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The adorable Snow Leopard who lives at the Como Zoo in Minnesota. These endangered cats are found in the mountains of Central Asia. How cool it would be to see one of these amazing creatures in the wild!
Snow Leopard | Panthera uncia
I haven't done a burn to black edit for a while, nor have I posted anything for a while!
This is Sayan, the male Amur Leopard at Colchester Zoo. Amur Leopards are critically endangered with only an estimated 60 individuals surviving in the wild, though thankfully their numbers appear to be rising thanks to conservation work.
This trip was a quick test run for my new lens - the Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3. It's real test comes on my planned whale watching trips in the coming weeks! Any feedback is, as always, welcome.
Colchester Zoo, Essex, UK
We had been looking for leopards all evening until our guide got a call on the radio from another group that had just found one. The driver whipped in out of the bush and flew down the bumpy road. We approached the vehicles parked off the road and slowed down to see where they were looking. After driving over some small bushes, our guide positioned our truck in just the right spot. The Leopard was slightly covered by some vines and grass, but I was able to come away with this image.
One of the male leopards in the San Diego Zoo's breeding program. Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Taken at the San Diego Zoo on Mother's day. We participated in the Animals in Action program highlighting the need to protect endangered species such as the clouded leopard.
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat* and the fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots.
The head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. It reaches 67–94 cm at the shoulder, and the head-and-body length is between 1.1 and 1.5 m . Adults weigh between 21 and 65 kg .
The cheetah is capable of running at 93 to 104 km/h (58 to 65 mph); it has evolved specialized adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail.
*The 5 big cats often listed together for conservation and general interest are:
Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard, Snow Leopard
These first are Panthera genus (roaring cats)
The Cheetah and Cougar (Puma/Mountain Lion), and the Cheetah/Cougar are different genera, representing diverse iconic wild felines.
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Hi darlings, I hope you are all well? Sorry for the lack of new pictures, not many decent ones left to post. Roll on next girly
time. Love Jane xx
Fast Fact.
Type: Mammal
Diet: Carnivore
Protection status: Endangered
Leopards are graceful and powerful big cats closely related to lions, tigers, and jaguars. They live in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China. However, many of their populations are endangered, especially outside of Africa.
The leopard is so strong and comfortable in trees that it often hauls its kills into the branches. By dragging the bodies of large animals aloft it hopes to keep them safe from scavengers such as hyenas. Leopards can also hunt from trees, where their spotted coats allow them to blend with the leaves until they spring with a deadly pounce. These nocturnal predators also stalk antelope, deer, and pigs by stealthy movements in the tall grass. When human settlements are present, leopards often attack dogs and, occasionally, people.
Location: Bali Safary Park
See also this shot at National Geographic Magazine.
It's always somehow very special to see a predator in its natural habitat. The lonely leopard is really something else... Quite an amazing creature.
Liski must have been one tired cat - looks like she poured herself over the rock, all ready for a nice nap!
Liski the female Amur Leopard
Another photo of the beautiful leopard we saw during a drive around Kruger National Park. From memory it was on a drive from Lower Sabie to Skukuza - we saw four leopards this day, two in trees and two on the ground.
Second group of shots taken with new lens. Canon 100-400mm. A bit of a challenge, Need a lot more practice
We saw six leopards whilst in Tanzania and it was definitely a case of saving the best till last. This one was in a tree right next to the road and allowed me to take a few photos before climbing down and disappearing into the long grass
Leopard (Panthera pardus) stretching after just waking up from a nap in the sun. Image taken in the Serengeti of Tanzania.
D24011a. Perhaps the most attractive member of the cat family, this is a clouded leopard; I saw it at the Howletts Wild Animal Park which is near Canterbury in Kent, south east England.
This is a screen shot from a short video that can be seen on my YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcFZY0RFEd0
If you are interested to learn more about clouded leopards, Wikipedia, as always, has all the gen:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouded_leopard
Thursday, 13th August, 2020. Copyright © 2020 Ron Fisher.