In Memoriam: myopixia
Snow leopards
A new male snow leopard arrived at Taronga mid this year to be paired with the resident female.
They appear to now be sharing their public exhibit area reasonably amicably ... mainly by splitting the area in two, and one leopard spending most of its time up the top of the cliff while the other is down in the lower area. With the occasional tentative visit of (i assume) the male towards the female.
It's meant that the snow leopards tend to be much more visible whenever i've visited their exhibit. And it seems to be that the snow leopards are sharing their enclosure all the time, not just when the female is in season. Either that, or i have just come at the right time whenever i've visited.
Hopefully, this pair will produce a new generation of snow leopards. Last snow leopard babies born at Taronga must have been about 5 years ago, and by the time i saw them they were pretty well adult size.
Snow leopards
A new male snow leopard arrived at Taronga mid this year to be paired with the resident female.
They appear to now be sharing their public exhibit area reasonably amicably ... mainly by splitting the area in two, and one leopard spending most of its time up the top of the cliff while the other is down in the lower area. With the occasional tentative visit of (i assume) the male towards the female.
It's meant that the snow leopards tend to be much more visible whenever i've visited their exhibit. And it seems to be that the snow leopards are sharing their enclosure all the time, not just when the female is in season. Either that, or i have just come at the right time whenever i've visited.
Hopefully, this pair will produce a new generation of snow leopards. Last snow leopard babies born at Taronga must have been about 5 years ago, and by the time i saw them they were pretty well adult size.