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Khavan is one of two critically endangered amur leopards at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts.
This leopard killed an pregnant impala ewe and dragged her a long way to what seems to be his favourite tree as the dragmarks passed several other trees. Upon opening the carcass the fetus must have fallen to the ground as when I arrived he jumped down and retrived the fetus and then crosses the road to lay in tall grass and eat it.
Waited and waited at the Russia's Grizzly Coast compound at the Minnesota Zoo for this Amur Leopard [Panthera pardus orientalis] to do something more that just pose on the log.
Suddenly I had this shot and I heard the woman next to me tell her companion, "I got it with it's mouth open!" I hoped I did too and realized I had a good shot when I reviewed the photo.
This leopard's companion was named "Paulina" (aka Nina, according to a zoo docent), but I didn't get the name of this leopard . . . a rather beautiful creature much like it's kin, the snow leopard.
As you can see, I hazed out the background and foreground log a bit to keep the focus on the leopard's face.