Felids Interactions - Intraspecific Conflicts

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I put this one to this thread too since this kind of clips are rare:

This video has one of the most impressive paw swipes I´ve seen filmed. I have seen in past, maybe 20 years ago a documentary in which a male lion broke spine of a hyena with one paw swipe. This video reminds me a lot of that. 

Sounds on this video are maybe edited in some way, but that swipe really hits like a hammer and that younger lion looks like to be a bit stunned actually for a moment. He really hits the ground when that swipe lands. It looks like, that he has to take a moment on the ground and not eager to challenge that older male anymore seriously, submitting very quickly and clearly. Older male or maybe better to say prime male looks like one who knows how to make his case clear. And he moves fast also when giving those few swipes more after a moment, causing that younger to submit and stay down for good.

That "perfect swipe" in between 1:06-1:10 and some more later so, that situation ends approximately at 1:45. Maybe not the best quality video otherwise, but definitely worth to watch. Some smaller animal, imo, could have been killed from a swipe like that if hitting to the right spot.

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