There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
04-24-2019, 12:59 PM( This post was last modified: 04-24-2019, 01:15 PM by Shadow )
Two things just to be considered. It is quite clear for people who have read a lot about leopards and gorillas, that there is predation and gorillas are time to time prey for leopards. So there is no need to prove that, criticism concerning that is about it, that can someone really say, that it would happen often/frequently. Or is that a prey animal, which is in more extreme end of prey animals of leopards and happens time to time but not so regularly. There are many studies founding nothing while there are some showing, that at least some leopards are able to do that. That is interesting question even though most probably quite minor issue for both, I mean leopards and gorillas.
Then about skull measurements. Again here are mentioned jaguars. One important thing to remember is, that skull isn´t only length and width, those don´t give all relevant information about skull size. When comparing sizes of skulls of different species we can´t ignore volume of skull. Jaguar skulls appear to be much bigger when looking at overall size. Skull is three-dimensional, not two-dimensional. Leopard skull tends to be narrower and also more flat.
If comparing skulls then most interesting thing is to look at overall size, which reveals then the truth without a doubt.