Rainforest Leopards

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(06-16-2019, 02:22 AM)Styx38 Wrote: @Shadow 

You are right about the weights at that age. Elephant calves exceed 200 kg within these years, but these seemed to be captive specimens.

That being said, leopards have killed elephant calves before. Juvenile elephants range in size depending on age.

Not to mention their boldness increases with age.

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I have no doubt, that leopards have killed elephant calves. In that study they said, that calf was 8-10 month old, that young elephant calf is naturally in big trouble if leopard attacks. Then again if about 150-200 kg, it can be comparable with forest buffalo. If big bulls are almost 400 kg, it is natural to think that many buffalo cows are around 150-200 kg.

You shared now some material with cape buffalos and older elephant calves. That is odd when we are talking about very young forest elephant calves and forest buffalos. The older and bigger calf is, it is more and more safe when thinking about getting attacked by leopards. But then again that doesn´t change it, that leopard is very capable hunter and deserves a lot of respect. Reply