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Edinburgh Zoo - Edinburgh, Scotland

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"LEOPARDOS"

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THANK YOU ALL MY KIND FLICKR FRIENDS. YOUR COMMENTS AND INVITATIONS ARE VERY MOTIVATING AND APPRECIATED.

GRACIAS A TODOS MIS AMABLES AMIGOS DE FLICKR. SUS COMENTARIOS, INVITACIONES Y FAVORITOS, SON MUY MOTIVANTES Y APRECIADOS.

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Querétaro - México.

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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.

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Leopard, Mashatu, Botswana.

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Kruger National Park, South Africa

Botswana

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...

Kruger National Park.

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Snow Leopard, Dublin Zoo, Ireland

Kruger National Park.

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Kruger National Park.

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Kruger National Park

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Serengeti, Tanzania Africa

November 2021

Kruger 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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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.

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

Dream of Freedom

Wild South Africa

Kruger National Part

To get rid of a lot of obstructions I unfortunately had to crop substantially. The leopard stayed stationary for only a few seconds before disappearing again. What it was staring at I don't know.

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.

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!)

Khwai Private Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

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This little 3-month-old leopard cub had already learned so much from his mother that he knew what to do when a lioness entered the leopard hide.

While the mother lured the lioness away, this cute little fellow hid in the top of a tree and didn't move for hours before the mother returned.

A scene that will stay with me forever.

Mara Triangle - Kenya

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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).

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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

Too close.

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.

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