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Four days spent in the heart of the Serengeti were not nearly enough. It is a place of wonder, of delights and of incredible moments shared with spectacular creatures.
Photos were taken during a 9 day safari in partnership with Fed Tours and Safaris (fedsafaris.com) who provided an absolutely incredible experience.
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Obviously a leopard, but I'm not 100% sure which subspecies. This may be a North Chinese leopard, Panthera pardus japonensis, judging by the appearance. And the zoo does claim to have at least one, though I wonder if they can back their claim. Amur leopards, Panthera pardus orientalis, are very similar, and also very rare. I believe this is one of the two.
This is at Cat Tales Zoological Park in Mead, Washington. They specialize in rescue of big cats, bears, and other animals in need of homes. Their website is here:
I also learned something today about these guys - the little rock area he was laying in - heated. He loves to sleep there, and the zoo made sure that the place he loves to sleep is one that is visible to guests.
Not the best leopard pic around, but a good illustration of how close you're sometimes able to get to these animals.
When we arrived, the leopard was lying in a tree several meters above the ground. We were the third vehicle to arrive, and the leopard must've known her classics, thought 'three is a crowd' and elegantly walked down from the tree, passed our vehicle (at not more than 2-3 meters distance from where we were sat) and hid in tall grass.
It turned out I made the wrong choice of lens that morning: I brought a 300m tele, which was A) too much for the close distances we managed to reach to most animals, B) a pain in the rear end to focus on shorter distances and C) 'interesting' to hand-hold for a 4-hour trip. We were in an open landrover, and the sides were too low to trust my favourite photography accessory: the rice bag.
A shame about the branche and leaves in front of the leopard, but still a good sample of how sharp Nikon's 2.8/300 lens is...
Once again, the Mrs. made a better decision and used a 70-200mm without convertor, her pics give a much better view of this majestic animal!
This is from a roll of film that has been in my drawer for over a year... I think this was shot with a Canon EOS Rebel 2000 and most likely the plastic-fantastic EF 50mm f1.8 II lens. From film edge markings I am guessing Fujicolor ISO 200?
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Snow leopard - Leopardo das Neves (Uncia uncia / Panthera uncia)
This is an endangered animal with estimated wild population between 3,500 and 7,000 individuals.
So we went through Ngorongoro Crater and saw next to nothing in the realm of big cats, then drove through the Serengeti and the same thing happened- no action at all.
Then we drove up to a big grassy hill and a huge pride of 12 lions were sunning lazily, staring at us :) in the same hour, we saw 2 leopards in a far off tree, and as soon as we left that spot to continue our drive, this big guy walks out right in front of our trucks!
He must have come 5-10 feet away and laid down on a little hill, practically posing for us- it was awesome.
our professors said in the 12 years they've been doing the Tanzania program, they've only seen 7 leopards INCLUDING the 3 that we saw.
How crazy and amazing is that???
Ill post more of the leopard later :)