LEOPARDS
Mammal       -      Vertebrate     -     Carnivore

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Male  ..............................................  Leopard
Female   .........................................  Leopardess
Young   ...........................................  Cub

Leopards ...

• Can run up to 37 miles per hour 
  
• Are nocturnal and very elusive
  
• Can purr
  
• Are strong swimmers
  
• Eats gazelles, elands, hares, rodents, dogs, monkeys, bush pigs, sheep, goats, fish, crabs, insects and snakes
  
• Are very agile climbers
  
• Will haul a carcass up a tree or rocky outcrop to protect their food supply from other predators
  
• Main predator is human beings
  
• Snow Leopards used to be called 'ounces'

There are 12 different types of leopard

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COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. A leap of leopards
   
2. A lepe of leopards
   

Because they are such solitary animals, there is no collective noun for a group of snow leopards

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IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. A leopard cannot change its spots
   

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SNOW LEOPARD

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