What the cat dragged up.(THE NATURAL MOMENT)(Panthera pardus leopard)(Brief Article)

Publication: Natural History

Publication Date: 01-JUN-05

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Cats have a knack for looking coolly graceful, whether hunting, killing, or absently tearing flesh from a fresh catch. Photographer Tracey J. Rich first spied this leopard in southern Namibia, as it was nimbly dragging a springbok antelope carcass--weighing at least sixty pounds--toward her on the ground. Then, as...

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