Due to the terrain and the bushland, Lion Sands is best known for its population of Leopards. Leopards are the most reclusive and I would also support, exclusive of all the predatory cat species. Many would support that they are also the most beautiful. I find them beautiful and mysteriously intriguing. They are of singular personality and while males do establish a territory, the females are really the ones who dictate the rules of the continuation of the species-the mating ritual. My specific purpose in traveling to Lion Sands was to study, track and film Leopards taking part in the mating behaviors and rituals. continued below...
 
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