Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

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(01-27-2018, 12:11 AM)TheLioness Wrote: It is interesting to see encounters between lions and leopards. We know without a doubt the latter would win, however there are times like above where the leopard stays alive. Are the lions simply not that interested in killing it? Are they simply not wanting to get injured? All we can say in these cases, what a lucky leopard.

Here a lioness killed an adult male leopard. Lioness xpl-55 sadly passed away later from the wounds she sustained.
They have survived against all odds after their mother (Xpl-55) died from wounds that she sustained from killing an adult male leopard 7 seven months ago.
http://www.desertlion.info/news.html

I was thinking the same thing. What surprised me the most is the males didn't step in and finish the job. Most males don't tolerate other predators and finish them off if they can. So the fact the leopard survived is really surprising, especially when he was in the presence of 2 males. Reply