This has been bugging me for a while. Its just a general question. This is not to say that every single leopard that has ever existed is shy. I've seen lots of them that were fairly outgoing and unafraid. Generally, however, I find they tend to be a bit reclusive and uninterested in interaction. I'm not talking about somebodies single personal pet that was hand fed every day and raised in the backyard. I'm talking about the species in general. Feel free to make a distinction between the two subspecies that are available here in the US, if you wish. I see a HUGE difference between the two. With all the mixing of the types that have been imported in the past, I wonder how many "friendly" babcocki are actually hybrids. I've seen a number of cases of known hybrids that were very friendly. When I hear about very large or very friendly babcocki, I always wonder if there might be some pp mixed in there somewhere. Really the only way to know for sure is to know the origin of the parents. This is only rarely possible.