1. 强悍、致命且神出鬼没的玛娜娜（Manana）是野生花豹。2. 她可以轻易杀死一名人类。3. 坐在玛娜娜身旁，毫发无伤也没有特殊防护设备的是野生动物摄影师JV。4. 玛娜娜从摄影师身旁掠过，几乎像是触摸他一般。5. 玛娜娜愿意让JV跟随拍摄她狩猎的过程，这样的特权连其他花豹都没有，更别说是人类。6. JV和玛娜娜有着独特的友谊，因而有机会接近这谜一般的动物。7. Powerful. Deadly. Elusive. Manana is a wild leopard.8. She could kill a man with ease.9. Yet besides her sits JV, unarmed and unharmed, no bars, no cage.10. She gently brushes past him, almost touching.11. Today, she will allow him to join her as a hunter, a privilege rarely bestowed on fellow leopards, let alone a human.12. John Varty, wildlife cameraman, has a unique friendship with this wild cat and has gained access to the mysterious world of one of nature's most enigmatic animals.补充资料：13. In 1979, JV and tracking expert Elmon Mhlongo tracked and filmed a female leopard in South Africa's Londolozi Game Reserve.14. They named her the Matriarch (Manana's grandmother).15. JV spent 12 years with the Matriarch until 1991, when she died in a battle with lions.16. JV continued to observe the Matriarch's daughter, Tugwa, and discovered her daughter, Manana.17. Manana means "mother" in Shangaan (the English title seems to call her simply the Mother Leopard).18. Manana has given birth to eight litters, totaling 19 cubs, but only four have reached adulthood.19. JV spent 17 years with Manana, during which time she and her cubs fell ill.20. JV treated Manana and her cubs with Ivermectin, which may have contributed to her living an additional 14 years.
