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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums19 Stunning Photos Of A Rare Black Panther Roaming In The Jungles Of India
Wildlife filmmaker and photographer Shaaz Jung has grown up in awe of the mighty jungle and has been fascinated by black panthers ever since the first time he saw one.
This passion became an obsession and it had become Jungs ultimate goal to shed more light on these masters of darkness.
While chasing his dream, Jung spent the last couple of years exploring the Kabini Forest in Karnataka, India, and came back with some of the most beautiful shots of the most majestic animal we have ever seen.
More info: shaazjung.com | Instagram | Facebook (h/t mymodernmet)
More photos at link. Black panthers in India are melanistic leopards. That's why this one is seen fraternizing with other leopards.
wendyb-NC
(3,327 posts)Thank you for posting the exquisite and intriguing pictures of the famed black panther.
iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)trueblue2007
(17,217 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)2naSalit
(86,597 posts)How beautiful!
Thank you for posting this. Soothing just to look at!
DarthDem
(5,255 posts)Thank you!!! Absolutely beautiful cat.
Bayard
(22,068 posts)Melanistic.
He is a magnificent creature. Is that a snake going across his back?
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)This one is seen in other pics with normal colored leopards
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)"Can't let me have this one thing. Can you?"
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)North Shore Chicago
(3,316 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)But you knew that, didn't ya. 😁
"That's why this one is seen fraternizing with other leopards."
WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)Thanks so much for posting them. And I never knew that lions would climb a tree!
Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)the NG special he shot these for.
chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)KS Toronado
(17,230 posts)Glamrock
(11,800 posts)Look out!
pazzyanne
(6,552 posts)They are all black with sea green eyes. Impressive in their own ways. Agree that the black panther is magnificent.
Glamrock
(11,800 posts)Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Her name was Cleopatra, since she was a black queen. That wild cat is magnificent, so powerful looking. Great photos. Thanks for posting.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)liberalla
(9,247 posts)StarryNite
(9,444 posts)Hekate
(90,677 posts)Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)I'm confused, is it a leopard or a panther - is there a difference or just semantics?
Googling this as I post.
Thank you for the pictures.
Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)If there are ever cocktail parties again, I can add to my Rolodex of 🐈 stories. I have 3 miniature black leopards.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)Bluepinky
(2,268 posts)iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)Fla Dem
(23,662 posts)knew someone was taking his pictures and so posed beautifully.
They were all beautiful. Totally beautiful, elegant, magnificent.
Number9Dream
(1,561 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther.
- Ogden Nash
That magnificent panther is solid muscle. Prepare to say Ouch.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)Response to OregonBlue (Reply #30)
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Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)The animals they shot had more brains than they do. Useless waste of space.
North Shore Chicago
(3,316 posts)from these annihilators of all things beautiful. What grotesque humans.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)Seems like every time there is an enjoyable thread about animals someone feels the need to spoil the party by adding in this horrific picture. How trump-like.
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)Niagara
(7,605 posts)These are stunning images.
onecent
(6,096 posts)mrsadm
(1,198 posts)Such beautiful impressive photos, thank you for posting them. I now want to learn much more about this elusive creature.
niyad
(113,302 posts)gopiscrap
(23,759 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Thank you for posting this.
panader0
(25,816 posts)a black panther ran across the road. I was not alone and my passenger assured me I wasn't
seeing things. They roam in the mountains of Sonora, Mexico, and the Huachucas are right on the
border. Very rare, very beautiful. Mountain lions are fairly common around here. Once in Patagonia,
a pick-up pulled up to the bar I was in, with a dead mountain lion in the bed of his truck. They are
predators of livestock and have a hunting season. (Or used to, not sure now) The lion was as long as his eight foot
bed, even extending onto the tailgate with it's legs out. I say let them have a steer now and then.
Steers are replaceable, these magnificent cats are not.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)and have been caught on wildlife cameras in Arizona in recent years. Their range can be pretty large.
RainCaster
(10,872 posts)Thank you for sharing these with us. Such beauty.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)From a different photographer
https://www.boredpanda.com/wildlife-photography-leopard-mithunhphotography-india/
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Saya is one cool leopard with a difference and Cleo is his beautiful gal.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)I'll have to check out the film, which might be this
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Recommend
I liked the voice of Saya though I'm sure the David Attenborough fans are less than convinced!
dai13sy
(334 posts)These cats are absolutely gorgeous and the photography was breathtakingly perfect. I am fascinated by the big cats and these photos have made me more fascinated. Thank you for these.
Xolodno
(6,390 posts)Even the big ones. Just don't want to be in the way of one of the big ones.