THE SECRET LEOPARDS (2010) 4of 6 - WONDERFUL!

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Jonathan Scott narrates with passion the scenes of this documentary, about the nature, life and instincts of this great cat.
From Africa to Eastern Asia, from the Middle East to India, from Russia to South-eastern Asia, the leopard struggles for his life.
All scenes are beautifully filmed, and the way the camera travels from one part of the world to another, the informations given about the interactions between this big cat and humans, or other animals, or other leopards, make this documentary very interesting.

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Jonathan Scott narrates the extraordinary story of the leopard - the one big cat that still survives across half the world while tigers, cheetahs and lions are all struggling. By following the lives of leopard mothers and their cubs in East Africa the film investigates what it is about the natural history of these cats that makes them born survivors. Perhaps the most extraordinary revelation is that leopards are living undercover on farms and even in cities across Africa and Asia.


leopard facts

1) Conservation status (IUCN)
-------------------------------Near Threatened---------------------------------
AFRICAN LEOPARD, occurs across most of sub-Saharan Africa
INDIAN LEOPARD, is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent
INDO-CHINESE LEOPARD, mainland Southeast Asia & southern China
All increasingly rare outside protected areas. Populations are decreasing

---------------------------------Endangered-------------------------------------
PERSIAN LEOPARD, fewer than 871-1,290 mature ind., declining pop.
SRI LANKAN LEOPARD, Sri Lanka
NORTH CHINESE LEOPARD, Northern China

------------------------------Critically Endangered----------------------------
JAVAN LEOPARD, from 350-700 to 250 or even 100 mature individuals.
ARABIAN LEOPARD, less than 200 in 2006, pop. decreasing.
AMUR LEOPARD, support at: http://www.amur-leopard.org . With 30 in the wild, it is the most endangered big cat species on Earth. ALTA is implementing a wide series of projects to save the species


2) Human threat
Habitat loss.
Killed for commercial reasons (fur ...), leopard-human conflict, hunt for fun. Kept unfree (zoos..., in small cages without vegetation + exhibited all day to another species). Used as tourist attractions. Petted. And surely others...


3) Small description
opportunistic hunt, adaptability to habitats, max speed 58 kms/h (36 mph), ability to climb trees even with heavy carcass, stealth.
Its habitat ranged from rainforest to desert terrains. Elusive, solitary and largely nocturnal, it had to compete for food and shelter with predators such as lions, tigers, spotted hyenas, African & Asiatic wild dogs.

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[TheKonrad1984]

@shortist2003 Correct :)

[shortist2003]

@eZupNhuR Leopard's skin has round patterns called rosettes. Jaguar has a spot in the middle of those round patterns. Jaguar's muscle structure about its head and face also appear more powerful, and, in fact, are the most powerful.

[yulnsr150]

Both are in the same genus, panthera. Leopard is panthera pardus, while jaguar is panthera onca

[shazzqsong]

@eZupNhuR No, they look similar, but Jaguars are larger and stockier in buld and live in the Americas, like in the Amazon.

[eZupNhuR]

is the jaguar a leopard??