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• During all such cases when we were present they responded by giving repeated alarm calls, even when the leopard was already feeding on a carcass. We wanted to determine whether vervets knew enough about the behavior of leopards to recognize that, even in the absence of a leopard, a carcass in a tree signaled the same potential danger as did a leopard itself.
• The leopard is a close relative of the lion, but biblical references mentioning it are very few, suggesting that it was not as common.
• Leopard skins have always been desirable commodities because of their spectacular spotted patterns.
• There are plenty of beautiful cats among the thirty-nine species in the Felidae family, but the three leopards—clouded, common, and snow—may be the most visually stunning. Cloaked in the most beautiful fur of any cat, the reclusive clouded leopard is the Greta Garbo of the lot; it lives a solitary life in the remote jungles of Asia, from Nepal to Borneo.
• The lions on the English coat of arms are sometimes called leopards.
• The lions of England are sometimes called the leopards of England.