Male Leopard in road near fire
by Bob Shepardson
(DeBary, Florida, U.S.A.)
Leopard with sun behind
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In September of 2011, there was a significant fire in Etosha which burned large portions of the park. Sherry and I had just left the Goas water hole, where we had to stop shooting a leopard in order to get back to camp before the gates closed. (this is not the leopard with the porcupine) when we came upon a large male leopard lying in the road with the sun partially obscured by smoke and smoke rising behind him. We stopped and were able to get a few photos before he got up (note he looks like he had recently eaten) and wandered off into the bush. We then continued back to Halali arriving about 5 minutes before the deadline. This sighting was about 1K from the Halali entrance.
Two leopards within 15 minutes in Etosha was very unexpected. Wonder what will happen this year...?
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