Living with Leopards
June 3, 2016 6:43 AM Subscribe
Mumbai is home to an estimated 20 million people ... and 21 leopards. The 250,000 residents with homes inside the boundary of Sanjay Gandhi National Park find a way to live with their big-cat neighbours.
The way doesn't include wonderful leopard snuggles? I guess I know where I'm not going to move.
posted by jeather at 7:06 AM on June 3, 2016
posted by jeather at 7:06 AM on June 3, 2016
God, leopards are beautiful. I've read stories of them thriving in cities in South Africa, in one case living in a football stadium, so I guess they aren't that different from foxes or coyotes.
posted by Bee'sWing at 7:09 AM on June 3, 2016
posted by Bee'sWing at 7:09 AM on June 3, 2016
Bee'sWing: until they kill and eat a human child. (Which they will do if they get the chance.)
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 9:14 AM on June 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 9:14 AM on June 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
So will a coyote, really. Heck, geese and turkeys can mess up a kid pretty bad, too.
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:44 AM on June 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:44 AM on June 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
Yeah, I was followed by a coyote for a disturbingly long time on an evening walk last summer and I'm 6' 2" and was carrying a big stick. This was in a rural area where you see bears and moose. My nephew said it was a coy-wolf.
posted by Bee'sWing at 12:02 PM on June 3, 2016
posted by Bee'sWing at 12:02 PM on June 3, 2016
Obviously a leopard is a far more scary creature. I was just observing that they are clever enough to stay hidden in urban areas. I wouldn't go outside after dark if I though a leopard was anywhere about.
posted by Bee'sWing at 12:10 PM on June 3, 2016
posted by Bee'sWing at 12:10 PM on June 3, 2016
“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
posted by thewalrus at 12:24 AM on June 4, 2016
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
posted by thewalrus at 12:24 AM on June 4, 2016
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