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Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
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Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
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Romance of the Phantom | Snow Leopards mating. | Ladakh 2016. It was astonishing to get a glimpse into the extremely secretive lives of these magical creatures. I feel truly humbled to have seen and documented perhaps the most intimate moment of the world's most elusive big cat's life!  *This image is copyright of its original author Here is where he needed to travel to find it "The precarious spot with a near vertical stony cliff of around 300 meters from where we saw the most special natural history moment of our lives! Look at the frozen river below! Photos coming soon!!"  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Incredible, incredible scenes from Ladakh! 28 Feb: We see a Tibetan Wolf high up on the Rumbak ridge. 29 Feb: Our day starts with an Eurasian Lynx trying to hunt a woolly hare and ends with a gorgeous male Snow Leopard scrape - marking on a beautifully sunlit peak. 1 Mar: We see 2 snow leopards meeting each other on a ridge, the male had met a female. 2 to 4 Mar: We spend 3 entire days in euphoria! We are witness to the extraordinary sight of the Snow Leopards courting, play-fighting and mating!! All this from a distance of not more than 200 meters! (Ofcourse, reaching the spot was an ordeal!). Many photographs, stories and experiences from the Ladakhi wild to share!
Snow Leopards fighting (record shot)..
Ladakh | March 2016.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Snow Leopard stretching after a long sleep.
Ladakh.  *This image is copyright of its original author
@SVTIGRIS AND @Pckts I moved the posts in the "snow leopard thread" to here, mostly because this was the first thread created about them(something I didn't notice when you created your thread, Pckts).
So, apologies for any inconvenience and from now on we can continue the posts here.  *This image is copyright of its original author
I understand that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but to these old eyes of mine, the snow leopard is the most beautiful of cats.
Latika Nath:
I had this incredible trip to Ladakh earlier this year. And met a few snow leopards. So this is what everyone wanted to see - more snow leopard. This is my Tai Lung clone (from Kung Fu Panda). He is big, he is mean and he is tough. I met him at Matho, on the outskirts of Leh in March this year. where he had killed two calves. It was cold, snowing, the birds were bothering him and he was not in a good mood. Please meet - Tai Lung.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Photo and information credits: Wim van den Heever Wildlife Photographer
Rights it's D-Day...! I'm off to photograph Snow Leopards in the Himalayas and then on to host our ODP Safaris Winter tour in Japan. If this trip is half as good as 2013 then it's going to be another unbelievable adventure..! Ready or not here I come...!  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (04-13-2016, 08:13 PM)brotherbear Wrote: I understand that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but to these old eyes of mine, the snow leopard is the most beautiful of cats. I really believe to have the same opinion: the snow leopard is the most beautiful of cats. Clearly a pure wonder of nature.
Snow leopards caught with camera trap in Central Karakoram National Park, in Northern Pakistan. Credits to Snow Leopard Trust/Snow Leopard Foundation Pakistan.
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Yesterday, 23 October, was the International Snow Leopard Day.
From Wildlife Conservation Society: "It’s International Snow Leopard Day! WCS works hard to save these – and other big cats – around the globe. These cats were caught on camera traps located in Afghanistan and Badakhshan."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
10-24-2016, 09:21 PM
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Snow Leopard Predation attempt on Yak calf, it was a pretty tenacious attempt with all that was going on around it.
https://www.facebook.com/Goldshagai9/vid...148740667/ It is facebook video, click to play 
I think this is the right section to post. Snow leopards seem to have evolved on the line of tigers. They does not seem to be modifications of leopards. Similar cats have been formed in evolution on two different lines. Truely amazing ain't that?
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