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| Big territorial male leopards; Only territorial male leopards starting 60 kilograms and over | |
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| chui | Oct 28 2016, 01:42 AM Post #1351 |
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Heterotrophic Organism
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That big guy has a freakishly muscular neck. Incredible, thanks for sharing Alexander. Here's a big burly male from the Masai Mara, Kenya. 
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| 1977marc | Oct 28 2016, 10:58 PM Post #1352 |
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Bye the way, Optimus prime, is name is the Boulders male from Lion Sands in de The Sabi Sands, people who saw them bouth say he is bigger than Mbavala, VinDiesel male, who weighted 93 kg in is prime Bye the way, Optimus prime, is name is the Boulders male from Lion Sands in de The Sabi Sands, people who saw them bouth say he is bigger than Mbavala, VinDiesel male, who weighted 93 kg in is prime Edited by 1977marc, Oct 28 2016, 11:02 PM.
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| Kurtz | Oct 29 2016, 02:04 AM Post #1353 |
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well guys, Optimus prime, aka the Boulders male from Lion Sands, have so hulking body and is so perfect in his sheer size, that seem sculpted by Michelangelo. Only one male leopard in the past was so perfect at that size so "beastly beautiful": the Hlaralini male leopard @ Mala Mala. JAGU GETS A NEW COLLAR A couple of months ago Jagu’s (AKA JAGUAR) collar started malfunctioning. ‘Technology’ still the main challenge when you try and research carnivores over a period of many years – the constant malfunctioning collars are a headache and can often be the reason a carnivore is ‘lost’, moving out of range or not found again for some reason, due to a collar’s signal that cannot be picked up by the trackers/researchers before its ‘expire date’ – either from the ground or from the air? A researchers ‘nightmare’, mainly because a collar needs to be removed if the cat can no longer be monitored closely!! The constant darting does make some predators more and more suspicious and to re-collar an intelligent animal becomes a cat-&-mouse-game between researcher and carnivore... Sometimes they suddenly stop transmitting because of a fight between 2 large carnivores or from a knock/kick from prey during a hunt or worst case scenario which luckily does not often happen - the odd, disgruntled farmer or hunter that shoots the monitored animal and destroys the collar by burying it or burning it or smashing the units to pieces. . . . however sometimes its just ‘failing technology’! Jagu was collard last year in September. He was called Jagu due to his big dark spot patterns, similar to a ‘jaguar’ spot pattern and because he is a very large male. On Thursday night 13 October he walked into the bated boxtrap and was caught. Dr. Rodenwoldt did the darting. He weighed in at 64kg. Only 1 kilogram less than last year when he was collard. After he was collard last year he was very shy, but this year has become more and more tolerant of human company and during the past few months the Okonjima guides have been getting beautiful sightings of him, sleeping hunting marking his territory –just being a very independent, confident, territorial male. Sadly last week he was responsible for the death of one of our absolute favourite females – SHANTI. A shock to all. When carnivores kill each other for no apparent reason, we find ourselves questioning their behavior and reasoning – yet again realizing just how little we understand of the carnivore world!   Namibia Okonjima: https://www.facebook.com/AfriCatNamibiaHQ/posts/1830006200567946 Gabru Jawan the big male from Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 
Edited by Kurtz, Dec 23 2016, 11:26 PM.
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| Kurtz | Nov 6 2016, 01:31 AM Post #1354 |
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Truly bad news on Madiba (Pp 19) the 76 kilograms male leopard @ Okonjima died this year for complications during the anesthesia for replacement of the collar. Got a mail form Africat. Edited by Kurtz, Nov 6 2016, 01:32 AM.
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| chui | Nov 7 2016, 04:40 AM Post #1355 |
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That's too bad, hopefully he lived a fairly full life and sired his share of litters. Camera trap photo of a big male leopard roaming the mountains of northern Iran. 
Edited by chui, Nov 7 2016, 04:41 AM.
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| LeopardNimr | Nov 25 2016, 08:55 PM Post #1356 |
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hey maneater! the "young" is arabian leopard in israel... whould like to see more here... but yes... in that case this leopard was caught at 40 kg (my uncle put a radio collar on him) |
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| Kurtz | Nov 26 2016, 03:26 AM Post #1357 |
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Namibia Okonjima. Kibo male leopard, 69 kilograms, but only 4 years old: KIBO Named after one of the three dormant volcanic cones situated on Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya. He was collared at the Birding dam on the day of the presidential election. Weight: 69 kg Body length: 105 cm Shoulder height: 78 cm Upper canine: 3.6 cm; lower canine: 3.5 cm Good condition, approx. 4 years old. Regularly captured on camera traps during the Okonjima AfriCat Leopard Density Study. Based on home range analysis of the camera trap appearances, Pp 11-aka - KIBO has covered 71km2, the largest area of all captured individuals ranging from the very south-east to the northern part of the Okonjima Nature Reserve. We are excited to have him part of the research project & cannot wait to get to know him better!  He is starting to bulk up and to be a brute of leopard ______________________________________________________ A sad thing a big male leopard eating a leopardess in Sabi Sands Edited by Kurtz, Mar 8 2017, 09:25 PM.
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| charliegrin | Nov 26 2016, 09:58 AM Post #1358 |
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^ Holy cow! 
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| Alexander Hamilton | Nov 29 2016, 02:54 AM Post #1359 |
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Anderson..... 
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| Kurtz | Nov 29 2016, 04:08 AM Post #1360 |
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wow!!!!!!!!
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| Kurtz | Dec 13 2016, 10:41 PM Post #1361 |
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Oldie, but goldie a pic of 2014 where 2 large males (Mafana at that time was genuine 67 kilograms and the TJ male bit more) Okonjima two legends Mafana and TJ in VS.  Marc, do you remember the exact weight of Tj the son of Mike Tyson? Edited by Kurtz, Dec 13 2016, 10:42 PM.
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| ManEater | Dec 18 2016, 12:25 AM Post #1362 |
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The picture of Anderson near the vehicle is really impressive, he is really a big boy. From Nakuru NP in Kenya:  Edit: Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania: 
Edited by ManEater, Dec 19 2016, 09:23 AM.
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| ManEater | Jan 3 2017, 01:56 AM Post #1363 |
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Interesting pictures from WF forum: That's a male leopard from The city of Mumbai: It shows how massive and muscular a male leopard can be with the help of thermal vision:    -> original source: https://solarmovie.sc/movie/planet-earth-2-season-1-17710/558096-8/watching.html This recalls the pictures of yala leopards posted by Chui, page 68 of this topic: 
Edited by ManEater, Jan 3 2017, 07:21 AM.
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| Kurtz | Jan 3 2017, 04:11 AM Post #1364 |
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Wow, great find ME, we know that these beasts from Maharashtra are big from scientific sources, but to see them in thermal vision it's cool! |
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| LeopardNimr | Jan 3 2017, 06:34 AM Post #1365 |
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pal is a true giant 90 cm tall at shoulder    this dude is like 195 cm when standing on two feet guy is massive in any point of is body his paws are larger than my hands! and the tail is like the snow leopards one guy gotta be at least 10 feet in total |
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