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Khwai Private Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Cethosia cyane, the leopard lacewing, is a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan), and Indochina.
Most species of butterflies have a male and a female that look alike, but the Leopard Lacewing, on the other hand, do not. When the male and the female butterflies of the same species do not look alike, this is called sexual dimorphism. Sexual dimorphism occurs in several species of butterflies. One reason that the male butterflies are brighter is because they are constantly flying around to find mates so they need to be able to attract the attention of the female butterflies. The female butterflies tend to move very little until they are mated. The male Leopard Lacewing has orange on the inside of its wings. The male also has brighter colors on the outside wings, while the female’s inside and outside wings appear white or yellow and are not as bright.
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.
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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.
Leopard Seals are one of the most formidable predators in Antarctica though they don't look quite so scary when they are resting on the ice. Though it is probably sleeping off a feast of penguins. Their favourite food is penguins but they also eat other seals, squid, and even tiny krill. They have been known to attack humans, including Shackleton's team, though there has only been one recorded fatality. They are not particularly common and one of my friends worked for a year in Antarctica and never saw one. I liked the way that this one was looking straight at me with knowing smile.
One early rainy morning we spotted this young male leopard sitting out near the road not far from camp! He was sitting in some bushes and just sat there and stared at us! I love this capture with his tongue out and I think it shows his youth! This photo was taken in the Olare motorogi conservancy in Kenya!
In het Sabi Sands ook wel de bakermat van alle safari's genoemd hebben we deze prachtige luipaarden mogen bewonderen. Schitterend om ze van zo dichtbij te mogen fotograferen.
The photo was taken in Kruger NP, at approx. 120 meters distance. Had spotted some very vigilant empals who were all looking in the same direction. Thought something might happen soon when a leopard and a hyena suddenly appeared
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Young male leopard shot in the wild a few meters from my vehicle. I had to shoot through an open car window but fortunately am still here to post the image on Flickr :-) Full frame. Guess what he was doing!
We could spot this huge guy at Grootkolk Wilderness Camp in Kgalagadi. While we observe a brown hyena drinking at the waterhole, this guy come rushing up and chased the hyena away. A really good start on my birthday !
The leopard is a male called Kham and was first seen in 2011!
Leopard - Panthera pardus
South Africa Oktober/November 2017
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
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Female leopard out looking for prey in the Masai Mara National Reserve. This image has been cropped to bring the leopard closer.
South Luangwa | Zambia
This is the beautiful female leopard, named Chiphadzuwa (from the local Chinyanja language, which seems to have various meanings including 'angel' and 'overpowering the sun'). Chiphadzuwa is the daughter of Malaika. I believe Malaika was around two and half to three years old when she had Chiphadzuwa. They stayed close up to the time Chiphadzuwa was about 18 months old, but as she started to become independent the relationship between mother and daughter became tense. Leopards are fiercely territorial so naturally Malaika wanted to hold her ground. We witnessed mini power struggles between the two back in October 2016. Chiphadzuwa is now around four years old and occupies the same territory her mother did. It appears she drove her mother out, or worse, as Malaika hasn't been seen for many months. Given this situation I find it quite incredible that you can actually see so many leopards in South Luangwa. Long may that continue.
Namibia Leopard differ from cheetah by its stockier and more powerful appearance, bigger head and muscular body. The expression in their eyes is baleful and catlike whereas the cheetah’s eyes seem gentler.
Uncommonly seen due to their secretive nocturnal habits, they are solitary but can be seen in pairs when mating or in small groups consisting of a mother and her offsprings.
Tangala Lodge - Thornybush Reserve South Africa -2014
Whenever we go to Africa we do not have much luck with Leopards, so I was very surprised to find this one in amongst the thousands of images that have not been published.
big yawn from a leopard next to the safari vehicle. Amazing experience. My 80-400 doesn't have a usable auto focus so I always have to do it by eye. I think I got this one. Thanks for your comments or critiques or faves. Hope you like it. CHeers!
Left work early yesterday and on the way from the office to the station something caught my eye. I stopped to look and it was a leopard moth sleeping the day away. Never seen one like that before so stopped to take a picture.
We arrived at Motswari Private Game Reserve at 2.30 in the afternoon and were settled into our cabin. We were told to be back at the office at 3.30 if we wanted to go on the afternoon safari and of course we decided to go. An amazing experience and after only being on the safari truck for around 45 minutes we saw this beautiful leopard stalking some Impala.