Category: Panthera
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Luffalo: A lion or a buffalo?
OK, I know this is an ad for a car, but it’s the rare occasion where you can see the (natural) hybrid of a lion and a buffalo. YouTube link
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Kevin Richardson: Is he a lion or a lion’s friend?
Kevin Richardson is a friend of animals who succeeded in doing things that few people would dare to try: Be completely admitted inside a lion’s den, inside a group of big cats. These animals do not usually play with human beings, but they are highly social animals and this is what Kevin Richardson used to…
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Amur leopards shot in a trap
Fortunately, I am referring to a photo-video trap, not hunters’ traps. The critically endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) has been well observed by the WWF-financed counting operation in Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve and Leopardoviy Federal Wildlife Refuge (Russia). This is very good news since the species is believed to count only about 50 animals…
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Unfair advantage
Sometimes, you believe you missed a step. Sometimes, you think you should have stayed at home. But, being a flightless bird, wandering into the tigers cage and start calling them names was a bad bad idea… If you know where it comes from, feel free to inform me (I found the photos on a Russian…
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Lioness playing with a camera
When you set a camera up to watch lion behaviour, you should be prepared for some wild uses of it. Here is what happened in Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve YouTube link Source: ScienceBlogs.
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