Black Panther Waiting Photograph by John Telfer

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Black Panther Waiting

by John Telfer

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Title

Black Panther Waiting

Artist

John Telfer

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

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While in the Poconos located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, I came across a small animal farm whose sign said reptiles. To my amazement when I went out back I could not believe that they had this tremendous very large Black Panther. Upon first seeing this Black Panther he was laying down and resting as I raised my camera to take his photo he quickly jumped up and let out a growl which I captured right away, which is also in my animal portfolio section. This photograph was taken as the Black Panther calmed down and was just staring us down with those remarkable eyes. A black panther is typically a melanistic color variant of any of several species of larger cat. In the Americas, wild 'black panthers' may be black jaguars (Panthera onca), while in Asia and Africa, black leopards (Panthera pardus); in Asia, possibly the very rare black tigers (Panthera tigris). Smaller wild cats, like jaguarundi, may also be black.
Captive black panthers may be black jaguars, or more commonly black leopards.Melanistic leopards are the most common form of black panther in captivity and they have been selectively bred for decades in the zoo and exotic pet trades. Black leopards are smaller and more lightly built than normally-pigmented individuals.[clarification needed] Currently there are 3 black leopards at Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, Kromdraai. South Africa.
Note the markings on this female black leopard. Pic courtesy: Gary Whyte
According to Funk and Wagnalls' Wildlife Encyclopedia, captive black leopards[3] are less fertile than normal leopards, with average litter sizes of 1.8 and 2.1, respectively. This is likely due to inbreeding depression.
In the early 1980s, Glasgow Zoo acquired a 10 year old black leopard, nicknamed the Cobweb Panther, from Dublin Zoo. She was exhibited for several years before being moved to the Madrid Zoo. This leopard had a uniformly black coat profusely sprinkled with white hairs as though draped with spider webs. The condition appeared to be vitiligo; as she aged, the white became more extensive.[citation needed] Since then, other "cobweb panthers" have been reported and photographed in zoos.
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