Leopard sleeping in tree

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Ludo Sak

Lion

Last time I tried with my 50mm I had a run for it:)
A joke of course, but hey, my 85mm doesn't do this trick either:) Posted 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

I like the white hairs on its belly, it looks like its fatiqued by all the recent heat. Posted 13 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Its more dangerous than it is cute :)
  
  Regarding the white hair, I believe it is there for reasons of camouflage. When looing down on the leopard, the dark back fur blends with the ground. When looking up to the leopard, the white fur blends in with the sky. You see this pattern with birds and sea creatures as well. Posted 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

I stand corrected, I did not know that. Maybe its good that I never encountered these colours from close by:) Still a bit cute though, be it from a longer distance:) Posted 13 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Fully agree :) Posted 13 years ago

The Leopard

The leopard is one of the five "big cats" in the genus "Panthera". It is a member of the Felidae family with a wide range in regions of sub-Saharan Africa, West Asia, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia to Siberia. Fossil records found in Italy suggest that in the Pleistocene it ranged as far as Europe.

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Similar species: Carnivorans

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded Aug 23, 2012. Captured Apr 29, 2011 16:35.

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NIKON D7000
f/5.6
1/400s
ISO1000
250mm