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~ The final series of the female leopard we observed after sunset shows her heading towards a red earth track. She confidently crossed the track, without any special precautions, before heading northward into scrubland for her nocturnal activities. At one point she briefly paused to clean a paw, before continuing on her way with the assurance she's shown throughout all of the time that we'd observed her. The prolonged observation intensified the respect that I feel for leopards, their solitary lifestyle requiring a high level of of awareness and analytical intelligence.