Leopards of Sabi Sands

[Tshokwane]

Credits to Brendon Cremer - Elephant Plains Game Lodge.

A call came in about a large male leopard, so we dashed off to see him. He was lying down when we reached him, doing nothing, so we left him for a while, deciding to return a little later.
We returned to the leopard around sunset. He was up, and we took out our spotlights to photograph him as he walked around. 

He is a very large, strong specimen, and interesting to follow. Especially when he walked into two lionesses. The lionesses had a new impala kill and were feeding busily when he arrived. We wondered what would happen ... but the encounter was uneventful. He spotted the lionesses, but they were totally unaware of his proximity. They concentrated on feeding while the leopard quietly snuck away. He probably heard the sounds of the kill, and maybe thought it was another leopard ... and not many leopards would be a match for this guy! He went to lie down not too far away.

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