Leopard drinking
Feeding and drinking
Leopards are opportunistic hunters that will try to use almost every opportunity to hunt. They are not selective, eating antilopes, gazelles, deer, pigs, primates, birds, reptiles, rodents and they also eat carrion.The leopard generally stalks its prey, followed by a short fast dash to pounce or capture it. Mostly the prey is killed by a bite to the back of the neck.
In the southern Kalahari Desert, leopards meet their water requirements by the bodily fluids of prey and succulent plants; they drink water every two to three days and feed infrequently on moisture-rich plants such as gemsbok cucumbers, watermelon and Kalahari sour grass.
Nomenclature
(en) Leopard(sc) Panthera pardus
(nl) Luipaard
(af) Luiperd
