Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)

[Ashutosh]

Snow Leopards camera trapped in Nanda Devi National Park, Uttarakhand.

   

   

   

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[bruin]

CuriosityStream - Age of Big Cats - worth watching. I was most amazed by the snow leopard. He does the seemingly impossible.  Reply

[Rishi]

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[Spalea]

Wim van den Heever: " My Snow Leopard expeditions still remains some of my biggest highlights of my career.

These super elusive and highly secretive animals are an absolute honor to see in the wild... let alone photograph them..!
There’s a reason why the locals call them the ‘Grey Ghost’ "

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[Spalea]

Bahzad J. Larry: " Snow leopard. #endangeredspeciesday.

Wherever you look, the natural world is shrinking. Today I learned that a much loved Siberian tiger reserve we work with and support is under risk of being wiped out. A gold mine, with British and American investors, has been given the go-ahead to start mining. About 500 Siberian tigers are left. This area, where mining is now allowed is home to more than 22 of them. That is 5% of the last remaining wild Siberian tigers on earth. Add your name to the petition (link in bio) to stop this. "

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[fursan syed]

Snow Leopard (short overview)

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[Ashutosh]

This cub has trouble crossing a small puddle so momma helps out. Somehow, it evolves into the most agile of all big cats falling over 100 feet on hard rocks to get dinner.

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[Ingonyama6]

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Credits to r/natureisf**kinglit Reply

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[Ingonyama6]

The Most Magnificent Cat

Snow leopard killing a yak in Tibet. Only a man saved that yak.

Just look at the size difference. The yak is easily more than 3x bigger than the leopard. The yak, tho probably not adult but still lot bigger. There is alotta blood. Reply

[Ingonyama6]

One of the first real writings on the snow leopard a.k.a ounce was by Edward Topsell. He wrote about the ounce is his book, History of four-footed beasts and serpents. The book is from the 1600s "Of The Ounce". 

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https://archive.org/details/historyoffourfoo00tops/page/440/mode/2up

Rare photos of vintage snow leopards. Credits of the photos goes to Pocock and Gepter

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Now some snow leopard hunting feats. Data by Mel Sunquist. 

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Subadult snow leopards killed adult male bharal 3x their own weight

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This is an adult male bharal. 

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Yak (Bos Grunniens) are prey to snow leopards (the smallest member of the Panthera family)

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https://archive.org/details/wildcatsofworld00sunq/page/380/mode/2up

Such an underrated and overlooked animal. This entire forum needs to show more respect to my man. 

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[Ingonyama6]

Leopard feeding on blue sheep kill

Some photos

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[Sanju]

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[Sanju]

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