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Kruger National Park South Africa.
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Female snow leopard (Panthera uncia) named "Naphisa" born May 16, 2018 at Zoo New England and moved to San Diego to take part in the Snow Leopard Species Survival Program.
San Diego Zoo
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
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a male klipspringer ( O.oreotragus ) under an humid drizzle.
these little antelopes live just in rocky areas and they are incredibly agile and always alert.
their enemies are mainly leopards and big eagles,the only predators able to ambush or attack klipspringers in their three-dimensional environment.Unlike most other antelopes, the klipspringer has a thick and coarse coat with hollow, brittle hairs.the coat is a significant adaptation that saves the animal during steep falls.
kruger national park ,South Africa
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Leopard, Serengeti, Tanzania.
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Kruger National Park.
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Kruger National Park.
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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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The Leopard is the most secretive and elusive big cat. Leopards are renowned for their agility. 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
Leopard.
(Kruger National Park, RSA).
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Leopards are beautiful cats and what wildlife photographer wouldn’t love the chance to photograph them. However, they are usually solitary and unless you’re extremely lucky enough to find a female with cubs, or interaction between two adults, or a hunt (emphasis on extremely lucky) you generally are left with them walking through their range or sleeping. Add a tree, however, and things become more potentially photogenic. This leopard was walking through the Maasai Mara savanna when it quickly climbed a tree to gain a better view of potential prey or threats. We managed to get close enough in time to catch it coming down from the tree to resume its wanderings. (Panthera pardus) (Sony a1, 200-600mm lens @344mm, f/7.1, 1/1250 second, ISO 640)
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
A young female leopard moving through the bush and undergrowth with the silence and stealth of a hungry cat.
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.
A closer look than previous photo! flic.kr/p/25TyBeo
He was so chilled, we drove up to the tree, snapped his pic and left him in peace!
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.
Leopard Seals are one of the most formidable predators in Antarctica though they don't look quite so scary when they are resting on the ice. Though it is probably sleeping off a feast of penguins. Their favourite food is penguins but they also eat other seals, squid, and even tiny krill. They have been known to attack humans, including Shackleton's team, though there has only been one recorded fatality. They are not particularly common and one of my friends worked for a year in Antarctica and never saw one. I liked the way that this one was looking straight at me with knowing smile.
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...
One early rainy morning we spotted this young male leopard sitting out near the road not far from camp! He was sitting in some bushes and just sat there and stared at us! I love this capture with his tongue out and I think it shows his youth! This photo was taken in the Olare motorogi conservancy in Kenya!