![]() It will take practice and experience to lay humane leghold snares, collect scat samples, and set up motion-triggered cameras. ![]() It will take endurance and persistence to climb the dusty mountain trails, hope of a snow leopard sighting rising and falling with each new summit. And it doesnand#8217 t stop Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop from packing their bags in order to join Tom on a trek to Mongolia, where they hope to learn more about this magical cat, a cat who doesnand#8217 t give up its secrets easily. Slinking along the Mongolian mountain ridges, the snow leopards are invisibleand#151 and almost impossible to study.īut that doesnand#8217 t deter scientist Tom McCarthy, Conservation Director of the Seattle-based Snow Leopard Trust, or his many colleagues from dedicating their livesand#8217 work to the study and protection of this seldom-seen creature. ![]() ![]() A thick, long tail for balance helps snow leopards spring at their prey from great distancesand#151 prey that is often three times its own size. Beautiful spotted coats conceal these elusive cats in their rocky, high-altitude habitatand#151 a place where temperatures are often cold enough to freeze human tears. ![]() People call it and#147 The Ghost of the Mountain,and#8221 for those who live among snow leopards almost never see one. ![]()
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