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Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts
Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts
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Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts
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Jaguar getting chased by group of Pecaries in the Paraguayan Chaco.
credits: @mikelgiesbrecht19 
This is not about conflict per say but rather cooperation. A new documentary has come out for big cat week on nat geo wild this week called Strange Alliance. It details the partnership between a male hyena and a female leopard. The hyena improves the leopards kill rate by acting as a distraction during hunts, and they then eat together. Fascinating stuff.
"This is continuation of my previous post - " The Unusual Lion".
Do you believe in luck? Well, I do and I honestly consider myself very lucky to have this sighting and click this picture. After the lioness came down ,all the cars were focused on it and I was the last car behind all of them... She moved 10 mts towards my direction and stopped for a while in the bushes. Everyone was relaxed. Suddenly out of nowhere the lioness bolted to a bush closer to me. Another body sprang from the bush and zoomed past me and climbed up a tree which was behind me. I turned back to find a female leopard. All this while she was hidden in a bush and no one knew. She just survived a scare from the lioness and went to a safer place. All our hearts were pounding and so was the leopard's. I tried to reverse my car with one hand quickly and held my camera with another hand which was supported on the car's door. Now the normal thing for the leopard would be to wait on the tree until the lioness dissapears. Atleast that was my expectation while I was reversing and checking the tree in my rear window. Most of the other cars were not even aware of this event. The lioness has reached the base of the tree while I was reversing. Just when I thought this sighting cannot get crazier than this, the leopard started running down the tree right towards the lioness. The leopard tried to escape but the lioness was quick. She got hold of her. A short tussle followed while I watched with my heart in my mouth. The lion was on top and the leopard was lying flat on its back trying to push the lioness away. Though so much has happened, in real time it was so quick that I was still in my reverse gear. I just pointed my camera, which I was holding in my right hand towards the big cats and randomly clicked a few shots . I couldn't believe my luck when I went through the pictures, i had actually managed a couple of shots of the interaction. The leopard eventually somehow managed to push the lioness away. The lioness looked defeated, and did not risk extending the fight as it could have been fatal for her as well. We followed the leopard for a while who now was so vigilant and was turning back after every few steps. It was a difficult day for her, but she lived to see another."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Source: Private Facebook group but here are screenshots of the post: https://i.imgur.com/Hw20pXK.png & https://i.imgur.com/kfhFPVV.png  
Male lion killing a spotted hyena in Kruger National Park. Video dated from 17th September 2020. The hyenas have a very strong neck, so the male lions have to ensure their grips before efficiently killing the hyena. Thus it can last a few minutes.
A male lion bursting into the small cubs community of a African wild dogs pride. I don't see clearly how many cubs are killed (one, possibly two).
Kruger National Park, video dated from the 9th March 2021. " Cute wild dog pups that were left alone by parents for a few minutes have an unlucky encounter with an aggressive male lion! " (03-10-2021, 05:04 AM)Spalea Wrote: A male lion bursting into the small cubs community of a African wild dogs pride. I don't see clearly how many cubs are killed (one, possibly two). @Spalea That was an impressive unsuspecting ambush of the male lion, the dogs only noticed when it was too late, the lion literally came out of nowhere.  |
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