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Shower thought: Is a black panther more likely to die of starvation compared to a normal panther?

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If cats' furs are evolved to be adapted to their environment, is a black panther a worse hunter, due to not having the natural camouflage that a regular jaguar/leopard would have? Or would a black panther be a more effective hunter, because prey animals wouldn't be used to looking out for black coloured predators?

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Tigers are underrated and I love them

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I love leopards. They don’t have to be ambush, precision hunters because there’s multiple of them. Tigers are solitary hunters. Tigers are an underrated big cat. There, I said it. Listen, I love lions. I love cheetahs. I love all the big cats, ok? But tigers get no respect. I mean, they’re masters of disguise. Blending in?

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

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The forests are home to Kalij Pheasants , Crested Tree Swifts , Ashy Wood Swallows , owlets, woodpeckers, spider hunters, barbets and bulbuls, laughingthrushes and hornbills. In Rajasthan we stay in a beautiful tented camp in the desert where you have a very high chance of seeing leopards.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. They are called Antlions due to ants being one of their main prey items and “lion” referring to hunter or destroyer. They live for up to 100 years.

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Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

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For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. The humans tended to keep away a range of predators that might take the pups as a form of interference competition.

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

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I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter.

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Falakhe’s Story

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At first we were concerned that another dog had been injured, perhaps hit by one of the hunter’s cars (who were watching the pack as well). It was Falakhe, who had dragged himself twenty kilometers on two broken legs past Hyaenas, Lions, Leopards and jackals. We were stunned, simply stunned. Emaciated, broken but alive.

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