Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the zoo coverage, and the educational link, Ric. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/1/2018 10:13 PM, CartersXRd via LUG wrote: > <https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/new-zoo-amur-tiger> > > > > >> On Jul 1, 2018, at 10:19 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> If it is a Siberian Tiger, it is a juvenile, because they are the largest >> cats on the planet! >> >> The leopards from that area are called the Amur Leopards - the single >> rarest big cat in the world today, and arguably the most beautiful, but >> the >> tigers are more commonly called Siberian Tigers, though Amur Tiger is also >> used. They get really huge, like the Polar Bear, because of the extra fur >> and fat needed to survive the extreme weather in their ecosystem. The >> irony >> is there are probably more Siberian Tigers in captive farms in >> Russia/China >> being bred and harvested for body parts, to feed the insatiable Chinese >> "traditional medicine" market, than in the wild today. I would guess that >> 99% of the footage of the Siberian Tigers you see are taken in tiger >> farms, >> because of the sheer difficulty posed in finding one in the wild, let >> alone >> filming them The estimates are that less than 100 Amur Leopards and 500 >> Siberian Tigers are left in the wild today. >> >> Amur Leopard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXAmEDFFero >> >> Siberian/Amur Tiger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNjabMqfoo >> >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 7:11 AM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >>> I think this is an Amur >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 1, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < >>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >>>> Very enjoyable set. My pick is the three girls taking a selfie, and the >>> highlighted one. Is that tiger a Sumatran tiger? Looks a bit small for a >>> Bengal tiger... >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>>> On 02-Jul-2018, at 04:13, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>>>> visited the zoo with the kids on memorial day weekend >>>>> >>>>> <http://2018.cartersxrd.net/PhotosFragmentary/national-zoo.html> >>>>> >>>>> Ric Carter >>>>> www.CartersXRd.net >>>>> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter >>>>> >>>>> ?When you don?t shoot color, you don?t have to worry about color.? ? >>> Jay Hunter >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >