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Road block

Not a common sight to see a leopard willingly come towards a crowd of people and lie down on the sand and have a sand bath, but this was captured at Kumana National Park. Leopards being territorial creatures, he was marking his territory for quite some time. I was intent on photographing this because of this behavior

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2020
Date Uploaded: 09.2023
Photo Location: Kumana, Sri Lanka
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © ASHANE MARASINGHE