Ann & Steve Toon / Leopard / mountain tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) with elephant bull (Loxodonta africana) behind in water, Addo elephant national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) feeding on a Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Peter Blackwell / Leopard tortoise portrait {Geochelone pardalis} Amboseli NP, Kenya, East Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Leopard / Mountain tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) small male courting large female, Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa, February

Martin van Lokven / Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) predating young Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Ann & Steve Toon / Pregnant Lioness (Panthera leo) carrying leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, February 2018

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Addo National Park, South Africa

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) grazing, Addo National Park, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) young specimen walking among rocks and gravel, Brandberg area, Namibia.

Constantinos Petrinos / Traditional cattle bells made from Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) shell and wooden sticks as well as a wooden camel bell (top right on the table) for sale in a tourist shop in Addis Ababa. T...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) covered with mud, Addo National Park, South Africa