Jungle Diaries - Amila B. Kulatunga

02/06/2024

Greater thick-knee with her loving baby...

The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan , Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia

27/05/2024

Eye easily deceived....Same leopard can hide behind different spots...

27/05/2024

Same personalities in one frame....
Land Rover Defender & Panthera pardus kotiya..

26/05/2024

An Award Winning Photograph - "Celebrating the Brotherhood of Majesty"

I was adjudicated as a winner of the Photography Competition organised by the French Embassy under the theme "Celebrations" in line with the French Summer Festival 2023.

26/04/2024

Leopard camouflage: Developing rosette patterns on their fur, leopards became adept at blending into their environments, an essential skill for ambushing prey.

03/04/2024

The stretch.....

29/03/2024

Leopard camouflage is a remarkable adaptation that has evolved to serve critical functions in their survival and hunting strategies.

With - Malith Kaushalya

27/03/2024

Nicely relaxing...

19/03/2024

whiskers through the trees

16/03/2024

Leopard curls her tail up

This could mean any number of things but in that moment we knew that she was doing it to guide her cub with the prominent white tip on her tail’s underside. Leopards, and big cats alike, make use of their tails for a variety of different functions including, expressing mood, state of mind, as a form of communication.

27/02/2024

Mother's love is the most unconditional and the purest form of love....

As leopards are some of the ultimate "single moms" of the cat world, they know all too well that it isn’t always easy being mom.

Leopard mother plays multiple roles in navigating her motherhood by being a playmate, coach, and guardian..

Play is an important part of the development of any young hunter, but wrestling with an experienced, fully grown leopard is not for the faint of heart. Mother leopard teaches her offspring the importance of a neck-bite when taking down prey, and like any good mother, she is willing to be the bait.

In addition to being a playmate, a mother leopard has to constantly be on the lookout, both for potential prey and for potential threats. It is truly a full-time job, making sure her offspring survive to adulthood and are equipped with the skills to be a successful leopard.

In the end, motherhood has many ups and downs, but cats and humans alike know there’s nothing quite like love from mom.

20/02/2024