Felines Hunting

[Pantherinae]

A leopard dragning an adult zebra, wildebeest up a tree? No way, that's a myth! 
Leopards can hardly drag it's own Body weight up, I have seen large male leopards fail dragning up a half eaten warthog and impala up a tree, but still that's amazing! 
Also I have never seen a leopard even atempt attacking a zebra, I have once seen it kill a quite large wildebeest, but a big male leopard beeing chased away by a mother wildebeest when she defended her calf. I think a male leopard would beat a cougar even if The cougar had a weight advantage, but a leopard is adpted to be 2nd in The food change almost anywhere it lives (Lions, tigers, hyenas, bears etc), and has probably been adpted to kill smaller prey it can drag up a tree before it get's stolen, by hyenas or Lions! I have seen leopards kill kudu's, but from what I have seen on all The multiple videos, it's mostly warthog's small to medium sized gazzeles, and antilopes. 
A cougar killing a adult elk stag, who is bigger than a wildebeest is quite impressive! And when hunting Maybe The cougars bigger size plays a bigger factor. 
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