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Just on our way out of Kruger at Orpen Gate,this leopard came walking down the road.I was lucky to get this picture,some 30 seconds later he vanished into the long grass.Our one and only big cat encounter this day.
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A different shot of the same Leopard as posted yesterday.
The leopard is very adaptable and can live in many different places across the globe. Leopards are found in sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, southwestern and eastern Turkey, in the Sinai/Judean Desert of Southwest Asia, the Himalayan foothills, India, Russia, China and the islands of Java and Sri Lanka, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These large cats can live in almost any type of habitat, including rainforests, deserts, woodlands, grassland savannas, forests, mountain habitats, coastal scrubs, shrub lands and swampy areas. In fact, leopards live in more places than any other large cat.
We had been hoping to spot this female leopard for a few days. She had been seen recently at her regular Kopje haunt the day of our arrival moving her two new born cubs around. It took 3 days of regular visits to get a glimpse of her. On our final morning game drive we found her in a tree with a freshly killed wildebeest calf. We watched her for about 25 minutes moving the carcass further and further up into the tree.
Namiri Plains is located an hour and a half's drive due east from the game-rich core of the Serengeti – Seronera. The camp opened in July 2014 in an area that for more than 20 years had been closed to the public. Previously this region had exclusively been used for cheetah conservation and the number of big cats found here, especially lion prides and cheetahs, is astonishing.
Snow leopard species are endangered species .. The snow leopard rarely meets humans, lives in the caves of the mountains and can kill a prey three times its size .. There are between 600 and 700 in zoos
Do you ever get that feeling you're being watched?
I can't think of two more beautiful eyes to catch gazing my way!
Satka the female Amur Leopard, born 3-29-14
✰ This photo was featured on The Epic Global Showcase here: flavoredtape.com/post/154681943512
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Out of the bush by janakapx on 500px