Desiree Hirner, The look that lingers (ANIMALS 2025)

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Up in a tree in the heart of the Serengeti, a magnificent leopard fixed its gaze on me. Perfectly poised, silent and commanding, it watched with a calm intensity that held me in the moment. What a rare, humbling encounter with one of nature's most elusive beauties.

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