uwe Miller

    The national park is the playground for one of the shyest and most powerful predators, the puma.

  • Laying Around

    Photograph by Janco Van Gelderen

    The female puma with her three cubs are in the wild. We see how the little ones learn from their mother and how to sneak up on their prey, the guanaco.

  • Group of Guanacos

    Photograph by Uwe Miller

    With the Torres Mountains in the background, the guanacos are seen laying around.

  • Morning Light

    Photograph by Uwe Miller

    Mountain Massif of Torres del Paine. This is the hunting grounds for the puma in Chile.

  • Mother and Foul

    Photograph by Uwe Miller

    Here is a mother guanaco with her foul in the Chilean national park. These animals are the main prey for the puma.

  • Midnight Snack

    Photograph by Uwe Miller

    Puma at night feeding on a guancao carcass. The puma mother needs to be an effective hunter. The fouls learn from their mother how to hunt and to make themselves invisible when prey is approaching. The condors and Patagonian grey foxes also benefit from the night time kills of the puma.

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