Leopards of Sabi Sands

[Luipaard]

(08-30-2019, 11:24 PM)Michael Wrote:

(08-30-2019, 10:57 AM)Luipaard Wrote:

(08-30-2019, 03:56 AM)Rage2277 Wrote: hosana not so cubby anymore,challenging the big boys now.

And what's with Anderson lately? He was infamous for his enourmous size and now all of a sudden Hukumuri is pushing him and now even Hosana dares to physically engage him. 

Anderson recently pushed Hukumuri off his kill though so it's going to be interesting to see what's gonna happen in the future. Anderson will have to look out though.

As for Hosana, if he becomes as large as his father (Tingana), he will be a force to be reckoned with. He has already showed us some impressive feats; stealing a kill from a hyena larger than him and now confronting a larger male. He isn't even in his prime yet...

Might be that he was never a good fighter and got away with it just due to his sheer size, he has been fighting a lot with hukumuri and only now Anderson seems to dominate hukumuri but for a long time he was losing territory to him and Hukumuri is slightly bigger than Hosana he is really not a big male.

Or simply age caught up with him.

Not sure how much and for how long do leopards grow but he is already what 3 and a half years old and the size difference is still huge I don't know if he will ever be as big as Tingana.

What this video shows is that the difference in size between Anderson and Tingana must not be very significant, sure Tingana has lost a lot of muscle mass but they must be very close in size, sadly the coverage around the time Anderson and Tingana were fighting for the same territory was minimal and there isn't anything about their interactions.

Him and Tingana are the two biggest leopards in Sabi Sands

Leopards are in their prime at 7-8 years so he can still grow big and he has his father genes so time will tell how big he will become. It's still remarkable what happened here. Regarding Anderson, I'm guessing age must be a thing to consider (he's born in 2008) plus the fact he's been in some tough situations recently; he had a naste wound after what was presumed to be a failed warthog predation and a little later he was seen battered and bruised. Reply