Trailing the leopard cat
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“The increasing popularity of the leopard as a pet has apparently led to a clandestine but prospering pet trade with suspected international ramifications”
The leopard is a night-time hunter that relies on its spots, called rosettes, to provide it camouflage in the jungle foliage. | Special Arrangement
Good company on the road, runs a Chinese proverb,
is the shortest route to a destination. However, as far as wildlife observation and study are concerned, I have found that having no company whatsoever is advisable.
Experience has taught me that one of the distinct advantages of going for a walk alone through Munnar’s tea fields is that one can spy upon wildlife unseen and unhindered — a favourite pastime of mine that has over the years proved to be quite educative nature-wise and enriched my knowledge of wildlife. When one has company, there’s inevitably chatter that makes the timider species of wildlife flee. And, more importantly, one’s concentration is seldom focussed.