Wild Insights: Unlocking the secrets of a leopard roar

The killer in the clouds and do animals experience jealousy?

Welcome to January’s issue of Wild Insights. As usual, we have some great articles for you including:

• Unlocking the secrets of a leopard roar

• Extinction risks

• The killer in the clouds

• Do animals exhibit jealousy?

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Unlocking the secrets of a leopard roar

by Annette J Beveridge

Solitary and highly elusive, leopards rely on stealth and camouflage as they stalk their prey often getting so close before attacking.

This elusiveness has often made research into leopard behaviour difficult but an important first step has been taken to identify individual leopard vocalisations.

Leopards travel across large terrains so monitoring them is difficult but as they are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN), learning more about the leopards remaining in target areas is vital.

Researchers in a new study found that each leopard had a unique roar. The study was the first large-scale paired camera trap and autonomous recording survey for large African carnivores and proved identification had a 93% accuracy.