Last week, the photos of a rare Black Panther went viral on the internet. The Black Panther ‘Saya’ was spotted in the dense Kabini forest of Karnataka. Black Panther is one of the rarest species of animals. Shaaz Jung, a wildlife photographer has clicked the amazing pictures of Black Panther. A wildlife cinematographer Shaaz Jung has been documenting the life of the Black Panther Saya for over five years. He told, he spent his last five years and 12 hours a day tracking the panther.
Talking to a leading channel, Shaaz Jung shared his experience and told,
“It’s been an absolutely incredible journey. I have been studying leopards for the past 10 years, but in 2015, I first encountered this melanistic leopard and it gave me a once in a lifetime opportunity to finally shed some light on the master of darkness. To finally document an animal that hadn’t been studied this intimately before. (sic)”
When asked how he stumbled upon the melanistic leopard in the Kabini forest of Karanataka, Shaaz Jung told,
“I was in Bangalore when it was first spotted. It took a year for me to see him because he hadn’t established his territory yet. So, I spent a year on safari trying to track him and then in 2016 I first saw him. (sic)”
Shaaz Jung told, he has been going into the jungle at 6:00 AM in the morning and spending all day out there in Jungle till 6:30 PM in the evening, seven days a week.
Check out some amazing photos of Saya, Black Panther by Shaaz Jung.
Aren’t these pictures breathtaking? Shaaz added that at Nagarhole there is only one black panther that they have been recording. He named the black panther Saya, which means shadow for the documentary. Shaaz told that people can stream it on Disney+ Hotstar and is also available on National Geographic Channels. This rare black panther Saya reminded many people of Bagheera from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
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