Extremely rare black leopard snapped by tourist in incredible pictures

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A lucky tourist came face-to-face with one of the rarest animals on the planet on his first ever safari trip. Abhishek Pangis, 23, was stunned to spot a 'beautiful' black leopard during a safari trip in India.

The engineering student was on a trip to Tadoba Reserve when he laid eyes on the big cat. Mr Pangis said: "I went blank when I spotted it.

I hadn't seen anything so beautiful, I was completely stunned and came back to my senses after 10 minutes and started clicking pictures.” "Usually people have seen it around for two-three minutes but I was very lucky as I could see it for 40 minutes." The amateur photographer was on the final leg of a two-day safari trip with his parents at the reserve in India's when he chanced the extraordinary