Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)

[Jimmy]

(01-31-2019, 01:59 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(01-31-2019, 11:03 AM)Jimmy Wrote:

(01-28-2019, 09:08 PM)Shadow Wrote: Anyway usually big cats flee when there is a pack of big bovines who make counter attacks :)

Most probably the snow leopard stalked these herd for days and since they are domestic yaks which looks rather naive-the herd members, the snow leopard must have slowly crept forward keeping camouflaged and then launched the surprise attack, if these were wild yaks, they may have been alerted far quicker, and showed basic bovine threat display like snorting, stomping, thrashing and horning the ground etc. there are also cases of Himalayan black bear attacking and killing domestic yaks. Domestic bovines for the most part lacks the organised defense and understanding of threat when it comes to anti-predator tactics

Still when some animal with that big horns comes and starts to make attacks, that behavior of that snow leopard was quite interesting to watch. Partially luck to walk away from such situation unharmed. Also domestic animals have injured badly predators.

I know the potential risk involved in hunting domestic animals however I was only referring to your initial comment, most big cats tend to know the domestic herd are less alert and they seek out the most vulnerable one. Still that's impressive for snow leopard to not let go even after mutiple hits, big cats tend to get extremly focused once they latch onto something extreme lucky in my view. I don't think necessarily it is bravery display but result of living in extreme environment and then seeing the opportunity of a meal in small calf, definitely did not want any part of the adults but just got itself into it. was lucky it get away. Reply