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Science 21 June 2002:
Vol. 296. no. 5576, p. 2137
DOI: 10.1126/science.296.5576.2137b

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Figure 2
CREDIT: ASHLEY SPEARING

This rare photo of a Trans-Himalayan snow leopard--caught in the act of spraying while searching for a mate--was taken by a remote camera, a new research technique being deployed by a recent Royal Geographical Society expedition. Scientists are looking for ways to save the big cats, which are threatened from all sides: being killed by local herders to protect their flocks, and sought for their luxurious coats and ostensibly medicinal bones.





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