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Leopards of Sabi Sands
Leopards of Sabi Sands
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Leopards of Sabi Sands
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Kashane male.
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 05 Jan. '18: "An old male leopard rested in the shade due to the summer sun, but started to move around his territory when the sun set."  *This image is copyright of its original author
Maxabeni male.
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 08 Jan. '18: "This male leopard was licking his wounds after trying to bring down a big warthog, he eventually put his head down to rest on a rock. "  *This image is copyright of its original author
White Dam male.
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 15 Jan. '18: "A young male leopard was found soon after killing a full grown female impala. He put on quite a show as he ascended this Jackalberry Tree to gorge on his hard- earned meal."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
White Dam male.
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 16 Jan. '18: "This male leopard was found in a beautiful Jackalberry tree finishing off the last bits of a female impala he caught a couple days ago. It seemed as though Christmas had come early for the hyenas below as scraps fell from above."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Maxabeni male.
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 22 Jan. '18: "Maxabeni was seen chasing some guineafowl chicks around before heading off on a territorial patrol."  *This image is copyright of its original author
Flat Rock male, the son of the late Mbavala male.
From Londolozi Game Reserve, 25 Jan. '18, The Week in Pictures #319 by Jacqui Marais: "A tell-tale sign that there is another leopard nearby is the salivating of an individual, as seen here on the Flat Rock male. Male and female leopards do not compete for territory, so it is usually same-sex competition that results in these long saliva strings, but in this instance the male was following the Mashaba female. Perhaps there was another male nearby that we were not aware of, but whatever the case, the Flat Rock male was pretty intent on following the Mashaba female’s scent trail."  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Scott Dyson.
Tingana, the dominant male leopard who I have been very fortunate to follow over the last month is an absolute beast!  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Sabi Sabi.
Maxabeni was seen this morning moving from termite mound to termite mound in search of any Warthog burrows for a potential meal.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Stuart Buy - Leopard Hills.
Dayone giving our guests a magnificent show.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to: Rob The Ranger Wildlife Videos
Posted on Mar 15, 2018 Leopard Catches A Warthog
Credits to Cal Butler - Leopard Hills.
"Beast" There's just something about a male leopard who watches over his territory with the greatest of confidence.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Brendon Kremer - Elephant Plains.
When Leopards Engage in a Day Long Territorial Dispute - and Others Join ... What an amazing, fantastic, interesting, exciting day ... The final drive for the first Tusk Safari group found us determined to find leopard tracks. It didn't take long before we did find tracks of a large male leopard. We followed these for some time and were still concentrating on where they were leading when we received a call from a ranger to inform us that the male leopard that we saw last night had been located. The tracks we were following headed towards exactly the same area, but we could see that these were tracks of a different male leopard. Certainly not the one we saw last night. We had a decision to make. Should we go straight to the already located leopard, and be guaranteed a sighting, or should we continue to follow the tracks and hope. We decided on the latter course. We carried on following the tracks to see where they would lead us and suddenly, we were not far from the leopard from last night when the ranger at that sighting said 'Guys! Look! There is another leopard coming closer to this one'. It was the leopard we were following. Chaos ensued! We spent hours watching the two leopards. Their interactions were fascinating ... the menacing growls from each was enough to make one's hair stand on end. They snarled and spat, growled and glared at one another. The younger cat would move a few inches away, and the older male, having dominated this area for ages, made his opinion about the young upstart very clear. It was a really interesting standoff and we almost expected a fight to break out at any second. The interaction was exciting and quite heart-stopping to witness. The back and forth growling and snarling as each moved a few inches this way and that, - it really appeared that they were negotiating each one's territorial boundaries. It was the type of interaction that one so rarely is privileged to see in the bush and we remained with them until we simply had to return to the Lodge. When we left them the argument was still raging ... On the way back to the Lodge we found a pride of lions. A number of lionesses with a few subadults. There were eleven in total. They were sleeping and not inclined to do anything, but it was a superb ending to another simply amazing safari. After refreshments and goodbyes, the safari group reluctantly started to leave and make their way back to their homes. Some felt quite torn ... on the one hand they were eager to share their fabulous experiences with the new arrivals, but at the same time they were quite envious that the new guests were here while they had to depart. As soon as we could we headed directly to the male leopards. The new group heard all about the drama over lunch, and were keen to see the two protagonists. Before we reached the male leopards, however, we spotted fresh female leopard tracks and followed these but didn't manage to locate her. We photographed elephants along the way, and eventually arrived at the two leopards. Well, can you believe it! They were still arguing with one another. The growling and snarling, glaring, then walking side - by - side continued. It was fascinating to watch the dispute ... leopard can continue this type of confrontation for hours on end, but it seldom actually erupts into a fully blown physical fight. It just appears to an onlooker that this could happen at any moment. But the threatening growls and snarls are more than enough to be really intimidating! The photography was fabulous. Then the drama intensified! Hyenas arrived on the scene and turmoil ensued. The leopards fled, but returned to chase the hyenas. One of the leopard chased a hyena that darted away, tail between his legs. Then as the leopard lay down to continue growling at each other some more, elephants arrived on the scene ... and they chased the leopards away! So what an eventful afternoon we had with plenty of action and some outstanding photography. As you can imagine, we would like to follow up on those leopards as soon as we are able to leave the Lodge in the morning ... Anderson male  *This image is copyright of its original author Hukumuri male.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Chene Wales-Baillie - Nkorho.
21 March 2018 - Afternoon Drive - Went back to check on what was happening with Anderson and Hukumuri male leopards. They were still laying close by and growling at each other.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to James Tyrrell - Londolozi.
The Anderson male slakes his thirst. He had robbed the Nanga female of her hoisted impala ewe kill only that morning, but sometime in the middle of the day one of the leopards must have dropped it, as there was no sign of the carcass; only a few full-bellied hyenas and the Anderson male sleeping in the shade. Not even a leopard as big as him would have been able to stand up to three or four hyenas.  *This image is copyright of its original author
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