Leopards Mating

wildafriwildafri Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
edited December 4, 2010 in Wildlife
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The Leopard, one of Africa’s Big Five, is an evasive and solitary animal. In fact, they go out of their way to avoid one another, except when a pair comes together to mate. Males mark their territory with urine and tree scratching points to defend it against other males. When in heat a female leopard attracts males by the smell of her urine. The estrous cycle lasts about 46 days and the female usually is in heat for 6–7 days.A male and female may stay together for several days, during which they will mate repeatedly before parting again.

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  • kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited November 30, 2010
    Nice capture, thanks for sharing this with us.
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  • Brian_SBrian_S Registered Users Posts: 188 Major grins
    edited November 30, 2010
    great picture, talk about being i the right place at the right time
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    Very nice capture and surprised that there were not many comments on this one.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    Geeze, can't a leopard get any privacy any more?! ;)

    Great capture.
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  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2010
    Great capture
    Best Regards
    Gale

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