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Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
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Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
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" 'The Earth would be a much poorer place if we lost this icon of our high mountains. It would be a failure of humanity. We would have let down our planet. Our future generations would never forgive us, so we must do all we can to save the snow leopard."
Read the article 'Saving the snow leopard' by Dr. Charudutt Mishra, Executive Director of the Snow Leopard Trust, on the New Big 5 website. Links to the website in Bio. @snowleopardtrust " 
A snow leopard conservation centre has been planned to come up in Uttarakhand.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/aug/02/indias-first-snow-leopard-conservation-centre-to-come-up-in-uttarakhand-2178156.html Here is a video of a mother snow leopard being chased by a yak. She has 3 cubs to raise: (08-06-2020, 10:59 AM)Ashutosh Wrote: A snow leopard conservation centre has been planned to come up in Uttarakhand. A new user from India appears to have been thinking what you were thinking: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-snow-le...ion-center? But anyway, the snow leopard is one of the predators of cubs of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/enda..._defences/  (12-04-2020, 12:36 PM)Ashutosh Wrote: After a frantic chase down the hill, this female Snow Leopard takes down a massive Himalayan Ibex in a freezing river!!! Filmed in Kibber, Himachal. That size difference is insane. I didn't realise just how big ibex could get, which just makes their predation upon more impressive. Tfs!
@Sully, Snow Leopards take down Argali sheep which can weigh close to 250 kilos (some even weigh more) while a female snow leopard weighs 40 kilos. So, the Himalayan Ibex is not the biggest sheep they take down, although they are very big.
Such a stunning and underrated cat, punt for pound one of the strongest
 *This image is copyright of its original author By Alannahi
The Snow Leopard kills free-ranging Horses, including adults, throughout their home range.
"Of the domestic ungulates, the yaks and horses range freely Snow leopards also killed horses more than expected (χ L 2 = 31.31, df = 4, P < 0.01) Thus the annual per capita loss in relation to the state’s annual per capita income is relatively higher in the GMWS compared with Kibber, which could be attributed to the greater proportion of adult (>5 years old) yaks (65% of total yak loss) and horses (52% of total horse depredation) lost to predators in the GMWS." Namgail et. al. 2007. Carnivore-Caused Livestock Mortality in Trans-Himalaya There are various Horse breeds of differing sizes in the Himalayas. However, one of the main breeds is the Zanskari Horses, which range from 700-1000 pounds(320-450 kg). Snow Leopard with Zanskari Horse kill  *This image is copyright of its original author
Snow Leopard melanism!
Not, I was joking. This is a black panther in snow. Notice how quick it has developed a thick pellage! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7nEkw38WA
Snow leopards are awesome creatures! I love them
Snow leopards prey  *This image is copyright of its original author weight of snow leopards ..https://snowleopard.org/did-the-dude-set...ld-record/  *This image is copyright of its original author
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