Content Leopard
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Content Leopard
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
Original Fine Art Photography and digital artwork by Donna Kennedy
Photographed in Botswana while on a South African Safari by my cousin Susan...
This Leopard is resting after a successful hunt, it caught a Kudu (antelope family) he/she needs to finish cleaning up :)
African Leopard (Panthera pardus) Leopards are big cats known for their golden, spotted bodies and graceful, yet ferocious hunting techniques. They are often thought of as an African animal, but leopards live all over the world. Though their reach is vast, their numbers are declining.
Leopards are carnivores, but they aren't picky eaters. They will prey on any animal that comes across their path, such as Thomson's gazelles, cheetah cubs, baboons, rodents, monkeys, snakes, large birds, amphibians, fish, antelopes, warthogs and porcupines.
Leopards are ambush predators; they crouch low to sneak up to their prey and pounce before it has a chance to react.
Leopards have a gestation period of approximately three months and typically give birth to a litter of two to three cubs in a den. Each cub weighs just 17 to 21 ounces at birth, is blind and almost hairless. They depend on their mother for food and do not leave the den until they are 3 months old. At 12 to18 months, the cubs are ready to live on their own and at 2 or 3 years old will create their own offspring. Leopards live 12 to 15 years in the wild and up to 23 years in zoos.
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June 20th, 2019
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