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Snow Leopard hunt by Adam Riley (INDRI Ultimate Wildlife Tours)

10,000 Birds

Our group watching the first Snow Leopard from a knoll above our camp in Hemis National Park. At this very spot, on our first afternoon in the park, and within half an hour of officially beginning our Snow Leopard search, our expert local spotter had exclaimed “ Shan !!” – the Ladakhi name for Snow Leopard.

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

I can’t help noticing that you’ve just posted an angry story about Cecil the Lion on your timeline. And that lions are really cute. Cecil the Lion reached millions, and it exploded all over my social media in a way few conservation stories do (even with my social media heavily biased towards conservation).

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The Lion Forest of India

10,000 Birds

Still, for the majority of visitors, there seem to be only one species – some of the last of the 400 remaining Asiatic Lions ( Panthera leo persica ). Therefore, it is quite annoying to hear a common question from a passing Maruti Gypsy: “Have you seen the lions?” “Yes, Yes, we did – so what? We’re here for the birds!”.

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

We also saw a leopard, but it was the A to Z that sticks in the mind. Incidentally, encounters with both aardvarks and zorillas are rare – it’s much easier to see lions and leopards.

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Birding Gir National Park, India

10,000 Birds

Still, for the majority of visitors, there seem to be only one species – some of the last of the 670 remaining Asiatic Lions ( Panthera leo persica ). Therefore, it is quite annoying to hear a common question from a passing Maruti Gypsy: “Have you seen the lions?” “Yes, Yes, we did – so what? We’re here for the birds!”

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How many bones does a Jaguar have?

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Tigers have 423 Lions have 230-240 Cheetas have 244 Leopards have 250 I feel like I'm going crazy. It came up in conversation with a friend and I've tried every variation on "how many bones does a Jaguar/s skeleteon/Panthera onca etc have" in google and I keep finding absolutely nothing online.

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Tigers are underrated and I love them

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Listen, I love lions. I love leopards. Cheetahs are the fastest and lions are the king of the jungle. Lions hunt in prides. So a tiger, by itself, is bringing down prey that would take a whole pride of lions. Sure tigers are bigger, but they only make tigers only outweigh male lions by about 158lbs.

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