Also, today the web taught me how to tell the difference between leopards and jaguars (and also cheetahs, but I never got them confused with the others because they look so different).

It’s all in the spots: Leopards have rosettes that have an empty lighter color in the middle; jaguars have rosettes with spots in the middle and thicker outlines; cheetahs have solid spots.

There are other differences, of course, but I found the spot thing interesting. It’s not like I thought I’m likely to run into any of those critters here in Jersey, but I see people tweet pics and I get… VERY CURIOUS when they don’t label the thing/place/whatever. Finding the answer then becomes an itch that I just have to scratch.