Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great. Thanks Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 8:43 AM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > <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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >