Since 2014, wildlife filmmaker and photographer
Mithun H notes that the couple have been together for four years and have an atypical relationship for the species. “Usually in the courting pairs generally it is the male who takes charge and moves around with the female following close behind. But with this couple, it was definitely Cleo who was in charge while the panther followed,” he wrote on
This isn’t the photographer’s first experience with the rare cat, either. He previously worked with National Geographic Wild on