Leopard, the smallest of the four "big cats" is near threatened mainly because of hunting and loss of habitat. A leopard is differentiated from Jaguar by the lack of internal spot in the rosette on its fur. This one appeared from nowhere and jumped across our safari van at Nagarhole National Park. It crossed the clearing provided on the sides of the road and reached the bushes. It started walking slowly parallel to the road but still blended with the background. Our experienced driver drove fast ahead and parked the vehicle where there’s a gap in the bushes. The cat emerged at the gap but did not show much interest on us. Then this magnificent predator stopped for a while, looked at something else which we could not see, smell or hear, before fading away into the forest!!
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