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Catching up, been away for 4 Weeks. This was taken in the Mashatu game reserve in Botswana it stopped for a rest after we had been tracking it for an hour
Went to Marwell Zoo today and caught the leopard in a really convenient postition on a log for photos.
Being a bit lazy and obviously tired he decided to do a nice big yawn whilst I took my photo.
I know my photoshopping skills are a little rusty here but it was getting late and I wanted to go to bed.
Santa Barbara Zoo - Santa Barbara, California - Hannah the Snow Leopard was born at the San Antonio Zoo in San Antonio, Texas on 5/18/03 to Jin (Mom) and Char (Dad). She moved to the Akron Zoo in Akron, Ohio on 12/15/04. She has lived at her current home at the Santa Barbara Zoo since 12/18/08 where she was renamed Zoe.
Her brother/littermate, Roscoe, lives at the Akron Zoo in Akron, Ohio where he has fathered seven cubs, including Malaya, the female snow leopard at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Her late older brother, Vijay, fathered multiple litters at the Cape May County Zoo in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.
Out on a limb where the leopards and lions can't disturb her dinner, this leopard is eatiing the last of the impala she had killed earlier in the day.
@ Olmense Zoo
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its range of distribution has decreased radically because of hunting and loss of habitat. It is now chiefly found in sub-Saharan Africa; there are also fragmented populations in Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Because of its declining range and population, it is listed as a "Near Threatened" species by the IUCN.
Compared to other members of the Felidae family, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but is smaller and more slightly built. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguars do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic (completely black or very dark) are known as black panthers.
The species' success in the wild is in part due to its opportunistic hunting behavior, its adaptability to habitats, its ability to run at speeds approaching 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph), its unequaled ability to climb trees even when carrying a heavy carcass, and its notorious ability for stealth. The leopard consumes virtually any animal that it can hunt down and catch. Its habitat ranges from rainforest to desert
Snow Leopard.
Toronto Zoo.
These are amazing animals, and one of the highlights of our visit.
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