19 Stunning Photos Of A Rare Black Panther Roaming In The Jungles Of India

[IronLionZion]

https://www.boredpanda.com/rare-black-panther-wildlife-photography-shaaz-jung/

Wildlife filmmaker and photographer Shaaz Jung has grown up in awe of the mighty jungle and has been fascinated by black panthers ever since the first time he saw one.

This passion became an obsession and it had become Jung’s ultimate goal to shed more light on these masters of darkness.

While chasing his dream, Jung spent the last couple of years exploring the Kabini Forest in Karnataka, India, and came back with some of the most beautiful shots of the most majestic animal we have ever seen.

More info: shaazjung.com | Instagram | Facebook (h/t mymodernmet)

More photos at link. Black panthers in India are melanistic leopards. That's why this one is seen fraternizing with other leopards.

[wendyb-NC]

1. What a magnificent creature.

Thank you for posting the exquisite and intriguing pictures of the famed black panther.

[iscooterliberally]

2. Big kitteh!

[trueblue2007]

54. Big BEAUTIFUL Kitteh!

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Great-great-great-great-great gradnchild of Bagheera ? nt

[Baitball Blogger]

4. What magnificence!

[2naSalit]

5. Oh my!

How beautiful!


Thank you for posting this. Soothing just to look at!

[DarthDem]

6. Awesome

Thank you!!! Absolutely beautiful cat.

[Bayard]

7. My new word for the day:

Melanistic.

He is a magnificent creature. Is that a snake going across his back?

[IronLionZion]

8. It's likely a leopard's tail

This one is seen in other pics with normal colored leopards

[Yavin4]

11. leopard: "Gotta be in my photo shoot. Don't you, George."

"Can't let me have this one thing. Can you?"

[IronLionZion]

24. Melanistic should not be confused with Melania, jk

https://twistedsifter.com/2012/02/10-incredible-melanistc-all-black-animals/

[North Shore Chicago]

36. Hah!

[Duppers]

47. That's his buddy leopard's tail. 😁

But you knew that, didn't ya. 😁
"That's why this one is seen fraternizing with other leopards."

[WinstonSmith4740]

9. Absolutely stunning!

Thanks so much for posting them. And I never knew that lions would climb a tree!

[Phoenix61]

10. Wow! Thanks for posting. Can't wait to see

the NG special he shot these for.

[chwaliszewski]

12. Cool cat!

[KS Toronado]

13. Felt like he was eyeing my mouse hand. That would hurt.

[Glamrock]

14. I have one of those! His name is Muddy....

Look out!

[pazzyanne]

16. My feral mom cat had 3 black kittens last year.

They are all black with sea green eyes. Impressive in their own ways. Agree that the black panther is magnificent.

[Glamrock]

17. We call him our little house panther

[pazzyanne]

19. ...

[Dem2theMax]

22. Adorable!

[Scarsdale]

34. We had one just like this.

Her name was Cleopatra, since she was a black queen. That wild cat is magnificent, so powerful looking. Great photos. Thanks for posting.

[tblue37]

41. My house panther is named Tico (short for Gatico--i.e., Kitten in Spanish). nt

[blueseas]

55. Awww

[liberalla]

15. Gorgeous!!! Omg! Ethereal...

[StarryNite]

18. Gorgeous!

[Hekate]

20. Stunning, and the best thing I'll see all day

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

21. Absolutely stunningly beautiful.

I'm confused, is it a leopard or a panther - is there a difference or just semantics?
Googling this as I post.

Thank you for the pictures.

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

23. Ok, I just learned a lot.

If there are ever cocktail parties again, I can add to my Rolodex of 🐈 stories. I have 3 miniature black leopards.

[tblue37]

42. House Panthers (or parlor panthers). nt

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

43. 😁

[Bluepinky]

25. So cool!

[iluvtennis]

26. Wow! Thanks for sharing. nt

[Fla Dem]

27. Handsome, handsome, handsome. Self assured as well. Acted as thought he absolutley

knew someone was taking his pictures and so posed beautifully.

They were all beautiful. Totally beautiful, elegant, magnificent.

[Number9Dream]

28. Amazingly beautiful photos

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. The panther is like a leopard,

Except it hasn't been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don't anther.

- Ogden Nash


That magnificent panther is solid muscle. Prepare to say Ouch.

[OregonBlue]

30. Bet Don jr is already arranging his hunting safari.

[Scarsdale]

35. Vile excuses for human beings.

The animals they shot had more brains than they do. Useless waste of space.

[North Shore Chicago]

37. All animals must be protected

from these annihilators of all things beautiful. What grotesque humans.

[IronLionZion]

39. Deplorable

[OregonBlue]

40. They are truly depraved.

[Merlot]

49. Why post those pictures on a thread for appreciating animals?

Seems like every time there is an enjoyable thread about animals someone feels the need to spoil the party by adding in this horrific picture. How trump-like.

[burrowowl]

31. Beautiful!

[Niagara]

32. I appreciate these magnificent creatures.

These are stunning images.

[onecent]

38. NICE nice pictures!!!

[mrsadm]

44. Wow amazing photos!

Such beautiful impressive photos, thank you for posting them. I now want to learn much more about this elusive creature.

[niyad]

45. Absolutely stunning. My miniature version looks just like that.

[gopiscrap]

46. what a beautiful cat

[warmfeet]

48. Stunningly beautiful.

Thank you for posting this.

[panader0]

50. In the early eighties while driving up in the Huachuca Mts at night in SE Az.,

a black panther ran across the road. I was not alone and my passenger assured me I wasn't
seeing things. They roam in the mountains of Sonora, Mexico, and the Huachucas are right on the
border. Very rare, very beautiful. Mountain lions are fairly common around here. Once in Patagonia,
a pick-up pulled up to the bar I was in, with a dead mountain lion in the bed of his truck. They are
predators of livestock and have a hunting season. (Or used to, not sure now) The lion was as long as his eight foot
bed, even extending onto the tailgate with it's legs out. I say let them have a steer now and then.
Steers are replaceable, these magnificent cats are not.

[IronLionZion]

51. In the Americas, black panthers are melanistic jaguars

and have been caught on wildlife cameras in Arizona in recent years. Their range can be pretty large.

[RainCaster]

52. Wow, simply that

Thank you for sharing these with us. Such beauty.

[IronLionZion]

53. Wildlife Photographer Waits 6 Days For A Perfect Leopard And A Black Panther Shot

From a different photographer

https://www.boredpanda.com/wildlife-photography-leopard-mithunhphotography-india/

[flamingdem]

57. That's Cleo and Saya - there's a Nat Geo film about them

Saya is one cool leopard with a difference and Cleo is his beautiful gal.

[IronLionZion]

58. They are beautiful

I'll have to check out the film, which might be this

[flamingdem]

60. I enjoyed the film!

Recommend

I liked the voice of Saya though I'm sure the David Attenborough fans are less than convinced!

[dai13sy]

56. Awesome

These cats are absolutely gorgeous and the photography was breathtakingly perfect. I am fascinated by the big cats and these photos have made me more fascinated. Thank you for these.

[Xolodno]

59. Love cats.

Even the big ones. Just don't want to be in the way of one of the big ones.

[Nitram]

61. Beautiful cats. Sometimes my little black shorthair thinks he's a panther...

[Joinfortmill]

62. Wow. Just wow.

[IronLionZion]

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