Snow Leopard Cubs Filmed for the 1st time in the wild

Adam Khor

Almost nothing is known about the breeding habits of snow leopards (the most elusive big cat and the tiger's closest relative) at least in the wild- and apparently, they hadn´t even been caught on cam until the 70s! (That last part was new to me...)

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/07/first-ever-video-of-wild-snow-leopard-mother-and-cubs/

Yet another secret of the snow leopard leaked...

steddyeddy

I think we have about 8 mins of film of the snow leopard. They are very hard to film in the wild like most elusive animals. I remember George schaller talking about trying to find a snow leopard and the difficulty involved. Snowleopards often see people coming from miles off and given ample time to hide. Their a near mythical animal and one of my favouraites.

Adam Khor

steddyeddy wrote: »

I think we have about 8 mins of film of the snow leopard. They are very hard to film in the wild like most elusive animals. I remember George schaller talking about trying to find a snow leopard and the difficulty involved. Snowleopards often see people coming from miles off and given ample time to hide. Their a near mythical animal and one of my favouraites.

Same. One of those animals that represent all the mystery and beauty of wilderness.

Hollzy

I didn't notice this thread when you originally made it, just stumbled across it now. Amazing footage. If anyone has been watching Attenborough's latest series looking back on his sixty years in broadcasting, I think it was the first episode that gave a really good insight into the huge difficulty attached to filming wild snow leopards.

darjeeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yAYJLgVCg

More snow leopard footage, this time from NW China, filmed using an infra-red camera-trap (link).

Hollzy

Wow, amazing footage!