Snow Leopard | Roaming
Snow Leopard | Roaming A Snow Leopard moving toward you presents a very imposing figure. Luckily this image was captured in the Central Park Zoo in NYC. For the whole story with all images, see Snow Leopard | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Leopard | Roaming A Snow Leopard moving toward you presents a very imposing figure. Luckily this image was captured in the Central Park Zoo in NYC. For the whole story with all images, see Snow Leopard | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Leopard | Portrait A Snow Leopard portrait image can only be captured in a zoo; in this case the Central Park Zoo in NYC. For the whole story with all images, see Snow Leopard | a 7 Image Story.
Snow Leopard | a 7 Image Story Of course, these Snow Leopard images were captured in January a few years ago in a zoo, specifically, the Central Park Zoo in NYC. Some folks are really into the big cats. Moving toward you, they present a very imposing figure. My images rarely come from captive animals. However, I would never get an image of a Snow Leopard in the wild and they are such beautiful creatures. Although it was great to see the beautiful Snow Leopard, it seems like a shame for it to be in a zoo.
Snow Leopards have thick hair and fur-covered feet. With powerful legs they can leap up to 50 feet while using their long tail for balance. Adult Snow Leopards grow to 4-5 feet tall with 3 foot tail weighing 60 to 120 lbs. These beautiful leopards live in the mountains of Central Asia, where they are on the endangered list while their population is still decreasing. Vanishing habitat and their diet of local farm animals contribute to their declining numbers.
Moving toward you, they present a very imposing figure. Snow Leopards don’t roar, but they do growl. They also purr, mew, hiss, moan, and yowl. They are not generally aggressive toward man. They’re probably the least aggressive of all the “Big Cats”.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Snow Leopard.
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Snow Monkey Back to reality; or maybe not! It’s cold and snowy, but snow monkeys are just not common in North America. This image was captured at the Central Park Zoo.
Koala @ San Diego Zoo Koalas are just so cute. They look cuddly and they are; just watch out for those nails. Their handlers wear special leather gloves. The term “koala bear” is a misnomer. Koalas are actually marsupials that belong to the same family as possums and kangaroos. There are about 50 koalas in North America spread across 11 zoos with the San Diego Zoo having 25 alone. Koalas are native to eastern Australian forests and feed solely on the region’s eucalyptus trees.
Snow Monkey Snow Monkey’s actually seem to like the rain. Even though temperature was in the 30’s, this guy did not find shelter.
Snow Leopard Normally, I don’t capture images of captive creatures. Since the chance of capturing a beautiful image of a Snow Leopard in the wild is almost zero, an exception seemed appropriate. This image was captured at the Central Park Zoo in NYC.
Snow Monkey Pair Hey, where’s the snow? What’s a snow monkey to do with no snow?