{"id":445,"date":"2020-11-25T15:29:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/?p=445"},"modified":"2024-11-18T21:24:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T21:24:09","slug":"alikatupalassa-22-male-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/alikatupalassa-22-male-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alikatupalassa 2:2 Male 2 (2017\/18) [YM 37\/Will]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">[Alikatu = Thorn mimosa\/Thorny acacia <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vachellia_nilotica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(<em>Acacia nilotica<\/em>)<\/a>,  Palassa = scrub jungle]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Rumors were circulating about two leopard cubs around the Alikatupalassa campsite area in early 2018. There was no photographic evidence to prove their existence until an opportunity arose in November 2018. Alikatupalassa 2:2 male 2 happens to be one of those cubs. <\/mark>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/leopards-of-yala\/alikatupalassa-22-male-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Alikatupalassa 2:2 male 1<\/mark><\/strong><\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">is his brother). Their mother is the<\/mark> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leopardtrails.com\/leopardsofyala\/leopards-of-yala\/alikatupalassa-21-female\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Alikatupalassa 2:1 female<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The two brothers were living in the areas of <strong>Alikatupalassa, Warahana, and Gerimas Pokuna<\/strong> (which was their mother\u2019s territory) until the end of 2018.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Last sighting of this male was in March 2019, at the Y &#8211; Junction. \u00a0<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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 :<\/mark><\/em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/yalaleoparddiary.com\/identified-leopard-result\/YM37\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/yalaleoparddiary.com\/identified-leopard-result\/YM37\u00a0<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=oa.305204586835729&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=oa.305204586835729&amp;type=3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Alikatu = Thorn mimosa\/Thorny acacia (Acacia nilotica), Palassa = scrub jungle] Rumors were circulating about two leopard cubs around the Alikatupalassa campsite area in early 2018. There was no photographic evidence to prove their existence until an opportunity arose in November 2018. Alikatupalassa 2:2 male 2 happens to be one of those cubs. 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