KNOW AND TELL: Only known wild jaguar in United States caught on camera

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Thursday, February 4, 2016
KNOW AND TELL: Only known wild Jaguar in U.S. caught on camera
It took three years to capture 40 seconds of video of a rare, wild jaguar thought to be the only one living in the United States.

Move over Carolina Panthers because people are going wild over a rare jaguar named "El Jefe."

The rare cat is thought to be the only wild jaguar living in the entire United States.

El Jefe lives in the Arizona mountains and is about 7 years old.

The spotlight isn't really his thing. The jaguar is so elusive, it took more than three years to capture only 40 seconds of video.

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