Leopard Predation Thread

[Luipaard]

Leopard kills Cape fur seals

"For several years the movements of an adult male leopard were monitored around the Uniab Delta. The leopard was captured on several camera-traps that were placed in the area to record the movements of lions. During the past week spoor reconstructions revealed evidence of the leopard catching and killing a juvenile Cape fur seal on two occasions. On both occasions the leopard killed the seal on the beach. One carcass was dragged 1.6km to the Uniab Waterfall and another was dragged up a 6-metre embankment for 900m to a thick reed-bed. These are the first confirmed cases of leopards as maritime carnivores and feeding on marine food items."

Camera-trap images of leopard

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Uniab waterfall where leopard stashed seal carcass

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Leopard dragged seal carcass for 1.6km to Uniab waterfall

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Remains of juvenile Cape fur seal killed by a leopard

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Source: https://www.desertlion.info/news/43/leopard-kills-cape-fur-seals?fbclid=IwAR3G85hEXeHPetjxSPDLZEgA4dcPpf5xiq9phEQiTHmsIPhbZxiotrntj0w Reply