{"id":2769,"date":"2021-01-18T21:53:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T21:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:49:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:49:14","slug":"thelabu-kema-22-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/thelabu-kema-22-female\/","title":{"rendered":"Thelambu Kema 2:2 Female (2019) [YF 51\/Machi]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><strong>[Thelambu = Java olive tree\/Wild almond tree <\/strong><\/mark><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sterculia_foetida\" target=\"_blank\">(<em>Sterculia foetida<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><strong>, Kema = natural water pool on a rock] <\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">This female cub was first sighted at Thelambu Kema in early June 2019, with her mother, the<\/mark> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/leopards-of-yala\/thelambu-kema-33-female\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Thelabu Kema 3:3 female<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">as a 2\/3 month-old cub. Again July in 2019, this cub was seen by herself, around the same area. She showed to be quite outgoing even at that time<\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">In 2020, 2021, and 2022 she was seen around <strong>Thelambu Kema, Tanki Gala, Weli \u0100ra, Bola Gala, Jamburagala Road, and Mahseel\u0101wa<\/strong>. With time she grew into a bold female leopard. She had a relatively large body for a young female. <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">February 2023 was a memorable month for Yala National Park, as a young black leopard was spotted in the Mahaseelawa area in Yala Block 1. The mother queen of the black leopard is none other than the Thelambukema 2:2 female. She has been protecting her black leopard cub very carefully, ensuring the cub&#8217;s survival. <\/mark>By mid-2024 she has been seen again and again and the black leopard is also has been sighted several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Yala Leopard Diary database &#8211;<\/mark><\/em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/yalaleoparddiary.com\/identified-leopard-result\/YF51\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/yalaleoparddiary.com\/identified-leopard-result\/YF51<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=oa.248907156362268&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=oa.248907156362268&amp;type=3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Thelambu = Java olive tree\/Wild almond tree (Sterculia foetida), Kema = natural water pool on a rock] This female cub was first sighted at Thelambu Kema in early June 2019, with her mother, the Thelabu Kema 3:3 female, as a 2\/3 month-old cub. Again July in 2019, this cub was seen by herself, around the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,7],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8278,"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions\/8278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}