What I found:
-Snow Leopards and jump 9 meters
- Their tails are 2 feet long
- They live on the snowy mountaintops of Russia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, India, and China.
- The scientific name for snow leopards is a Panthera Uncia
- Snow leopards' population is about 3,500 7,000 so please help save them!
- Snow Leopards have a rosette pattern on their fur
- They like to eat wild sheep, goats, and boars but they can hunt animals 3x their size!
- When they are hunted their bones are used to make medicine
- Unlike most wild cats they have yellow or gray eyes
- They give birth to 2-3 litters of cubs
- Snow leopards are very shy and can be active at dawn and dusk
- To keep their dens warm they line their fur around it
- Their lifespan is about 21years.
- Female snow leopards are 30% smaller than males
- Females are called snow leopardesses
- To attack their prey they jump 20-50 feet!
- Only 600-700 snow leopards are put into zoos
- Their black and white fur are good for camouflaging into their habitat
- Snow leopards have very large paws so they can hun in the snow and stay warm
- Snow leopards can leap up to 30 feet which is 6x their body length
- Snow leopards have disappeared for parts of Mongolia
- They have long tails to use for balance.
- They're fur cover all over their body
- Snow leopards usually hunt alone and only hunt in pairs when cubs are born
- Cubs follows and hunts with their parents for 3 months and stay with adults for the rest of the winter.
- They are adapted to clod an dry habitats.
For more facts go to: www.defenders.org/snow-leopard/basic-facts.org
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