Leopard cub. by Meisiekind

Photography • Animals • posted on Mar 04, 2008

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I took this image of a six month old male leopard cub in the Thorny Bush Game Reserve in South Africa. How the game ranger found him in the thick bush is still beyond me!! He was on his own and gave us a real "show" by stretching and rolling over! We must have watched him for almost an hour. I was literally about 3 meters away from the little (or not quite so little) guy. His mother is apparently reknowned to be short tempered and for attacking vehicles, but luckily she was nowhere to be seen! Leopards are by far my most favourite cat and I feel priviledged to have had the opportunity to be this close to one of them in their natural and wild habitat. Thank you for visiting my gallery. xx

Comments (33)

evs69

12:11PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

What an opportunity you had - luckily for us jealous individuals you have captured the moment with a wonderful shot! Quite beautiful.

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RocksLady

12:15PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

Beautiful photo!! Greeting Rocksy

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tennesseecowgirl

12:21PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

OH MY!! what a beauty.. what a thrill that must be to see them this way.

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danob

12:36PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

Simply beautiful how wonderful to be able to take this one in such a way..

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angelbearzs

12:55PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

he is cute nice stot:)

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TwoPynts

1:00PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

Lovely portrait of this regal young hunter!

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Igolochka

1:06PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

WOW! Gorgeous cub! Outstanding shot! Thank you for sharing!

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CavalierLady

1:47PM | Tue, 04 March 2008

This is beautiful, the soft coloring and lighting are perfect! How lucky to have been able to experience this, and even more lucky that the mother did not appear! Wonderful image!

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