I 100% agree with you. I first saw a maned Lion in 1977, at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. I can remember my thrill to this day. A few years later, 1981, a visit to the Bronx Zoo (in it’s later Golden Age) and the Lions (in the predator/prey exhibit) were the highlight of 10,000 highlights that day seem to bring. I voted Lion.
It's always hard to say, I think I don't have a fave and I probably will answer differently in varied times... But I love cloudies. It was my dream since quite early childhood and when came to San Diego nothing counted more than meeting the cloudies... (and I was unsuccessful which was a drama to me). This species (or these - with Sunda) is so charming, alternate and magical - if wants to be unseen, it is. It's shy and elusive but in a case of mastery (of climbing trees) you can see almost shining self-confidence. Amazing. I could vote also for leopards. They are so varied, intelligent, flexible... Always something surprise you. The one thing I could add is that I prefer "warmer" cats than "colder" - in case of leopards - Javan and Sri Lankan or in case of tigers - Sumatran more than Amur. Anyway, Sumatran tigers are striking cats! I disagree! When I was a child I was impressed the most by a jaguar. I remember the moment and quiver when I saw them for the first time. Another powerful species anyway. Lion's roar is something definitely unforgettable especially when exhibit is designed in a way that lion roars almost on you... But I prefer tiger's roar, it has a lot of magic to me. Maybe it's matter of artistic documentaries I saw as a little child with tigers roaring at dawn
I've heard a lion make a sort of amplified coughing sound before, but never roaring? I've heard tigers roar though. This is what I mean for the grunt/cough sound:
But... this isn't roaring? Well, I never assume myself as faultless especially in English but I could have bet the sound on the film could be named roaring. In Polish <to be honest> there aren't much sound-like words, so lion "ryczy"/roars when he is angry or calls like on the video . I'm not English specialist tho, absolutely!
Sorry for not specifying where in the video I meant ; I meant the sounds the lioness is making at around 1:12. My mistake. Some of the sounds are roars of course, you are right
As much of a cat fanatic as I am, I cannot vote because I love all wild cats equally. This includes both big and small cats. The only one that I would say is slightly lower than all others is the lion, which is kind of brutish and less graceful than all the others.
Tough. I picked Leopard because I like Persian subspecies (they can get to be 200lbs) and would love to see one someday. My second choice would be the Amur Tiger.
As things stand: 1: Snow leopards 2: Tigers 3: Leopards 4: Jaguars 5: Indochinese clouded leopard 6: Lion 7: Cheetah 8: Sunda clouded leopard and Cougar.
I voted for the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) considering how obscure they are. Of the two subspecies, my favorite would be ssp. borneensis.
I have thought about it! It's a tough choice but I think the Sumatran is my favorite. Most because I got to the visit the San Antonio Zoo when they had Sumatran cubs and they. Were. Delightful.
Ah very cool. I can't say that I blame you. They are a neat taxon. The late Dr. Colin Groves, British-Australian biologist and anthropologist thought that they should be a separate species from their mainland cousins. Looking at their morphology, especially in their face, I can actually agree with his assessment. For me my favorite subspecies if I can count extinct ones is the Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata), but then again some authorities consider them to be synonymous with Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) saying that the two populations have not been separated long enough to be separate subspecies. If memory serves me right, there have been talks of introducing Amur tigers into Iran and possibly Central Asian countries to its north to fill the ecological niche that Caspian tigers filled. My second choice would be the South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis).
Photoshopped. Only very young jaguar cubs have blue eyes. Meanwhile, leopards (especially the species found further North, can have natural blue eyes as adults .
My list: 1.Tiger 2.Lion 3.Leopard 4.Jaguar 5.Snow Leopard 6.Indochinese Clouded Leopard 7.Cheetah 8.Sunda Clouded Leopard 9.Puma/Cougar/Mountain Lion
