Edinburgh Zoo - Edinburgh, Scotland

Kruger National Park, South Africa

Amoerpanter

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"LEOPARDOS"

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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.

Kruger National Park South Africa.

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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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The beautiful snow leopard safely housed in the Assiniboine Park Zoo... is one of my favorites to try and capture just being themselves... her eye expression says it all!!

Kruger National Park, South Africa

Leopard, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago

Giraffa camelopardalis

The Entabeni Game Reserve:

Entabeni means 'place of the mountain', is a 220 km2 (85 sq mi) private reserve situated in the Waterberg in Limpopo Province in northern South Africa. The Entabeni Reserve is popular for safari trips because of the opportunity to see big game and a variety of birds and antelope species, as well as its scenery, and the fact that it is in a malaria-free zone.

The reserve is home to lions, African Bush Elephants, lion, South Africa giraffes, African leopards, South African cheetahs, South African warthogs, African buffalos, hippopotamus and other safari animals in a variety of habitats.

What an incredible opportunity!! I have never been this close nor photographed this rare big cat. They are very solitary, really shy and are rarely seen in daylight.

Due to deforestation and poaching, they are identified as vulnerable on the IUCN red list. I thought I would never get such an opportunity and it was a wonderful morning indeed to see such a curious Clouded Leopard.

Fact of the day; Clouded Leopards do not roar... but they do purr.....!!!

Photographed with awe at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens

Mogo Zoo

Aufgenommen im Zoo Münster

At home

Young Snow Leopard male photographed alongside his mother at Thrigby Hall.

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...

Leopard, Serengeti, Tanzania.

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Kruger National Park.

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This leopard (panthera pardus) (male) was photographed in the wild close to Biyamiti in the Kruger National Park.

Snow Leopard, Dublin Zoo, Ireland

Kruger National Park.

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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

Serengeti, Tanzania Africa

November 2021

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

Cethosia cyane, the leopard lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan), and Indochina. Its range has expanded in the last few decades, and its arrival in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore, is relatively recent.

Le léopard, ou panthère, est un animal de la famille des félins. Son pelage est jaune et couvert de taches en rosettes (ocelles) noires. Certains léopards, plus souvent nommés panthères noires, ont une robe très foncée où l’on distingue mal les ocelles bien que présentes. Il s’agit là d’une anomalie génétique entraînant un surplus de mélanine appelé le mélanisme.

Le léopard a une espérance de vie de l’ordre de 12 ans en liberté, alors que certains peuvent atteindre l’âge honorable de 20 ans en captivité. Sa taille varie entre 1,50 et 2,50 m de longueur et de 60 à 70 cm au garrot. Il pèse entre 50 et 80 kg.

Le cri du léopard est le feulement, le miaulement et le rugissement. On dit qu'il feule, miaule et rugit.

Il n’y a pas de période de reproduction fixe. Lorsque la femelle est prête à s’accoupler, elle émet une urine caractéristique que les mâles reconnaissent immédiatement. Il arrive souvent qu’une même femelle se retrouve avec plusieurs prétendants. Ceux-ci doivent alors se battre pour conquérir la future compagne, car seul le vainqueur aura le privilège de s’accoupler. Une fois le vainqueur désigné, le couple restera ensemble durant 6 à 7 jours, tant que la femelle sera en chaleur. Puis le mâle retournera sur son territoire et laissera la femelle élever seule ses petits.

La gestation dure environ 3 mois et demi. La femelle met au monde une portée de 1 à 6 petits. À la naissance, les petits sont aveugles et pèsent environ 500 g. Au bout d’un an, les jeunes quittent leur mère pour entamer une vie de solitaire.

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.

The Leopard is the most secretive and elusive big cat. Leopards are renowned for their agility. They run up to 58km/h and can leap 6m horizontally and 3m vertically.

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Gatineau, Québec, Canada.

C'est l'amphibien officiel de l'état du Vermont, aux États-Unis.

It is the state amphibian of Minnesota and Vermont.

Beautiful eyes of a tiny shrimp.

Commonly known as the Leopard Crinoid Shrimp. White with irregular patches over the body, even on legs and claws.(reeflex.net)

Mabini, South Luzon, Philippines

She's heading up the tree at sunset to continue eating the impala she killed earlier that day.

Okavango, Delta, Botswana

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

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

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(Panthera pardus pardus) B28I0084 Shawu area - Kruger NP - South Africa

As we left Shawu camp to go to Crocodile Bridge we found this male leopard hidden in a tree close to the road.