An adventurous cub named Cielo jumped into the swimming pool while hanging out with caretakers from the Black Jaguar White Tiger Foundation. Apparently, the cub overestimated her aquatic abilities.
She did learn that floating isn't as easy as it looks, but Cielo somehow managed. Eventually a caretaker came to help her. Black jaguars are capable swimmers and it is expected that Cielo could master the skills very soon, just not quite yet.
Cielo may not have had a swimming lesson prior to her first dip in the water, but she was definitely excited to try it out.
Cielo was at risk for a lifetime of exploitation before she was rescued by the foundation.
"The original people who 'cared' for her at birth planned to sell her to a pet shop owner whose mission was to drug her to take photos with the public for profit. We were so lucky to have intercepted her from a life (if one could call it that) in confinement," the foundation wrote on their website.
Cielo was the first baby and the cornerstone of the Black Jaguar-White Tiger Foundation, who loves to "exhibit her power, beauty, and grace whenever possible".
