Protected area of Primorye “Land of Leopards” published Photos of felines protected in the national park. They were photographed with camera traps.
The photo shows the “sleeping in motion” Amur tiger. The largest member of the cat family in the world. The Amur tiger lives only in the Far East: the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, the Amur Region and the Jewish Autonomous Region, as well as in the northeast of China.
The Amur subspecies of the tiger is the only one capable of surviving snow and frost – 40 degrees.
Another camera trap caught a Far Eastern leopard with its tail in the frame that I “adored”. The rarest big cat in the world has a tail longer than half its body. The length of the tail of males can reach 90 cm, for females – up to 73 cm.
With the help of the tail, leopards “study” the situation, express emotions, balance when walking and landing, change direction and jump during sharp turns on the hunt. An adult leopard can jump up to 5 meters above ground.
It was reported earlier that he was in the Khabarovsk Territory. caught The tiger terrorizing the villages. The predator grunted loudly at night, squashed several dogs, and looked out the windows.