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Spots...and stripes...
No, we didn't get that "apex of sightings" (according to the Artificial Heirarchy of Jungle Sightings, developed by wildlife tourists)...no stripes. But on two of the three safaris we went on, we spotted spots. Here's Panthera pardus, giving us a profile pose, nonchalantly:
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Kabini...Spotted in the forest....
Well, though I am always lucky with tiger and leopard sightings, there are enough people who are not as lucky, that I should devote a post to this graceful, sleek beauty.
On the morning of the 21st, it was quite cloudy and overcast, but we set off on the safari with eager expectation. With Karthik having taught me that there is far more to the ( Read more... ) -
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Here's Kalyan's post .
Two previous posts on the same topic, are :
this
and
this
And click here for one of his beautiful pictures of a leopard:
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I spent the morning rapt in a magnificient animal....
I saw the photograph yesterday, and the image stayed with me...by this morning, I knew that whatever else I did, or didn't do,today, I just simply HAD to sit down and sketch ...
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Tracking has been done...
Remember the video footage of the clouded leopard that I referred to earlier?
amoghavarsha tracked this down, it was grabbed off a BBC programme, called Mountains, aired on 18th April...this was the last section of the programme. So maybe we will get to see it with better picture quality, soon on Animal Planet or Discovery or something...Amogh has been ( Read more... ) -
Superb, rare footage...
I got this footage of the snow leopard taken in the Chitral Gol (Tooshi Sasha Reserve) of Pakistan....do watch!
Snow Leopard in Chitral:
http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/WildlifeVideos/snowleopardchitral.wmv
Snow Leopard Diary: wildlife, video, leopard, mammals
