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| Leopards live in the park cleverly adapting to the city life hiding their secret from humans. Instagram screenshot (Full image below) |
November 21, 2015, NewsCrunch
Mumbai, where 21 million people live, also hosts wildlife, including leopards and crocodiles in its vicinity.
National Geographic photographer Steve Winter has shot a stunning night-time photo of two leopard cubs at
Cubs indicate the presence of breeding resident females.
Leopards live in the park cleverly adapting to the city life hiding their secret from humans.
As Steve Winter notes there is a caretaker of a local shrine at the park. His goats and chicken use a waterhole during the day, which the leopards visit at night. The caretaker has learnt to lock up his animals safely.
The deer and other preys solve the food problem for the leopards. But they have to tiptoe to get around, sometimes walking right next to apartments which adjoin the park.
A long time resident of an apartment was surprised when told that he was sharing the space with these animals.
NewsCrunch had also noted in July that a 11-feet crocodile had been caught at Bhandup,Mumbai.
Leopards are increasingly found where humans live. A studyby Wildlife Conservation Society found that in Karnataka found that leopards had adapted to human-dominated landscapes.