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  2. Snow leopard - Wikipedia

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    The snow leopard is easily driven away from livestock and readily abandons kills, often without defending itself. [31] Only two attacks on humans have been reported, both near Almaty in Kazakhstan, and neither were fatal. In 1940, a rabid snow leopard attacked two men; and an old, toothless emaciated individual attacked a person passing by. [53 ...

  3. Rosette (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    The leopard (Panthera pardus) has a wide variety of coat coloration.On each color variation, the leopard has rosette patterns on their backs, flanks, and limbs. They also have patterns that are considered to be spots and not rosettes on their heads, stomach, and limbs.

  4. Panthera - Wikipedia

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    Only the snow leopard cannot roar, as it has shorter vocal folds of 9 mm (0.35 in) that provide a lower resistance to airflow; it was therefore proposed to be retained in the genus Uncia. [5] Panthera species can prusten , which is a short, soft, snorting sound; it is used during contact between friendly individuals.

  5. Frog legs - Wikipedia

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    Frogs legs frying in a pan in France. Frog legs, or cuisses de grenouille as it is known in France, are a traditional dish particularly found in the region of the Dombes (département of Ain). Eaten for over a thousand years, they have been part of the national diet of France. [2] Roughly 4,000 tonnes of frog legs are consumed every year in ...

  6. French appetite for frogs’ legs threatens frog species ...

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    The popularity of the famous French delicacy of cuisses de grenouille, or frogslegs, is threatening the existence of certain frog species, a group of more than 500 environmental campaigners ...

  7. Carnivora - Wikipedia

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    Hyenas are dog-like feliforms that have sloping backs due to their front legs being longer than their hind legs. The raccoon family and red panda are small, bear-like carnivorans with long tails.

  8. Endangered frogs have yet to 'croak' as conservationists ...

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    The nearly 400 northern leopard frogs were collected as eggs by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and raised from tadpoles by Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and Oregon zoo staff ...

  9. Leopard frog - Wikipedia

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    Leopard frog is a generic name used to refer to various species in the true frog genus Lithobates. They all have similar coloration: brown or green with spots that form a leopard pattern . They are distinguished by their distribution and behavioral, morphological , and genetic differences.