Majestic leopard seen ‘posing’ for camera on city streets, pictures reveal
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A majestic leopard was captured by a photographer as it seemed to pose for the camera on a city street in India.
Nayan Khanolkar, a 45-year-old naturalist and wildlife photographer from Mumbai, photographed the creature with the city's lights as a glowing backdrop.
"Usually, they avoid interactions with humans and move silently at night when human activity decreases," Khanolkar explained to SWNS. “But it is not uncommon to see a big cat on the roads of Aarey between dusk and dawn.We have been following this particular leopardess for quite some time now – right from when she herself was a cub moving with her mother to this date, when she has become a mother of two cubs."
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This amazing picture of a leopard was captured by a photographer on the edge of Mumbai, India. (SWNS)
The photographer said that the leopard has made Aarey Colony its home and is familiar with the human-dominated metropolis around Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
“A bold animal by nature, she crosses a high-traffic, high-speed road regularly along with her cubs and moves right up to the southwestern edge of Aarey, which is occupied by slums and city towers," he told SWNS.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}''Here she is seen with her cub at an artificial waterhole created by local residents for dogs. The light filtering through the foliage comes from a house situated barely 50 meters away," Khanolkar added.
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Another image of a leopard and cub on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. (SWNS) (SWNS)
Despite being not far from the city, the leopard and her cub seem very calm in the photographs.
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