Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/new-zoo-amur-tiger> > On Jul 1, 2018, at 10:19 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > If it is a Siberian Tiger, it is a juvenile, because they are the largest > cats on the planet! > > The leopards from that area are called the Amur Leopards - the single > rarest big cat in the world today, and arguably the most beautiful, but the > tigers are more commonly called Siberian Tigers, though Amur Tiger is also > used. They get really huge, like the Polar Bear, because of the extra fur > and fat needed to survive the extreme weather in their ecosystem. The irony > is there are probably more Siberian Tigers in captive farms in Russia/China > being bred and harvested for body parts, to feed the insatiable Chinese > "traditional medicine" market, than in the wild today. I would guess that > 99% of the footage of the Siberian Tigers you see are taken in tiger farms, > because of the sheer difficulty posed in finding one in the wild, let alone > filming them The estimates are that less than 100 Amur Leopards and 500 > Siberian Tigers are left in the wild today. > > Amur Leopard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXAmEDFFero > > Siberian/Amur Tiger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNjabMqfoo > > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 7:11 AM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> I think this is an Amur >> >> ric >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 1, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >>> >>> Very enjoyable set. My pick is the three girls taking a selfie, and the >> highlighted one. Is that tiger a Sumatran tiger? Looks a bit small for a >> Bengal tiger... >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 02-Jul-2018, at 04:13, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> visited the zoo with the kids on memorial day weekend >>>> >>>> <http://2018.cartersxrd.net/PhotosFragmentary/national-zoo.html> >>>> >>>> Ric Carter >>>> www.CartersXRd.net >>>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter >>>> >>>> ?When you don?t shoot color, you don?t have to worry about color.? ? >> Jay Hunter >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information