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Kruger National Park, South Africa

Amoerpanter

Its muscular yet graceful stealth makes the leopard a prize sighting on safari, but it's not just spots that make for super-effective camouflage. The black form can be just as elusive in the bush, remaining unseen only a few metres away, the twitch of a tail is most of the time the only giveaway.

This leopard gives a perfunctory “buck-off” snarl, to something in a nearby bush.

Speed: ±58 km/h (Running)

Mass: ±30 – 91 kg (Adult, Male)

Lifespan: ±12 – 17 years (Satara,Kruger National Park, RSA).

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Leopard, Mashatu, Botswana.

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Kruger National Park, South Africa

Leopard.

(Kruger National Park, RSA)

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Kruger National Park.

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Snow Leopard, Dublin Zoo, Ireland

Kruger National Park.

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Kruger National Park

Serengeti, Tanzania Africa

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

Kruger National Park.

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Masai Mara National Reserve

Kenya

East Africa

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Profile image of a female leopard emerging from the undergrowth in the Masai Mara.

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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.

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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!!

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

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!)

Masai Mara National Reserve

Kenya

East Africa

This female leopard was hunting early in the morning. She had one cub hiding in some underbrush which I did not see. When you go on a photographic tour with fourteen people, some will see something while the others do not. But, it was a privilege to have this leopard confident enough to allow people to photograph her as she moved out into the open. And, at times, we were very close.

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.

Khwai Private Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Kruger National Park, South Africa

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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spotlight on a Leopard

South Luangwa National Park

Too close.

Luipaard in rust - Namibië

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.

With kind permission of Tierpark Hagenbeck.

Safely at rest after dining on impala.

What a lucky day... just minutes after we left from a pride of lions that hunted down an elephant that night, I saw this young leopard drinking at the Khwai River | Botswana

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I’ve followed this leopard since he was just a few weeks old when he was learning to climb; his keepers had to stand below the branches in his enclosure to catch him when he tumbled down. Clouded leopards are excellent tree climbers who can run headfirst down trees.