Leopards of Sabi Sands

[Luipaard]

(07-13-2019, 08:04 PM)Michael Wrote:

(07-13-2019, 11:07 AM)Luipaard Wrote: From Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sand, South Africa

"We had an unbelievable sighting a couple of days ago. Male leopard, Hosana was feeding on a steenbok up a tree, but young female, Tlalamba climbed the tree & tried to steal the kill. She eventually managed to get about half of the carcass."

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Yeah everyone finds it cute and all but Hosana should never lose a kill to a leopard of her size,  he is supposed to start becoming dominant and he gets bullied by a one year old female leopard good luck not being intimidated and being able to fight back against males.

Also weird behavior from the female leopard she was lucky but next time she might not be as lucky

I agree with most of that although this is exceptional what happened between those two.

As for Hosana, he does pretty well against hyena's (defending a kill, not fleeing when there's a nearby hyena, etc). I mean he scavenged from a hyena larger than himself. And I saw the interaction with those lionesses in the tree via the cam, boy was he pissed. I'd say he was rather angry than scared.

I'm also curious when he's going to start being dominant. Although I'm not sure if he's capable of pushing other males like Tingana (despite being old). And with the shy male Molwati around, things could get nasty. Best thing he can do imo, is to look for his own territory.

As for Tlalamba, it's both brave and risky indeed. Reply