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Animal Strength Feats
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I have mentioned Leopards hoisting up Giraffe Calves, Kudu Cows, Zebra Foals and etc. in these posts.
Most of these took place in Africa. https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-animal-...#pid131922 https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-animal-...#pid159816 Now, I want to point out that they even cache Domestic Cattle Calves in the trees of Indian forests. This one was in Sitabani Wildlife Reserve, which is near Corbett National Park.  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.indiamike.com/india-images/p...opard-kill A Leopard managed to hoist a live calf up a tree in Southern India.  *This image is copyright of its original author 'In a bizarre incident, a leopard caught a calf and hung it from a tree at a rubber plantation near Athirappilly in Kerala on Saturday. The leopard, who wandered into the plantation, caught the two-year-old calf, which belonged to Chandran Puthenpurayil, and climbed up the 12-feet tree to devour it. However, locals came running after hearing the cry of the calf, and the leopard fled the spot leaving the calf hanging from the tree. Forest guards and a veterinary doctor reached the spot soon after, and the calf was treated for injures. Leopard attacks happen often in the area, and two calves were killed in recent months.' https://newsable.asianetnews.com/kerala/...-calf-tree This incident got a mention, possibly a different cattle that was dead, in a peer reviewed source. "In Athirapilly forest range, a killed calf was cached on the branch of a rubber tree, and similar mode of feeding was noticed." source: Govind, Suresh K., and Eluvathingal Antony Jayson. "Human-Leopard Conflict on The Kerala-Tamil Nadu Border, Southern India." Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS) 118 (2021). There is also the case of a Leopard that cached a Brahmini Calf in a tree near Mudumalai National Park.  *This image is copyright of its original author "One Leopard kill was found, a five-to-six-month-old Brahmini calf which had been characteristically dragged into a tall tree, safe from wild dogs and hyenas." source: The Whistling Hunters: Field Studies of the Asiatic Wild Dog (Cuon Alpinus) By Michael W. Fox (1984) Now, the live weight of a six month old Brahmini Calf is most likely around 80-90 kg.  *This image is copyright of its original author These are weights of 25% Brahman Calves, which are stated to be smaller than 50% Brahman Calves (Haque et. al. 2016). The study also noted a similar weight of 85.8kg for six month old crossbreeds in Gaur et. al. (2003). source: Haque, Md Azizul, et al. "Evaluation of growth performance of Brahman cross calves to local environment of Bangladesh." Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 2.2 (2016): 259-265. This Leopard feat is possibly comparable to the more famous young Giraffe hoists. 
"Young leopard shows incredible strength takedown a full grown Kudu weighing more than 3 times his body weight."
Unreal strength from this Jaguar. Notice the Caiman is locked on to a big branch attached to the log and the Jaguar rips the Caiman and the piece right off.
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Some time ago I remember having a conversation with Pckts about the possible interactions of jaguars with feral buffaloes in the Pantanal. At that time we only had records of jaguars killing buffaloes in Colombia and Brazil in ranches, but none recorded in the Pantanal. Recently, Panthera/Onçafari biologist Joares May released a video where he showed the horn's cape of an adult water buffalo cow that was ripped off by a jaguar in a predation attempt. not only did the jaguar rip off the buffalo's horn cape, but also its own canine in the process. Imagine the strength require to pull such a feat in both bite force and neck muscle strenght. This happened by Panthera's Fazenda Jofre Velho in Porto Jofre, northern Pantanal, where there are plentiful feral water buffaloes and where buffaloes are also used to guard cattle herds because they are much more combative towards jaguars. These are not tamed domestic animals: I did my best translating the video on my community with English subtitles here. (05-20-2023, 10:20 PM)Balam Wrote: @Pckts @peter @epaiva @NgonyaCrazy, I can't imagine the struggle the Jaguar had to go through to disengage it's Canine. That being said, I also can't image a scenario where the Jaguar would survive such an encounter with a live Buffalo. It would be far too vulnerable to being flung around with it's tooth lodged in it's horn. My guess is an accident during feeding, is there any proof of a predation or scavenging? (05-20-2023, 11:03 PM)Pckts Wrote:(05-20-2023, 10:20 PM)Balam Wrote: @Pckts @peter @epaiva @NgonyaCrazy, I can't imagine the struggle the Jaguar had to go through to disengage it's Canine. In the description of the YouTube video Dr. May stated that the event was a "fight" between the buffalo and the jaguar. My guess is either the buffalo cornered the jaguar and forced it to fight, or the jaguar tried to attack the buffalo and kill it with a bite to the skull, ripping the horn and canine in the process. Not only are jaguars unnaturally strong, they are also extremely resilient. On late 2021 Kadu, until recently the largest and dominant male at Pousada Piuval in the northern Pantanal, went viral after he engaged on a gruesome fight with a rival male over mating rights. The adversary not only ripped apart the upper lip of Kadu, but also likely destroyed the upper canine where the damaged lip was under because Kadu lost it. That didn't stop Kadu from completely healing the injury and it didn't affect his survival. He was last seen on late 2022 and it is believed to have been pushed out of the territory by newer and younger male Trovão.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (05-20-2023, 11:30 PM)Balam Wrote:thats amazing, how strong and resilient he gotta be to stand his ground after such a terrible wound.(05-20-2023, 11:03 PM)Pckts Wrote:(05-20-2023, 10:20 PM)Balam Wrote: @Pckts @peter @epaiva @NgonyaCrazy, I can't imagine the struggle the Jaguar had to go through to disengage it's Canine. |
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