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Beautiful creature!! These leopards are endangered due to the region they're from. They are declining because of loss of their habitat, hunting, as well as the wars that have been ongoing for years within their homeland.
Diesmal wieder ein Leichtes - bald das letzte einfache Motiv hier auf der Insel!
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Hersteller: Schmidt
Jahr: n.a., ca. 2019
Artikelnummer: 57392
Anzahl Teile: 1000 (40x25)
Masse 69.3x49.3 cm
Bild: Silvia Christoph
Kaufdatum und Ort: September 2023, Puzzle-Offensive.de
Datum gelegt: 19.-21. März 2024. Exakt 6 Mt. nach dem Kauf
Legezeit: Rund 400 Minuten. Einmal Zeit vergessen zu notieren.
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Brand: Schmidt
Year: about 2020
Item no.: 57392
Measures: 69.3x49.3 cm
Number of pieces: 1000
Image by Artist/Photographer: Silvia Christoph
Date and place of purchase: September 2023, Puzzle-Offensive.de.
Date of completion: March 19-21, 2024.
Time for completion: about 400 min.
2024 gelegt: 32 Puzzles mit 19'018 Teilen
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.
Leopards may sometimes be confused with two other large spotted cats, the cheetah, with which it may co-exist in Africa, and the jaguar, a neotropical species that it does not naturally co-exist with. However, the patterns of spots in each are different: the cheetah has simple black spots, evenly spread; the jaguar has small spots inside the polygonal rosettes; while the leopard normally has rounder, smaller rosettes than those of the jaguar. The cheetah has longer legs and a thinner build that makes it look more streamlined and taller but less powerfully built than the leopard. The jaguar is more similar in build to the leopard but is generally larger in size and has a more muscular, bulky appearance.
The leopard design was airbrushed. This was a cake I entered for Special Occassion Cake, one tier in the 2007 Austin Cake Show.
It was one of the first times I had played with my airbrush. I need to pull it off the shelf and use it a little more.
Next leopard picture taken in the Raubtierpark Subingen. They aren't so easy to photograph, but it's still not too bad like this! :)
Relaxing in the shadows in his home @ Assiniboine Park Zoo, he leaned out towards the noonday sun as I zoomed in through the fence. (please check out my folder with big cats)
A must view in the lightbox - Push 'L'
I have just returned from a three week road-trip/safari to Mpumalanga and the Kruger National Park. I visited many of the areas attractions, including but not limited to, the Blyde River Canyon, God’s Window, Bourkes Luck Potholes, many waterfalls in the area, Pilgrims Rest and the Kruger Park. The Kruger took up most of the trip as we started at Punda Maria in the North and worked our way down south, exiting at Crocodile bridge, a straight line distance of about 330km, although we travelled much more while experiencing the beauty of the park. Just for information purposes, use it…loose it, our journey from Cape Town to these wonderful places and back took us over 6100km.
You can expect a number of images from my trip over the next few weeks, and hopefully in an order depicting each step of my journey - except this image which I cannot wait to share...
This gorgeous Leopard was taken on our first day in the park and on our first outing. We had arrived quite late at Punda Maria and after setting up camp decided to head out on a quick drive before sunset...and what a reward, this beauty approached the road and simply sat down to watch us, watch him...our experience was undisturbed by other visitors to the park. Sitting and spending some time alone with him was a real highlight...
Nikon D7000, Nikon 70-300mm @ 300mm, 1/250 at f/5.6, ISO 1000, SOOC
Amur leopard at Colchester Zoo
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The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
The leopard is a solitary animal which hunts mainly at night and hides during the day. The Amur leopards, also known as the Far Eastern leopards, are the northern most subspecies of leopard and are well adapted to snowy winters. They inhabit an area to the west of Vladivostok. The Amur leopards prefer mixed forest where there are sufficient numbers of deer, hares, badgers and raccoon dogs that form the bulk of their prey. They often make their dens in caves and bury their prey under fallen leaves. The cubs are born in a den and suckle for three months.
Deforestation, the use of animal parts for traditional medicine and conflict with humans has had a devastating effect on the leopard population. There has also been a drastic reduction in the number of prey species, and further disruption due to mineral extraction and extensive road building. The Amur leopard has been a protected species in Russia since 1956, but there is still a problem with poaching.
In situ (in the wild) conservation efforts include anti-poaching patrols, customs control, fighting forest fires, environmental education programmes and the tightening of regulations on hunting methods used for other species (eg. hunting with dogs and steel traps has been discontinued in some areas). A census carried out in February 2007 found 22 – 27 individual Amur leopards left in the wild.
Photographed at Marwell Zoo, Thompsons Lane, Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1JH