BY SNOW LEOPARD TRUST | APRIL 2019
Snow Leopards: Masters of Disguise
SNIPPET:
The snow leopard's ability to blend in with its surroundings is legendary. It even earned the cat its most famous nickname, Ghost of the Mountain.
“Perhaps people started calling this cat Snow Leopard because the few times anyone would spot one, it would have been crossing a snow field”, says Dr. Justine Shanti Alexander, Regional Ecologist with the Snow Leopard Trust. “
But Rock Leopard would be a more appropriate name, because that’s where they are most at home.”
Spot the camouflaged cat! A snow leopard is hiding in plain sight in this picture taken in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains (scroll down for spoilers). Photo by Snow Leopard Trust / Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation
Full article with more great photos of Snow Leopards in action: https://www.snowleopard.org/snow-leopards-masters-of-disguise/