QUICK MOVER
BLACK INDIAN LEOPARD What is the quickest moving animal at the Johannesburg Zoo? Undoubtedly it is the black Indian leopard, according to the keepers. In addition he is the most treacherous and the most savage of all the fourfooted animals at the Zoo. Best proof of the leopard’s speed is the fact that, from a reclining posture on the floor, he can leap up and catch a dove sitting on the railing eight feet high. The only other inhabitant of the Zoo quick enough to catch a dove is the stork. He usually dips his capture in the water to help him in swallowing it.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 August 1938, Page 9
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107QUICK MOVER Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 August 1938, Page 9
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