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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Morning Yoga

A leopard stretches in a yoga pose after waking from a doze in the sunshine. The male leopard slept for an hour and a half on a rock before awakening and completing its morning exercises. The photo of Sri Lanka's largest predator was taken at the Yala National Park. I spotted this male leopard at around 8am and spent around an hour and a half watching him sleep with his back to us. Less than 800 of adult Ceylon leopards are left in the wild...

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Sri Lanka
Camera: ILCE-7RM3
Copyright: © Sergey Savvi