{"id":856,"date":"2024-04-07T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/?p=856"},"modified":"2024-08-29T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T08:45:00","slug":"how-to-get-a-picture-of-a-wild-himalayan-snow-leopard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/07\/how-to-get-a-picture-of-a-wild-himalayan-snow-leopard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Picture of a Wild Himalayan Snow Leopard"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the autumn of 1973, wilderness writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen joined preeminent field biologist George Schaller high in Nepal’s Himalayan Mountains on a journey that would soon become legendary. While Schaller was there to study the mating habits of the bharal, or Himalayan blue sheep, Matthieseen was on a quest for spiritual enlightenment. That is, a quest coupled with the hope of glimpsing one of the region’s most elusive animals: the snow leopard<\/a>.<\/p>\n This strenuous two-month expedition resulted in one of Matthiessen’s best-known and award-winning books, The Snow Leopard<\/em>\u2014a work that still enlightens and inspires readers today.<\/p>\n It’s no secret that big cats stir imaginations, from the majestic lions of Kenya’s Maasai Mara<\/a> to the jaguar, a large and spotted feline that holds court over South America’s Pantanal<\/a>. And snow leopards are no exception. For a long time, so little was known about these shy and solitary creatures that inhabit Earth\u2019s uppermost reaches that they took on an almost mythical status. Local residents call them the “gray ghost” or the “ghost of the mountains” because they’re so rarely seen. <\/span><\/p>\n