Animal Strength Feats

[Styx38]

(12-17-2019, 04:22 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(12-17-2019, 07:04 AM)Styx38 Wrote: A Leopard wrestles down a grown cow.

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The Leopard was pinning the cow to the ground, until one of its buddies moved the Leopard from the advantageous position. This helped the fallen cow escape.




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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QttIpgLaeWM&feature=emb_title

Impressive cow, looks like to be quite young and it managed to rise up after falling. I was surprised to see, that it practically alone was able to fight so good. In the end leopard seemed to be scared for something, still my respect to that calf/young one, what a fight!!! :)

If you see the full video, you can see the Leopard was holding down the cow from 0:17 to 0:44

You can see how the cow's friend or herd member tried to fend off the Leopard. Once the Leopard moved to a different angle, only then did the cow get up.

Also, the cow looks to be either an adult or a near-adult. The cow looked comparable in size to the other cows.

Not to mention, Leopards have killed full grown cows before.


Leopard kills Bull:

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Quote: Wrote:Officials of the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) have identified the leopard that is said to have killed a bull on an abandoned tea estate at Parunthumpara in Peerumade on Sunday.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/leopard-killed-bull-says-ptr/article6927440.ece




Leopards killing Cow:

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^Not fully sure of source since this were posted on a different forum.



Posted by Luipaard on Leopard Predation Thread:

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"A leopard killing a huge cow at Zone 6 today morning safari slot. Ranthambhore National Park. Photo By Mahesh"



It is pretty obvious that the cow is no match for a Leopard when alone.


My point was to highlight the strength of a Leopard (when wrestling down cows) compared to most humans.

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