Felids Interactions - Intraspecific Conflicts

[Luipaard]

"On our way back from what had been an amazing morning I thought couldn't get better ..,I spotted a lone lioness far off in the distance in the long grasses so we decided to go & see who she was ... what a surprise we got when getting closer it turned out to be a huge male leopard & then we spotted another further off & behind, this one was much smaller & we presumed it to be a female ... I could hardly believe my eyes .... we followed at a distance as it was obvious the male was on a hunting mission & only popped his head out of the tall grasses to scout prey ...... then he turned direction & headed through a small open patch into some bushes & soon the second one followed .... only then did we see it was a young male ... as we were sitting astounded the older male burst out through a gap in the bushes & pounced.... the photos tell the story of what ensued. The scuffle probably only lasted 30 seconds but it seemed much longer then the older male headed off into the bushes where we lost sight of him & the younger male went back into the tall grasses seemingly unscathed ... if not for the photos I still think I would doubt what I had seen though my adrenaline rush lasted throughout the rest of the day"

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