Leopards are called the most cunning and shrewd of all the cats. Perhaps they are. All the books I have read, leopards are a nuisance for nearby villages and hunters at large. They climb trees, camouflage themselves well and can kill prey much larger than themselves. Come to think of it, they are not a nuisance, but we are a big nuisance for them. For all the stories I read, they are just in their natural habitat doing what they are made to do by nature itself. Why are we encroaching upon their territory?
When I saw this photograph, that nuisance value and the cunning description of a leopard just vanished for me. Here is a stunning looking cat peeking from behind a tree, looking directly at you and saying... "Boo..."

Original photo credit : Shaazjung