Category: Panthera

  • 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

  • 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…

  • Amur leopards shot in a trap

    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…

  • Unfair advantage

    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…

  • 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.

  • This is your problem

    This is your problem