Leopard Intelligence

I was looking up animal Psychology and experimental behaviour videos and found this. This mirror was installed in a forest down in Nonie in Gabon. It was intended for use of an Animal Behaviour experiment.
This is most interesting experiment of animal behaviour as it allows us to see that the Leopards are aware of the mirror and that it could also be showing their reflection! This would make them self aware! A trait shared only amongst the most intelligent of living beings in this world. Though I would have no real back up and it would be unrealistic to base my theory from this one video, it at least show’s people that the big  cats,  KNEW this was something entirely different .

I found it most amusing and surprising how the younger male , plays with the mirror just like a modern domestic cat does play .Though this is not the most fascinating video to watch, I just found it incredible, if you just THINK that other living being’s like these wild cats  , actually have INTELLIGENCE to THINK for themselves.

Leopards are considered to be the most intelligent among the BIG FOUR cats, Lions,Tigers,Jaguars  & themselves. This is proven through their ability to avoid capture by towns/villages that set up traps. Leopard’s easily evade and overcome these obstacles and continue to take down livestock, however this is where confrontation with people can begin.

It has also been noted that their intelligence is one of their biggest assets when hunting , defending themselves from lions & taking on hyenas.
One Captive Black Panther, from Florida’s Big Cat Rescue was known to use pumpkin seeds as bait to attract birds and squirrels to an ambush.
There was one case where in which a leopard feigned death when attacked by baboons, and then when one of the baboons went closer to inspect "the body", the leopard killed it.
They are the most adaptable of the big four.
The fact that leopards are still found in areas where other big cats are long extinct(including certain cities like Bombay) certainly sets them apart in terms of intelligence and adaptability.

Due to all this, I truly believe the Leopards are the King of the big cats but also one of natures most interesting animals.

 

 

 

Leather

*Please Help Support Fin Free Melbourne
http://www.facebook.com/FinFreeMelbourne?ref=ts&fref=ts

Funny Little Piece

Sorry I have been away a little while guys, but I have been working on helping develop a campaign for Fin Free Melbourne !  (please help support their cause)
http://www.facebook.com/FinFreeMelbourne?ref=ts&fref=ts

 Any how back on topic, I was surfing some social media, ah yes Facebook time and found this little piece on my news feed that I'd show you guys.
I found it very related to some of the defences/excuses I have heard in real life.

YOUR BODY!

* This post is to warn everyone the dangers of not monitoring your eating and exercise regime, regardless of your diet, plant based or not. *
Your on a vegetable diet , so you don't have to exercise & monitor our diet RIGHT? We just automatically process it perfectly in the absence of meat and stay slim RIGHT?
WRONG! To be healthy, you must eat healthy & exercise intensely .  Otherwise your body suffers.
Unfortunately for me, it's taken me a long time to learn this simple fact!

All my life I have been doing psychical exercise and had allowed myself to get away on over consuming of sweets simply because of the exercise I did for my body. For years I had done Indoor Soccer , playing two -three times a week , intense matches, this allowed me to to stay relatively slim. Then in 2011 in the absence of soccer I slowly went back to gym and at one point was going 5 days a week while eating pretty healthy. By the end of 2011 I was a healthy 72 kilos and about 15% body fat which was great for me considering everything.

That all changed in 2012 as I would be on the train to school by 7am and by the time I had finished school I had to go straight to work which would not finish by 9.30 . That is over 14 hours, I would of course have to buy meals, now this would be alright if I had brought fruit and stuff like that .However what teenage boy wants to go buy and eat HEALTHY outside home?   Not this guy! Plus I truly believe I would never get fat, I had always been very outgoing and exercised all the time. I also had a girlfriend so why would I need to work out? I had won.  I just engorged whatever I could for ages with no regard to exercise. I like to say I was averaging 3 cans of coca-cola a day, but in reflection, it may have been pushing 6 - 7 cans a day. Forget about the money, that's disgraceful. That's a liquid that can clean jewellery and I'm over consuming like that!

One day I was shopping for clothes and whilst in the changerooms I realised what had happened to me. I examined myself in the mirror. I was truly a fat fuck.  There was a time I could have fit into a small shirt now it was Large minimum. And they normally swim down me due to my lack of height.
I had allowed myself to balloon up to 86 kilos which may not seem a lot but I am only 5 foot 6. To give significance of the weight gain, I never checked but I could estimate that I went up to 24-25% body fat which is a disgrace and very disrespectful of my body. Worse yet,I knew I was only bloated but my love handles had appeared and they weren't pretty. I had never really gotten dressed in the day due to my schedule so I had never seen my stretch marks. They were ugly as hell & very deep. It wasn't like one or two, it was many streaks. I don't know if they will ever go away but now I must live with it .The picture on the right is the mentioned stretch marks, that is me at my worst weight and though the resolution is bad, the red area creeps right up, are all stretch marks. That is some permanent damage I have done.

Since then I have attempted to do more exercise and diets and have fallen over a few times as I had never been too big in the first place, but now I fear I may have done far too much damage to my body. I researched many sites and methods of how to lose weight and finally am starting to take care of my body seriously. have started to attempt to eat right properly, 100% of the time, and if I fall down, just to keep going. The most difficult part for me however, is cardio. Due to my extensive leg injuries I find it very difficult to run freely without pain and the best way to lose fat is to cardio i.e RUNNING!  This has led me to believe I am truly in for a long hard battle.

It's taking all my willpower to lose this extra weight. I am currently going to gym and have dropped down from 86 - 78 kilos and from 24ish% to 19% body fat. The love handles have significantly lost a chunk but since my cutting diet, I have actually made them more prominent as the rest of my torso has lost majority of it's fat. There's still a long way to go, I want to get down to 12 %, lower than I have ever been. It will take commitment and a lot of pain, but I am ready to do it. If I could do that by September when I am going holidaying for my 21st I would be delighted!

I fully believe now that just eating plant based diet won't help you if you just eat junk and the overconsumption of crap  was worse than me eating meat in my eyes. I was hurting my own body.

Some Helpful Remedies I Have Found :
-Coconut oil, make friends with it, helps clear your skin up and can add great flavour to your food
-Nuts, snack on this intensely, you will never do harm by consuming protein as often as you can
-Sleep, helps your body to recover
-Eat 1gram of protein per 1kg of body weight you are
-Drink green tea, it helps shrink the visercal fat cells
-Asparagus , just loaded with nutrients and antioxidants
-Watermelon Avocado Asparagus Celery, Contains Citruline acid, which is good for the cardiovascular system and helps relax the blood vessels that increase sex drive and have helped a certain individual increase in size ;D


You might ask yourself why now, what is the point of this post? Well this is to scare you, make you feel mortal. I was never the super movie star body but I was very active and was always a stocky shape. It can change so much if you don't take care of yourself. If this blog can help one person avoid the damage I have done, I will be so proud.
You MUST always take care of yourself, your body is your foundation at life, you only get one, treat it RIGHT!