Everyone has heard of the beautiful and elusive snow leopard, but very few have heard of its close relative - the Slush Leopard.
While the snow leopard thrives in cold conditions, the slush leopard prefers both cold and wet. Its favourite time of year is when the edge is coming off winter and the spring thaws arrive, creating its ideal habitat.
New York Central Park Zoo’s resident slush leopard, ‘Lydia’ once escaped from the zoo and was able. To successfully adapt to urban conditions using the huge slush puddles that form by the sidewalks by melting snow.
Lydia would lay in wait, almost completely submerged, waiting for a passing shopper to leap over the puddle and hopefully drop something good to eat.
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