Images Dated 15th October 2005

Leopard male

Leopard (Panthera pardus) Male sleeping. Mombo area, Chief's Island.
Okavango Delta. BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.
HABITAT: Found in every habitat and generally survive even near urban areas.
STATUS: Common although numbers are declining in hunting areas and where they come into conflict with cattle farmers.
They are medium sized cats weighing about 60 - 80 kg's with a shoulder height of 70cm. Weight-for-weight the leopard is the strongest of the cats with the incredible ability to carry a carcass weighing up to three times its own weight on the ground and to drag as much as 110kg's up a tree - to avoid competition from other predators.
They usually hunt small to medium antelope, monkeys and occasionally a baboon and will scavenge food when possible. They tend to be solitary and secretive so are not often seen

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Storage vats for aging with sample bottles of wine on the cross bar. Domaine la Tourade

Storage vats for aging with sample bottles of wine on the cross bar. Domaine la Tourade, Andre Andre Richard, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Vaucluse, Provence, France

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