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23-SEP-2004

Leopards having a cat fight Notten's Bush Camp

We saw this female leopard walking down the road so we stopped and watched her. She was just pacing up and down the road and then she would go sit on the side of the road. Then she would get up and walk into the tall grass and we could hear another leopard growl. Our guide said she wanted to mate and he didn't. When he growled, she backed out of the grass and started her pacing again. She did this 3 or 4 times until finally he must have had enough because he jumped up and chased her away, making this terrifying growling sound as he chased her. He scared the __ out of the other couple in the landrover and they jumped which made the picture blurry. Very exciting moment.

Canon EOS 10D
1/250s f/4.0 at 140.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Jeffery Stahlman10-Aug-2005 01:58
great catch