Edinburgh Zoo - Edinburgh, Scotland

Kruger National Park, South Africa

Amoerpanter

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!

Happy weekend everyone, when it arrives in your part of the world. Highs of 24c and sunny here, perfect ☀️

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This leopard was photographed in the Ndutu area of Tanzania with Todd Gustafson several years ago. Todd is a world class nature photographer and it was my privilege to go to Tanzania with him twice. This particular leopard was a female who took up a position on a fallen trunk of a tree, right at eye level. As we approached I kept pushing the shutter, expecting to have to stop once she showed any sign of discomfort. It never happened. We were able to stop very close to her where this image was taken. You feel like a very lucky person when something like this happens, a memory I'll never forget. It's what's special about photography. All the memories come flooding back.

Take care guys, Mike.

Kruger National Park South Africa.

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Leopard, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago

Aufnahme aus dem Zoo Münster, in dem die Leoparden und auch die Tiger nun endlich in neue Gehege einziehen durften. Wir freuen uns wirklich sehr darüber!

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Kruger National Park.

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Wild South Africa

Kruger National Park

I first had to follow and trace this young leopard, I think it is a female, for a considerable distance through extremely dense Mopani bush, disappearing completely from sight from time to time until she again re-appeared, stopped and made herself at home in front of a termite mound not far from the road side. It certainly was my lucky day!

Snow Leopard, Dublin Zoo, Ireland

EXPLORED 8/12/2009

Canon EF 70-200mm F.2.8L IS at F/2.8

Kruger National Park.

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Kruger National Park.

Thanks for your visits, comments, faves, invites, etc. I really appreciate it very much.

Kruger National Park.

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Kruger National Park

Leopard on a tree branch in Kruger National Park - South Africa

Leopardin Kaboso im Flussbett

Le léopard, ou panthère, est un animal de la famille des félins. Son pelage est jaune et couvert de taches en rosettes (ocelles) noires. Certains léopards, plus souvent nommés panthères noires, ont une robe très foncée où l’on distingue mal les ocelles bien que présentes. Il s’agit là d’une anomalie génétique entraînant un surplus de mélanine appelé le mélanisme.

Le léopard a une espérance de vie de l’ordre de 12 ans en liberté, alors que certains peuvent atteindre l’âge honorable de 20 ans en captivité. Sa taille varie entre 1,50 et 2,50 m de longueur et de 60 à 70 cm au garrot. Il pèse entre 50 et 80 kg.

Le cri du léopard est le feulement, le miaulement et le rugissement. On dit qu'il feule, miaule et rugit.

Il n’y a pas de période de reproduction fixe. Lorsque la femelle est prête à s’accoupler, elle émet une urine caractéristique que les mâles reconnaissent immédiatement. Il arrive souvent qu’une même femelle se retrouve avec plusieurs prétendants. Ceux-ci doivent alors se battre pour conquérir la future compagne, car seul le vainqueur aura le privilège de s’accoupler. Une fois le vainqueur désigné, le couple restera ensemble durant 6 à 7 jours, tant que la femelle sera en chaleur. Puis le mâle retournera sur son territoire et laissera la femelle élever seule ses petits.

La gestation dure environ 3 mois et demi. La femelle met au monde une portée de 1 à 6 petits. À la naissance, les petits sont aveugles et pèsent environ 500 g. Au bout d’un an, les jeunes quittent leur mère pour entamer une vie de solitaire.

Kruger National Park.

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Gemswurz - doronicum grandiflorum

Sony Alpha 1 with FE 135mm F1.8 GM

Bog Meadowbrook Trail

Sometimes you are so close to an animal you just can't see it… A Leopard seeks shade beneath a safari vehicle in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park.

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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.

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Leopard Cat, Borneo, Malaysia.

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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

She's heading up the tree at sunset to continue eating the impala she killed earlier that day.

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!!

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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.

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!)

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.

Female Leopard in late afternoon

Mala Mala Game Reserve

South Africa

Near Kruger National Park

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Male leopard walking by a slightly inclined dirt road in the reserve directly in front of our jeep located at the bottom. He traveled down the road for quite a distance before swerving off into the bush. I was quite fortunate to see this male because our jeep was the only one present during the encounter.

Luipaard in rust - Namibië

Figs intrepid little cub being brave and wandering away on her own, not too far though as it still needs Mum's protection.

Image taken in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya.

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This is another view of the first leopard we saw in Motswari.

We had an excellant day in the park today - 4 leopard sightings.I will have to add photos later.