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Edinburgh Zoo - Edinburgh, Scotland

Noord- Chinese panter

Melanistic leopards (very dark brown) are commonly called black panthers. However, there is no such animal. The dark color, called melansim, is due to a recessive gene. Melanistic cubs can be born to spotted parent

Kruger National Park South Africa.

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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!

leopard

Kruger National Park.

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Snow Leopard, Dublin Zoo, Ireland

Kruger National Park.

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

Kruger National Park.

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

Kruger National Park

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

Serengeti, Tanzania Africa

November 2021

Kruger National Park.

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Tierpark Hellabrunn München. China Leopard Julius hat im Juni 2016 München verlassen und ist nach Hannover gezogen.

Colchester Zoo. 5th March 2018

South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

My first wild leopard. Seen in Wilipattu National Park, Sri Lanka

Leopard.

(Kruger National Park, RSA).

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Khumbu, the most handsome snow leopard of all.....

Leopards are graceful and powerful cats. (Skukuza, Kruger National Park)

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Zoo München Hellabrunn

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!!

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.

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10/23/2018

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!)

Dream of Freedom

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.

Leopard in the Jungle World exhibit at the Bronx Zoo

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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Khwai Private Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Leopards are graceful and powerful cats. They are astoundingly strong and are the strongest of the big cats. They are able to climb trees, even when carrying heavy prey, and often choose to rest on tree branches during the day.

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. They are also very strong swimmers.

(Shingwedzi , Kruger National Park, RSA).

I hope you enjoy my photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Many thanks to everyone who chooses to leave a comment or add this image to their favorites, it is much appreciated.

©Elsie van der Walt, all rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. If you are interested in using one of my images, please send me an E-mail (elsie.vdwalt@gmail.com).

Luipaard in rust - Namibië

so lucky to be able to spend a short time with this beauty today