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| Big territorial male leopards; Only territorial male leopards starting 60 kilograms and over | |
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| Kurtz | Dec 29 2012, 01:55 AM Post #286 |
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what is your impression watching that male from live? At least less muscled than wild, but the size is the classic size of large males we put in this account(60 kilos) |
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| ManEater | Dec 29 2012, 03:30 AM Post #287 |
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I was impressed(look to his forelimbs!), because generally leopards i saw in zoo are quite small, even for male. (maybe the choice of the subspecie, there is a lot asiatic leopards in zoo, indochinese or small indian one, it allows to show black panthers to the public) The male had a little fat, but it not deserves him, on the contrary, he appears even more massive, and the sexual dimorphism with the female was amazing. Edited by ManEater, Dec 29 2012, 03:31 AM.
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| Kurtz | Dec 29 2012, 03:32 AM Post #288 |
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thank you maneater. At least it is difficult to see in zoo large subspecies like kruger or srilankan size. |
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| ManEater | Dec 29 2012, 03:51 AM Post #289 |
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Others shots(not by me), we can see the half tail but not that fat here, but it is from 2009:   ps: I have never seen African leopard in zoo, at least zoos i have visited. |
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| 1977marc | Dec 29 2012, 11:29 PM Post #290 |
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Kurtz, What do you think of this guy. I have never seen a video of such a relaxed indian leopard an the stroll. This is a good video wich you can compare to the Sabi Sands leopards. This guy is very athletic build I guess around 65-70 kg. He walks around with so much confidence. Again this leopards from India look so different then the South African cousins. Much bigger and darker rosettes. And more rounded backs. indian male leopard |
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| Kurtz | Dec 30 2012, 12:05 AM Post #291 |
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Indeed marc a very very beautiful specimen no contest. Powerful built, territotial: marking; developed testicles, dark nose. The rosettes are more beautiful than those of south africans. For the size i'm not sure. His shoulders are very prominent very well built, but the head and the neck to be honest don't seem to me like territorial males leopard in at or over 60 kilograms. Anyway in india we know that there are specimens in average can attain the size of those in kruger.http://www.projectwaghoba.in/docs/belsare_and_athreya_2010.pdf But we know that is impossible to estimate the weight of a leopard on you tube, so that male may be in any range. |
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| Kurtz | Dec 30 2012, 12:24 AM Post #292 |
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Probably Chui can estimate better the size of that male. The size of leopards in india depend from tiger density and size food available I don't know in bandipur |
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| Kurtz | Dec 31 2012, 03:33 AM Post #293 |
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 Airstrip male & D of Kikileze female Sep 27th, 2012 |
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| Kurtz | Dec 31 2012, 06:05 AM Post #294 |
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      From india http://woodcrawler.blogspot.it/2010/05/leopard.html I hope not just posted before |
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| ManEater | Jan 4 2013, 05:55 AM Post #295 |
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The head of sri-lankan leopards is so badass. South african :  
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| Kurtz | Jan 4 2013, 06:18 AM Post #296 |
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tugwaan aka bike |
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| Kurtz | Jan 5 2013, 01:09 AM Post #297 |
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 Dayone male |
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| chui | Jan 6 2013, 04:00 AM Post #298 |
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The adult male leopards from Sri Lanka's Yala NP all have a very menacing look to them. Their heads have a less cat like appearance than Indian leopards and look more reminiscent of lions IMO. Here are 6 different adult males from Yala.      
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| Kurtz | Jan 6 2013, 09:23 PM Post #299 |
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chui 2,3 and 4 are my favourite |
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| Ophiophagy | Jan 7 2013, 03:04 AM Post #300 |
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GIVE ME WEIGHTS |
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