I got a lot of great shots today at the Bronx Zoo (including, believe it or not, a gibbon grooming a tapir), and although I plan on spacing them out over the next few weeks I thought I would put up one right away. This is one of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) twins born at the zoo, now a bit grown up, and she just woke up from a nap she was taking with her sister and her mother on a large rock. It looks like the zoo is trying to breed another pair of these big cats, too, so more likely than not there will be more snow leopard cubs born there in the near future.
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That is a great shot. You can hardly tell it's winter.
Scientific illustrator Heather Ward who blogs at Druantia Art has been working on a beautiful drawing of a snow leopard at rest recently. It's at http://druantiaart.blogspot.com/
Something about sleepy snow leopards in winter...
Thanks for the comment on my blog, Brian. Your photos are wonderful. #179 is amazing. I have always loved the big cats.