What affects us affects cats
“Leopard cubs are born after a gestation period of about 96 days, although zoo records suggest that gestation can take anywhere from 90 to 105 days.” The information is a direct quote from the premier book on the wild cat species, Wild Cats of the World by Mel Sunquist and Fiona Sunquist. They are …
This photo shows us a forest and in the forest is a very rare wild cat big, an Amur leopard. It camouflaging coat hides the cat brilliantly to point where it is all but impossible to see the cat. The picture was taken in the Land of the Leopard Nature Reserve in Russia’s Far …
A slice of day-to-day life of the leopard in the Kruger National Park, in northeastern South Africa. It is one of Africa’s largest game reserves. Nothing dramatic happens but the leopard knocks a squirrel off the tree to the ground and then follows. The leopard’s great climbing skills are very evident. It is also shows …
This is Mumbai, India where they have a compact nature reserve very near or inside the city. There are leopards inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. I am guessing but it seems likely that the leopard in the video wandered out of the reserve into someone’s home looking for food. I seems remarkable and …
This is a video worth watching if you are interested in the big cats and how they live in the human world and interact with humans in India. It shows their intricate and successful rescue from a 50-foot well. For me, the interesting aspect of this cat rescue operation is that these two cats …
In a previous post, some time ago, I explained why snow leopards have very long tails and this answer is along similar lines. Mel and Fiona Sunquist in their book Wild Cats Of The World describe the leopard’s tail as: “The long, thin tail is about 60 to 75 percent of the head and …
Most people believe that leopards are nocturnal but it is not entirely true. In areas where they are hunted extensively or persecuted by people, they are nocturnal in order to avoid people. Leopards are less nocturnal and more terrestrial where there are less tigers and lions. In the Chitwan NP in southern Nepal, leopards …
Three Buddhist monks were meditating under a tree in a forest about 510 miles west of the state capital of Maharashtra, Mumbai, within a protected reserve for leopards and tigers and where four other fatal attacks have occurred in recent weeks. The monks had ignored warnings from officials about going too far into the …
