Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

[Spalea]

(05-02-2016, 05:18 PM)SVTIGRIS Wrote: @Spalea Truly astonishing, the only thing that impresses me more than the leopards acceleration is it's camoflauge.

Yes, you're right about the leopards' camouflage. But what I think astonishing is that the cheetah being a predator, a feline predator, also uses camouflage to approach its prey and it is caught by an other predator  using the same method. How could it believe that, alone in the high grasses, it was quiet ?
Lions are never bothered because they are the strongest, leopards perching on a branch of a tree are never bothered too, but a lone cheetah in the high grasses must be very, very vigilant.
Morality: the predator using camouflage to approach and kill its prey will be approached and killed by an other stronger predator. Reply