Leopard Calls at Dusk!

While putting out he last of the Cameras in section E, the new section to be studied, we were lucky enough to hear not one but two leopards calling. The first we heard from the mountain side at 5.30pm, we estimate this individual was around 600m from us in the valley below. Right in the heart of section E so fingers crossed we get promising results from this section also. The second we heard from a few kilometres away on the mountain top across the valley at around 6.35pm just as the sun was setting(See above). This call came from within the heart of Lucky's, one of the resident males of the research area, territory. There is no way of proving whether it was indeed lucky calling or not however. For those of you have not heard a leopard it has a roar that sounds almost like sawing wood. It is in the genus Panthera, which means it is one of only 4 felines (along with tiger, lion and jaguar ) to have the anatomical ability to roar.

Written by Emma Loader, ILP Researcher