Leopard Predation Thread

[Styx38]

(04-08-2020, 12:37 PM)Luipaard Wrote:

(04-08-2020, 02:50 AM)Styx38 Wrote: Two Leopards share a Cattle kill.

It is likely one of them killed the Cattle, but allowed another Leopard to eat with him.

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"Images of two leopards sharing a kill were caught by camera traps laid by the Kagaznagar Forest Division in Sirpur range on Friday. Forest officials said the camera traps were laid after reports of cattle kill in this range came in on Wednesday morning.

“Generally, leopards are solitary and territorial in nature. They hunt alone and prefer small prey which can be lifted onto a tree or carried to their hide-outs. In this case, though, a huge cattle was killed and shared by two adult leopards,” Kagaznagar Divisional Forest Officer A Narasimha Reddy said in a press release."

https://telanganatoday.com/two-leopards-...kagaznagar


The Cattle that was killed is mentioned as a bull here:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city...554480.cms

Could it be a mating couple? The one on the left seems to be a male and the other one a female.

I was going to say that, but this is what the forest officer stated.

“Generally, leopards are solitary and territorial in nature. They hunt alone and prefer small prey which can be lifted onto a tree or carried to their hide-outs. In this case, though, a huge cattle was killed and shared by two adult leopards,” Kagaznagar Divisional Forest Officer A Narasimha Reddy said in a press release.

“Group hunting or sharing of kill is rare among leopards, unless they are siblings or mating pairs or mother-and-cubs. Wildlife behaviour is very interesting and unpredictable. There are always exceptions to general behaviour,” he added"

^ The officer stated this incident as though if it was too odd to be a mating pair. Reply