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Leopard
These solitary cats are the largest of the spotted cats of Africa. There is considerable color variation over there range from India to southern Africa. Leopards are silent secretive animas and moves in casual loping stride, or they make off at a bouncing gallop, changing to a fast trot. All of their senses are well developed as their efficient hunting reveals. They like to lie out on high vantage points in the mornings or late evenings, where they may watch for pray.
An extremely wide range of animal food is utilized. The major pray taken seems to be small and medium sized antelope, but this does not exclude the occasional larger antelope such at the adult kudu wildebeest and hartebeest. The strength of the leopard is clearly shown in there habit of dragging a very heavy kill up into high branches of a tree to protect it from other scavengers. |
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