Rainforest Leopards

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(02-19-2020, 11:41 PM)Lycaon Wrote: Seeing these photos ,makes me want to take a extended trip to Gabon and get to know these pardus better.

Me too. There are quite some popular parks I would love to visit such as Loango National Park and Lopé. It's a beautiful country and seeing pictures of forest elephants and other animals living in harmony looks very fascinating!

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But I think these leopards are secretive animals who prefer to stay out of sight. Not like Sabi Sand or Yala leopards who are used to vehicles:

"Although leopards are quite numerous in most of Gabon's forests, they are extremely difficult to see and even more difficult to photograph. The photo above is not of me, but of my friend Philippe JEANMART of the CEB (Bambidie, near Lastourville) whom I thank here for his authorization to use it. It is a leopard (Panthera pardus). It is the result of chance but also of a seized opportunity. People working in the forest see panthers from time to time, but the reflex to take out a device, if you have one with either, and to have a few seconds of immobility of the animal to take it, are privileged moments and extremely rare. This photo is not easy to take. It was taken in late December 2010, near Bambidie, in the evening."

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