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A couple of facts :D

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Snow leopards aren't actually leopards, they are actually more closely related to tigers than actual leopards hence why people usually say lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, AND snow leopards when identifying the panthera genus. • Deer, cattle, camel and goats are more closely related to dolphins and whales then they are with horses. . •

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The Nemesis Cat Defeated!

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The only exceptions to this are the Lions , which are spectacularly unconcerned by people, and, to a lesser extent, Cheetahs. Leopard camels in Madikwe. Most gallingly of all, I had actually stood next to someone that saw one, jumping into a tree to escape a Tiger of all things, and failed to see it. Those paws! Camelopardus !

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Africa’s endangered species

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An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley. This plain used to be little affected by humans, being grazed by just a few cattle, goats and camels. Rueppell’s Vulture scanning for a carcass at Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.