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Leopard

Leopard [Panthera pardus]

Description:

Leopards are the least social – and perhaps the most beautiful – of the African big cats.This master of stealth of all cats - have lonely life. After Lions, it is the next-biggest African cat .

Habitat:

Leopards can be viewed in their natural habitat in a number of game reserves throughout South Africa.

Notes:

Their hunting technique entails stalking and pouncing, killing larger prey with a holding bite to the throat which asphyxiates larger prey. Smaller prey species are killed by a bite to the back of the neck which usually severs the spinal cord. Baboons and leopards appear to be ancient enemies.

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Nkomazi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Spotted on Jan 23, 2010
Submitted on Feb 23, 2013

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