Black Panther - is a very beautiful and graceful animal.Panther most people associate with the tale by Kipling "Mowgli".Remember Bagheera with her exquisite grace and composure?Not without reason in the mythology of the Sumerians was animal panther represents the goddess of love and fertility.
Panther - a leopard?
general in nature black panther is quite rare.In terms of zoology, it is not a separate species of animal, but simply melanism (genetic variant color), which is observed in various representatives of the cat family.Usually it falls into this category leopard or jaguar.
Black Panther - animal, to put it mildly, not quite black ... Her skin is not perfectly black!If you look closely, you will notice a greater or lesser degree, stood out spots.Zoologists can not distinguish between normal spotted leopards and black (who still did not understand, they are one and the same animal - a monkey and leopard).These fine specimens are crossed, the light appears fairly numerous offspring.Cubs can be a variety of colors ranging from bright to black spotted with a barely visible spots.
Caution predator!
Friends, black panther is not only the graceful wild cat, but also, perhaps, a real bloodthirsty beast!She is fearless and more cruel than tigers, lions and other dangerous animals.When she is hungry, then by selecting "Menu" especially not stand on ceremony ... throw at anything that moves, including humans.
six meters above the ground ...
One of the most famous skills of this graceful cat - a perfect climbing trees.There is sometimes a panther hunt ... monkeys.Yes, and there's nothing funny!They were forced to do it, because sometimes on the ground of their caught prey may select lions or hyenas.Sleep and rest, too, the Panthers on the trees (and leopard).They are stretched on sturdy branches, dangling their legs and tail down.The usual height at which these cats "hang" on the trees - six meters above the ground.
Hunting
Panther - just an excellent hunter.In search of its prey it goes at night.It is not difficult to guess that in the dark it is almost impossible to see the animal.And absolutely silent predator creeps.When the hunt is over, the cat pulls the prey into a tree.As we said above, there are dead animal will not be available for the hyenas and lions.Here's a she - Panther (photo)!Animal
it reaches a length of about 1 meter and 80 centimeters, and its separately taken the tail - up to one meter.Usually, the weight of these cats do not exceed half hundredweight, but naturally there are individuals in excess of 100 kilograms!Their habitat - tropical countries.Today, many black panthers settled on the island of Java.
interesting, but the fact
Without a doubt, it is quite intriguing animal.Panther, as scientists believe, copulating with a lion, giving a hybrid - leopards (here, by the way, the word "Leo" in the title, and "pard" - the old version of the word "Panther").Soon, however, the affair was uncovered.Now scientifically proven that panther - it is still a subspecies of leopards.Today, zoologists do not exclude the possibility of switching the Panthers an independent zoological species, that is, their separation from the leopards.
