Crocodile and Big cats Interaction

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Quote:The "Chinese site" had a post on the interaction dating back to 2017, the Facebook post was made in 2020, in the 2017 post the name of the guide is mentioned and later corroborated by the Facebook post, so it wasn't any random post, not to mention that in the 2017 post the picture included is that of the actual camera showing the shot in it.

The Facebook post is basically an account back from 3 December 2016 hence the uploader shared the date. It's also worth mentioning that the Chinese post appears to be from a random poster whereas the Facebook one is from a person who witnessed this encounter.

Quote:And in the Facebook post there is no mention of the leopard killing the crocodile either:

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The translation is rough, but it could be applied that the crocodile returned to the scene later on, no mention of successful predation or kill is specified here. What is specified is that they could not focus clearly on the scene, so any derived conclusion of the leopard killing the crocodile would be false.

The translation says nothing about the crocodile returning afterwards unless you believe they sat there for 1,5 hours on an empty road?

"Ajith said that there was a tiger parked on the road above Borupanwila but we could not see anything. At the same time, the tiger ran across the road and jumped to the other side as fast as we could imagine. Disappointed, we put our cameras on the seats and stared at the empty road. At the same time, the tiger was dragged by the neck of a huge crocodile and ran across the road again."

It turns out they were aware of a leopard nearby but couldn't see it. Then all of a sudden it crosses the road and returns with a crocodile hanging in its jaws.

You have the right to believe it still managed to escape after 1,5 hours but based on the account and two photos (notice the two photos are not the same), chances are the crocodile didn't survive. The fact that the leopard didn't even subdue it but rather grabbed it tells me the crocodile got overpowered immediately. I also don't think either the leopard or crocodile can fight each other for 1,5 hours nor do I believe they stayed this long on the scene. Reply