Tag: Leopard

• Buffalo Springs: Of Blue Pools and Pink Elephants

  

  ‘You guys missed all the action!’, one of the rangers said, as we returned to camp from a long morning game drive. ‘A big crocodile dragged an impala into the river, and then fought with three other crocodiles over the scraps!’ They would have had a good view of this toothy tussle – the Spring […]

  Jan Fox

  16/02/2020

  Camping, Travel

  Buffalo Springs, Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Camping, Elephants, Leopard, Lions, Recent, Samburu, Samburu National Reserve, Swimming, Wild Camping, Wildlife

• The Search for a Black Leopard in the Aberdare Moorlands

  

  I got a call from a South African friend asking about the chances of finding a melanistic leopard in the Aberdares. There is lots of anecdotal evidence suggesting these ‘black panthers’ roam these mountains. I set about doing some research. An animal with melanism has a genetic condition that manifests as an overproduction of black […]

  Andreas Fox

  11/10/2015

  Travel

  Aberdares, Aberdares National Park, African Outdoor Safaris, kenya, Leopard, Melanistic Leopard