Leopards
13 month-old Lagadema looking up at a squirrel in Botswana's Okavango Delta at Mombo.
This is the cub Dereck and Beverly followed from 8 days old to 32 months old. She is a 12 month-old in this image resting in a fork of a tree.
Leopards are always alert watching and listening to the sounds of the forest, often lying on a branch high in trees. Botswana, Okavango Delta at Mombo.
Leopard female grooming her cub ( Lagadema) Botswana, Okavango Delta at Mombo
Derek and Beverly filmed Lagadema from 8 days old to this image where she is 29 months old.
Lagadema accepted her documenters as part of her world after watching Dereck and Beverly from 8 days old.
Mating leopards, leopard males are normally solitary creatures the only time they are seen with the females is during the mating period and when they meet the cubs. Botswana, Okavango Delta at Mombo
Leopard female holding the throat of an impala minutes after knocking it down. This is a crucial time for her as she has to silence the impala as quickly as possible to make sure other predators are not attracted by the death calls.
Leopard cub ( Lagadema) very close to her mothers tail at their liar. Botswana, Okavango Delta at Mombo
Leopard cub (Lagadema) 1 month old Botswana, Okavango Delta at Mombo