YLove Big Cats
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Profiles of a male lion
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them Lion (Panthera leo, Lion, León), Masai Mara, Kenya, September 2008.
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Rarest big cat caught for a check-up
When you are the rarest wild big cat, you deserve some unusual attention. This is what explains the special treatment of the Amur Leopard or Far Eastern Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis). It is widely considered as the single most endangered species of big cats with less than 50 individuals living in the wild (and only…
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Fossil big cats
The big cats that we know today are but an image of the species appeared then disappeared during the last 60 million years. Of course, I think of the famous saber-toothed tiger of our youngest years, but it is not alone. “The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives” of Alan Turner, illustrated by Mauricio Anton,…
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The lionness and the gnu
This fable is actually balanced heavily in favor of the lion. She was able to hunt this gnu (wildebeest) and we found her while she was eating. Other images of this series on www.roumazeilles.net. Lion (Panthera leo, Lion, León), Masai Mara, Kenya, September 2008.
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Leopard in a tree
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them Leopard (Panthera pardus, Léopard, Leopardo), Masai Mara, Kenya, September 2008.
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Snow leopard scat is key
As a matetr of fact, the faeces from this big cat (the snow leopard) just acquired a higher status. A scietifical study just showed that a genetic analysis of the dejections of this animal allow a very precise identification (sometimes down to the individual identification) and give an excellent capacity to evaluate the bio-diversity and…