Since leopards of Chambal are show stoppers these days courtesy @manishariprasad - Here is a leopard from Ranthambhore which for those who didn’t know touched River Chambal.
Ranthambhore has a very high density of leopards though most visitors don’t see much of them. This is because tigers kill them and to stay safe the smaller cat tends to stay in areas that tigers don’t frequent like steep slopes, hill tops etc. This is a typical sight here.
Leopards in Ranthambhore are not comfortable in the valleys which is prime tiger territory. But they do have to come down to valleys esp in summers when water is short at heights. Often they would do this at the hottest time when tigers are inactive like this one at noon
Leopards around here rarely climb trees because we don’t have too many trees with big trunks here. The climax tree Dhonk is thin. If you see leopards on top of a tree here, chances are there is a tiger below the tree somewhere
My favourite place to find leopards in Ranthambhore is on the walls of the fort. Somehow I just love this setting. Can’t put it in words.
Leopards, Cameras and I have a long history 🙂 We regularly see them around our home sometimes inside the compound. Still
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