Leopard Predation Thread

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(07-06-2022, 01:50 AM)Styx38 Wrote:

(07-03-2022, 03:42 AM)Pckts Wrote: There’s a big difference between the trees in Africa which are thicker with more weight bearing branches and the Sal trees in India which are thin with small branches.

Fair enough.

However, wouldn't Leopards be even less arboreal
in the arid regions of the Middle East and the Fir forests of the Caspian, Himalayas and Northern China/Ussuri?

The Fir tree branches do not seem ideal for a Leopard to perform a prolonged chase on primate and other small animals. Not to mention that they are apex predators in some of these regions, so even less use of trees.

The Leopards could hoist their kills on a few occasions in temperate forests.

Pckts is wrong. There's enough footage of Indian leopards mating and fighting in trees. Those instances did not take place in Sal trees. Both India and the African continent have a great variation in trees. Reply