NYT: Rare photo of snow leopard in Afghanistan

Cougarcat · Aug 28, 2009, 11:25 PM

Check this out! It's a gorgeous photo of a snow leopard, coincidentally published today .

Snow leopards are notoriously difficult to photograph.

Abstract · Aug 29, 2009, 12:03 AM

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Or worse, a photoshopped photo.

jmann · Aug 29, 2009, 12:05 AM

Beautiful? Yes Coincidence? Maybe.

SactoGuy18 · Aug 29, 2009, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abstract

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Or worse, a photoshopped photo.

You should look at the reader comments in the article--they're wondering the same thing, too.

CorvusCamenarum · Aug 29, 2009, 12:14 AM

A friend of mine works at a zoo with big cats - she's going to love this.

niuniu · Aug 29, 2009, 12:22 AM

Also thought this was going to be a SL joke

anjinha · Aug 29, 2009, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abstract

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Or worse, a photoshopped photo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by niuniu

Also thought this was going to be a SL joke

You're all a bunch of geeks.

jaw04005 · Aug 29, 2009, 11:23 AM

To be honest, I never realized snow leopards were endangered until Apple decided to name their OS after them. I hope they throw a few million toward the Snow Leopard Trust as a goodwill gesture.

Designer Dale · Aug 29, 2009, 04:28 PM

Interesting videos and info on the real big cat at these links.

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/cap...owleopards.htm

http://snowleopard.org/about

Dale

Marble · Aug 29, 2009, 05:55 PM

What a handsome animal.

Gregg2 · Aug 29, 2009, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niuniu

Also thought this was going to be a SL joke

So did I. And I'm not Greek.

Cougarcat · Aug 29, 2009, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaw04005

To be honest, I never realized snow leopards were endangered until Apple decided to name their OS after them. I hope they throw a few million toward the Snow Leopard Trust as a goodwill gesture.

I wish they would. All of Apple's big cats are endangered, but they haven't done anything. Maybe when OS X is on its way out and the last big cat name is announced, they'll announce something. That would be cool.

If you want to read an amazing book about big cat conservation, I recommend checking out Life In the Valley of Death by Alan Rabinowitz. He essentially convinced a dictatorship to create the largest tiger reservation in the world (while battling cancer at the same time). Very inspirational story.

laughingperson5 · Aug 30, 2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abstract

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Win... I think. But still awesome comment.

leomac08 · Aug 31, 2009, 11:15 AM

wow! OP u really fool me there, (thinking i would see a 10.6 snow leopard, not a real one!!!!!! lmao!!!!!!)

the snow leopard is amazing

chrono1081 · Aug 31, 2009, 11:53 AM

Aw..Pretty kitty

Hopefully when they get hungry they feed on the terrorists hiding up in those mountains

leomac08 · Aug 31, 2009, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrono1081

Aw..Pretty kitty

Hopefully when they get hungry they feed on the terrorists hiding up in those mountains

lmfao!

ucfgrad93 · Aug 31, 2009, 12:32 PM

What a beautiful animal.

tabasco70 · Aug 31, 2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abstract

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Or worse, a photoshopped photo.

WIN

The snow leopard pictures in National Geographic are also really nice.

BuiltforSin · Sep 1, 2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

What a beautiful animal.

This.

Aug 28, 2009, 11:25 PM	#1
Cougarcat macrumors 601 Join Date: Sep 2003	NYT: Rare photo of snow leopard in Afghanistan Check this out! It's a gorgeous photo of a snow leopard, coincidentally published today . Snow leopards are notoriously difficult to photograph.
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jaw04005 macrumors 601 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: AR	To be honest, I never realized snow leopards were endangered until Apple decided to name their OS after them. I hope they throw a few million toward the Snow Leopard Trust as a goodwill gesture.
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Designer Dale macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Folding space	Interesting videos and info on the real big cat at these links. http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/cap...owleopards.htm http://snowleopard.org/about Dale __________________ How to Post, Quote and Multi-Quote Photos - My Google Docs Folder 12/2011 I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
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Aug 31, 2009, 11:15 AM	#14
leomac08 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Irvine, CA & San Salvador, El Salvador & Inglewood, CA	wow! OP u really fool me there, (thinking i would see a 10.6 snow leopard, not a real one!!!!!! lmao!!!!!!) the snow leopard is amazing __________________ UC IRVINE ANTEATERS LOS LAKERS USC TROJANS Fight on!
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ucfgrad93 macrumors G4 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Colorado	What a beautiful animal.
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