Leopards & Cheetahs
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Have been neglecting my treasured leopards recently, time for some leopard love. This stunning gorgeous girl was having a rest on top of an ant hill on the plains of Sabi Sands , South Africa. She was giving us such an intense look and I found her eyes mesmerising - from a distance with a telephoto lens of course!
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Kruger National Park South Africa.
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Leopards are the apex predators in the Jawai area in Rajasthan, India.
This big dominant male was resting on the top of a rocky outcrop from where he can see large parts of his territory
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panthera pardus
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Nikkor 120-300mm f/2.8
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Aside from Wild Dogs, the one species I was most hoping to see was the Leopard. In the end, we actually saw seven different animals - I would have been over the moon with just one!
Here's a couple of images from two individuals, taken in Erindi and Okonjima game reserves...
Leopard.
(Kruger National Park, RSA)
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Kruger National Park.
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Kruger National Park.
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Kruger National Park.
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The leopard is the most elusive and secretive of the large felids. They are extremely difficult to trace and locate in the wild. They run up to 58km/h and can leap 6m horizontally and 3m vertically.
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Beautiful eyes of a tiny shrimp.
Commonly known as the Leopard Crinoid Shrimp. White with irregular patches over the body, even on legs and claws.(reeflex.net)
Mabini, South Luzon, Philippines
mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Tierparks Hagenbeck.....nur einige Meter entfernt ....total beeindruckendes Tier und dieser Blick in die Kamera ....
Kruger National Park.
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Tierpark Hellabrunn München. China Leopard Julius hat im Juni 2016 München verlassen und ist nach Hannover gezogen.
With as few as 45 adults remaining in the wild, the Amur leopard is probably the rarest and most critically endangered big cat in the world. Habitat destruction, degradation and poaching of Amur leopards and their prey are persistent threats. Hunted largely for its beautiful, spotted fur, the loss of each Amur leopard puts the species at greater risk of extinction.
The Amur leopard is classified as Critically Endangered since 1996 by IUCN. Data published by the World Wildlife Fund indicates that there are roughly 50 adult Amur leopards in the wild today.
The Amur leopard is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and the Jilin Province of northeast China. They live for 10-15 years, and in captivity up to 20 years. The Amur leopard is also known as the Far East leopard, the Manchurian leopard or the Korean leopard.
Another view of the beautiful female leopard that we saw on our first game drive in Motswari Private Game Reserve.
We spotted an old female on the other side of the dry riverbed yesterday - she was watching us watching her. She is probably the same one that has been wandering through the camp for the last two nights.
Leopards are graceful and powerful cats. (Skukuza, Kruger National Park)
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We found this beautiful young leopard lying some 10 meters next to the road and quite relaxed. We had this one for ourselves because passing cars did not stop and asked where we were watching at!!
This image was captured in the wild in the Kgalagadi.
(You might have noticed, this is the nth upload of this same leopard, but then again, she gave me so much pleasure and time to capture images of her!)
This was one of two leopards we saw on my first night in the Serengeti. The second (a male) was also in this tree but much further up and very well hidden by the tree. It had caught a gazelle and the female in this photo was hoping the male might share.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
This female leopard was hunting early in the morning. She had one cub hiding in some underbrush which I did not see. When you go on a photographic tour with fourteen people, some will see something while the others do not. But, it was a privilege to have this leopard confident enough to allow people to photograph her as she moved out into the open. And, at times, we were very close.
Another photo of the beautiful female leopard that ran alongside the road as we were driving along. We stopped the car and she came up beside the car and hid behind a bush and began watching some Impala on the opposite side. They spotted her and she decided to just sit and wait. There were no other cars around for quite a while, so a wonderful sighting where we had her to ourselves for photos.
Khwai Private Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Personal note: Warm thanks to those of you that stayed with me during this Leopard series. This "Leopard at Rest" image is the last of the series for 2018. It is rare that you get to photograph the same magnificent animal for an extended period of time. The lighting fast changes of mood from napping to aggressive warnings demonstrated how complex their reactions could be at a moment's notice. I only wish I could follow him for years to come…
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Cethosia cyane, the leopard lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan), and Indochina.
Most species of butterflies have a male and a female that look alike, but the Leopard Lacewing, on the other hand, do not. When the male and the female butterflies of the same species do not look alike, this is called sexual dimorphism. Sexual dimorphism occurs in several species of butterflies. One reason that the male butterflies are brighter is because they are constantly flying around to find mates so they need to be able to attract the attention of the female butterflies. The female butterflies tend to move very little until they are mated. The male Leopard Lacewing has orange on the inside of its wings. The male also has brighter colors on the outside wings, while the female’s inside and outside wings appear white or yellow and are not as bright.