Leopards Mating

Is the Nottens Female too old to mate?

August 29, 2011
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Rangers and trackers search game paths hoping to see the tell-tale track of Nottens; finding her is like hitting the jackpot.The question is…at her old age will we see her have one last litter before her days are up..?

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A Leopard Threesome

July 20, 2011
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To see leopards mating in the wild is a very special event which only a handful of people ever get to see! To watch 3 leopards involved in this marathon act is something I had never even contemplated…

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Dudley 5:5 Male – Back in Action!

June 13, 2011
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Still licking his wounds from an epic battle with Camp Pan no more than 3 weeks ago, the Dudley Riverbank 5:5 Male appears to be well on the mend. His neck and face still bears evidence in the forms of cuts and scars but at the end of the day success, in leopard speak, is judged by the territory you occupy and the females you mate with. So far so good for the 5:5 Male! He is currently strutting his stuff in the eastern sections of Londolozi and mating with the Vomba 3:2 Female…

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8 Leopards in 8 Square Kilometers

December 13, 2010
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Later that afternoon Rich Ferrier began to talk about how a dominant male such as Tyson naturally promotes an increase in leopard populations through his dominance. Our vehicle sat in the heart of the Vomba female’s territory, running along the Sand River, yet just west of us, was the Tutlwa female and her very young cub, also spotted that morning. Somewhere just to the north of us were the Nyelethi female’s three sub-adult offspring. This meant a total of 8 leopards in an area of about 8 square kilometers.

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Three’s a Crowd – Mating Leopards

October 20, 2010
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We were heading south towards the Sand River when we spotted the Camp Pan male lying on the causeway. Before we could reach him, Tyson, the dominant male leopard from Marthly, walked straight towards us. Tyson, bleeding from his lip and limping with a gash in his right leg, had clearly been in a fight with Camp Pan. Only when the Vomba female purposefully strutted up behind him did the reason why become clear.

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11 Years vs 11 Minutes

April 12, 2010

It took John Varty 11 years to film leopards mating for the first time. It took us 11 minutes. To view the full post and video click on the heading above.

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Camp Pan Male mates with Nottens Female

March 5, 2010

The Nottens female was a long way out of her territory. One of the oldest remaining descendants of the 3:4 female, she had moved north towards the Sand River in a desperate attempt to mate. Her years were like ripples on the river, gently flowing away, melting into the currents before they would be sucked and dissolved back into the stream of life. Her most recent set of cubs had not survived and as an aging leopard she was yearning for a litter once more. A last set of cubs to continue her legacy, before she became too old, her timing too late and her ripples faded back into the stream. To view the full post and video click on the heading above.

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Leopards Found Mating this Morning at Londolozi

August 30, 2009

Mike Miller and Freddy Ngobeni had heard about the mating pair of leopards at Tortoise Pan late last night and were subsequently intrigued enough to see if they could locate them this morning. As leopards typically mate every 15 – 20 minutes over a 3 – 4 day period, the mating pair were still by the pan in the morning. As they approached the pan, Freddy caught sight of the female walking towards the male. Below is the footage that they captured of the mating pair.

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