Snow Leopards

Snow leopards are very beautiful.

Do you know where they live?

Do you know what they eat?

Find the answers to these questions by watching the video below.

Answer the questions below before you watch again.

True or false?

You can check your answers at the end:

a) There are not many leopards.

b) They have long tails.

c) The smallest snow leopard is around 45 kilograms.

d) Snow leopards don't eat mice.

e) They have big paws

f) They usually live to 20 years of age.

Now watch the film again. Were you right? Check your answers below.

True or False

a) true b) true c) false d) false e) true

f) false ('up to 20 years')

Video Script

Snow leopards are very rare. There are only 7,000 in the world. They like the cold and live in the mountains in Asia.

Snow leopards have very long tails - some are nearly a metre long! They use their tails to balance on the rocks. Their tails can also cover their mouths and noses when it is very cold.

The usual weight of a snow leopard is around 45 kilograms. This is a little smaller than other types of leopard but there are big variations. The smallest female weighs only 25 kilos while the largest female can be 75 kilos.

The diet of snow leopards is usually small animals like rodents. But they can eat animals three times their size.

The feet of snow leopards are big and furry. They make good snow shoes!

Snow leopards live for up to 20 years.

Audio only

This video about snow leopards. You probably won't understand everything the man says (upper interemediate/advanced).