An old proverb says that Swahili "What does a lion, a leopard can not even take away." There is no doubt that the lion is larger cat and more powerful than a leopard, but the leopard, being more adaptable, has managed to adapt to a wider range of habitats and there. In 2 continents The leopard is a large cat with a huge success all over the world. Pumas are the only "big cats" that are more adaptable than leopards (Pumas are also called cougars or mountain lions). The leopard can be found on the Middle East and all the way to East Asia in deserts, jungles and forests, but also over the hill and mountain areas in Africa.
Why are leopards so common? The answer lies in their incredible capacity to adapt and change their lifestyle as habitats that can not live with other large cats to explore. Leopards are the only cats that often climb trees. It is an excellent climber due to his strong shoulders, jumping from one branch to another to give his power.
It has to allow a long and sharp claws that will be to get a grip and stick them in the branches of a tree that provides stability. Lions and other big cats do not have the same ability and is able to hide so sure leopards in the trees during a chase, keeping them safe from the hands of danger. Some of them are so easy to climb with trees, that there are numerous spotter leopard hunt birds and scare some of them so badly that they die and fall to the ground.
Leopards use trees not only to get rid of enemies or as a hunting place, but even as a storage Believe it or not, the leopard is capable of an antelope or another animal has its equal weight and drag it to all the way up in a tree. Once up there, the pay is held securely by lions or tigers, hyenas, jackals and other animals that consume it and the leopard can leave and then return any time for his meal. Leopards are also live in the area, beside the man, and he really is not spread from the affected population and new villages in its territory. Nevertheless, there were cases of leopard attack human or eat their livestock.
