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Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Another image from the early morning sequence captured on our second morning in Moremi. We had travelled less than half a mile from camp when we spotted this fine animal and spent the next two hours in its company. After this shot was taken, he finally melted away into the undergrowth in the way Leopards do.
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We had been hoping to spot this female leopard for a few days. She had been seen recently at her regular Kopje haunt the day of our arrival moving her two new born cubs around. It took 3 days of regular visits to get a glimpse of her. On our final morning game drive we found her in a tree with a freshly killed wildebeest calf. We watched her for about 25 minutes moving the carcass further and further up into the tree.
Namiri Plains is located an hour and a half's drive due east from the game-rich core of the Serengeti – Seronera. The camp opened in July 2014 in an area that for more than 20 years had been closed to the public. Previously this region had exclusively been used for cheetah conservation and the number of big cats found here, especially lion prides and cheetahs, is astonishing.
The Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor), or Iranian leopard is one of the subspecies of leopards that's native to western Asia. The Persian leopard is endangered throughout its distribution area in the Middle East. The Persian Leopard is said to be the largest of all the subspecies of leopards in the world. It thrives in Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and northwestern Afghanistan. Habitat varies from mountain steppe to grasslands, or anywhere having a reasonable amount of cover and a supply of prey.
The scientific name of the snow leopard is Uncia uncia, and is the state animal of Himachal Pradesh, a north Indian state in the western Himalayas. The Snow leopard is also the National Heritage Animal of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Snow leopards are slightly smaller than the other big cats. They are stocky cats with relatively short legs, they have a short body but the tail is quite long. Their fur is long and think and is a smoky gray with tan patches.They have dark grey to black open rosettes with small spots on their heads and larger spots on their legs and tails. Their eyes are pale green or grey in color. Their paws are wide, to distribute their weight for walking on snow, and have fur on their undersides to increase their grip on steep and unstable surfaces, which is important in the rocky terrain they inhabit. -Wikipedia
The snow leopard cannot roar, but it's vocalizations include hissing, chuffing, mews, growls, and wailing.
Which I heard once at the SD Zoo when mate of the snow leopard died, you could hear her wailing. It was the saddest thing I ever heard.
In 1972, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the snow leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered; the same threat category was applied in the assessment conducted in 2008. -Endangered
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Image taken in Botswana in the Okavango Delta.
Once again, this is the only leopard I saw on this African trip. We saw the leopard sleeping about eight pm, just before we finished the game drive. It was just past sundown, and I needed to use a flash to get a relatively clear image.
I have been on four African trips now, and still have yet to see a leopard awake. These trips are about ten days long, and they are not inexpensive especially if you are coming from the United States. The cost per trip plus airfair is about ten thousand to twelve thousand dollars each. Not to mention flying close to seventeen hours, one way.
I now have two African trips for 2015 and after that, I think I will have to end all of my foreign traveling. I will definitely miss them.
Amur leopard can run at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour. This incredible animal has been reported to leap more than 19 feet horizontally and up to 10 feet vertically.
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.
Leopards are strong swimmers and very much at home in the water, where they sometimes eat fish or crabs.
You have to be patient!! Cats like to sleep but in the end something will happen: either they start eating or they go for another place. South of Olifants along the tar, a beautiful leopard in a beautiful tree.
Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
Amur leopards are one of the most critically endangered big cats in the world, with an estimated 35 individuals only left in the Wild. They are hunted for their thick coats and for their bones for the Traditional Chinese Medicine trade.
Enjoy the beauty of these wild cats while you can.. may be the next generation wouldn't be as lucky as we are!