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RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Pckts - 05-17-2019
safari_emz
When a Leopard and a hyena share a kill! A heavily pregnant female waterbuck was brought down by our big resident male leopard. He shared his large meal with this hyena until another one arrived and finally scared him off...but not before he managed to steal the foetus and stash it in a nearby tree ? what an incredible sighting!! Video will be coming....
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Shadow - 05-17-2019
(05-17-2019, 12:50 AM)Pckts Wrote:
safari_emz
When a Leopard and a hyena share a kill! A heavily pregnant female waterbuck was brought down by our big resident male leopard. He shared his large meal with this hyena until another one arrived and finally scared him off...but not before he managed to steal the foetus and stash it in a nearby tree ? what an incredible sighting!! Video will be coming....
Interesting incident and that last photo of leopard is superb! That kind of photos can save the day :)
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Styx38 - 05-17-2019
Sambar Bull (or stag) killed by Leopard:
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source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfh4NM4Fb2o/?utm_source=ig_embed
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Luipaard - 05-17-2019
"New photos of a Persian leopard feeding on a cow, which killed earlier in Gilan Province, Iran. Human-leopard conflict is high in most of the Caspian forests of Iran." (link)
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I wonder what the age and gender of the cow was.
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Pckts - 05-18-2019
robynprestonnz
The power of this young leopard pulling the reedbuck out of the water was simply amazing. The reedbuck, at this stage , was incapacitated but not yet dead as the leopard could not get a stranglehold on the throat. The leopard pulled the total "dead" weight of the reedbuck backwards and up the rise where it thereby managed to kill it.
msk816
Standing Guard - leopard sits behind the kudu he had killed before our arrival
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - sanjay - 05-18-2019
The tough Honey Badger Rescues Her Little one from Leopard deadly grip
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Styx38 - 05-19-2019
Scott, a 37 kg Cape Leopard, kills a porcupine
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The remains of the porcupine, including quills and leopard scat:
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https://capeleopard.org.za/research/current/boland/news/story/a-prickly-affair
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Apollo - 05-19-2019
Leopard tries to drag a huge Sambar stag in Bandipur.
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Styx38 - 05-19-2019
Leopard with elephant calf kill:
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A more surprising example of elephant predation that Tim witnessed in Chobe involved a leopard. The elephant calf must have been succumbing to the overbearing drought to give this opportunistic hunter a chance to make its kill. According to a guide at Chobe adult leopards can easily kill elephant calves during the dry season. Such hunts are typically shrouded by the dark of night which gives the predator an additional advantage over the poor sighted elephant.
https://www.timplowden.co.uk/matter-life-death/
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Pckts - 05-21-2019
Leopard w/it's Hartebeest Kill
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RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Pckts - 05-21-2019
Epic Africa Adventures.
Spectacular leopard kill in the mara...it was a heartstopping moment for me and my guests on safari!
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Izwe African Safaris
The definition of POWER!!! #leopard moving her kudu cow #kill out of sight... For safari bookings get into contact with me on [email protected]
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RE: Leopard Predation Thread - BorneanTiger - 05-24-2019
Would anyone ever have imagined a leopard dragging a giraffe up a tree?
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Pckts - 05-24-2019
Leopard attempting to sneak up on a Buffalo Calf but gets ran off
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Rage2277 - 05-24-2019
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Surendra Chouhan-Flora Leopard with Peafowl kill2017
Jhalana Forest,Jaipur
RE: Leopard Predation Thread - Styx38 - 05-25-2019
(05-24-2019, 09:44 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: Would anyone ever have imagined a leopard dragging a giraffe up a tree?
That's believable if you read a bit about leopards.
Quote:The scientists found that leopards tend to hoist prey that are between half and one-and-a-half times their own weight.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170420-leopards-often-eat-their-lunch-sitting-in-trees-heres-why
So let's say a leopard is 70 kg.
This could mean that they may lift at max 105 kg (1.5 x 70 kg), so it may not be uncommon for a 70+ kg Leopard to hoist a 100 kg giraffe calf carcass.
Anyway, here are leopards hoisting kills in completely different environments:
Sri Lanka
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Siberia
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Posted here: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-leopard-directory?page=7
Since a Leopard can hoist kills in savannas, rain forests, tropical deciduous forests and even coniferous forests bordering taiga, it is obvious that their ancestor passed down this unique trait to help them survive among various competitors.