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Animal Strength Feats
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81.8 kg Esperança female - Pantanal - Brasil
credits: Adam Bannister  *This image is copyright of its original author
The Red Road male lion dragging a zebra carcass (by the ear) into the shade of a bush:
 
In full sun, a male lion is dragging a buffalo's corpse while the whole pride is resting...
" African lion is a big cat with short, tawny colored fur and white under parts. The long tail ends with a black tuft. The lions display sexual dimorphism with males, having their distinctive manes, ranging in color from black to blond. They develop their manes at the age of 3 years. Meanwhile, manes of those, living in open areas, are notably fuller. The mane makes lion look much larger than it is, helping the animal intimidate the opponent during confrontations with other lions as well the Spotted Hyena, which is the animal's primary competitor throughout its range. Young lions have grayish coat, covered with brown markings, which then disappear by the age of 3 months. However, lions in eastern Africa tend to retain these spots on their stomach. These animals can be either nocturnal, being active at night, or crepuscular, showing increased activity at dusk and before sunset. Lions spend the greater part of the day (up to 20 hours) resting. These animals rest in order to save energy, in the absence of prey or to escape the midday heat. African lions are highly social animals, gathering in groups or prides, which include up to 3 male lions and multiple lionesses with their young. Prides are defended by males, who patrol and mark the territory. However, there's a harsh competition between males for the territory and position in the pride. In a case if another male overcomes the leading male of the pride, he usually kills all cubs, sired by the previous male. Meanwhile, males do not tend to hunt due to their slow speed and eye-catching appearance. Instead, hunting is left to females of the pride, who hunt in groups, cooperating with each other during their hunting trips. The females are excellent hunters: they are faster and more agile than males, able to hunt down animals that are much bigger and faster than them. When resting, these animals display highly social and friendly behavior, spending their time together and strengthening social bonds between members of the pride: they play together, rubbing against each other's heads as well as sleep in groups. Without their fur, lions and tigers look alike. They are extremely hard to distinguish from each other since their body structure is almost identical. In addition, African lions are relatives of leopards and jaguars. The male lion is the only species of cat, having the identifying mane, which gives the animal majestic appearance, bringing about the title "King of the Beasts". These cats are the second (to tigers) largest living species of feline. Newborn cubs possess brown colored rosettes, which they usually lose when growing up, though some individuals retain pale markings throughout their lives. In a pride, females are responsible for hunting, whereas males have to defend the territory. However, in spite of this allocation of responsibilities, males always eat first. The mane of a male lion gradually darkens during the animal's life, being a good indicator of the lion's age. When walking, heels of lions do not touch the ground due to the structure of their legs. "  
Adult Brazilian Tapir killed by Jaguar with a broken neck
 *This image is copyright of its original author This adult tapir was monitored by radio collar by the Ipê Institute in the Atlantic Forest area of Morro do Diabo - Brazil in the early 2000's until one time the researchers noticed something was wrong with the signal and went to the spot to investigate.  *This image is copyright of its original author The big cat used its immense strength to break the neck, another method Jaguars use to kill.  *This image is copyright of its original author Min. 8:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0CAdEJvViY ''It scratched all over its body here (image 1), then it pierced the eyes, broke the nose and it broke the chin area (image 2) then it finished off by breaking its neck (image 3).'' Image 1  *This image is copyright of its original author Image 2  *This image is copyright of its original author Image 3  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (03-29-2021, 06:47 PM)Pckts Wrote: “dragged prey 2-3 times its own bodyweight vertically up a tree.” I am not fully sure if they can drag animals 2-3 times their weight, but they are documented to drag up animals between 100-170 kg. For example, a Leopard managed to drag up a Kudu Cow in Sabi Sands, which weigh an average of 155 kg (Fursetenburg 2009).  *This image is copyright of its original author For reference, here is the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWW4ZJ0jmCw Now the Kudu Cow is partially eaten, but it still looks the body is mostly intact, so the Leopard definitely dragged a 100+ kg (minimal estimate) carcass up a tree. Interestingly one paper theorized that a Leopard can hoist up to 140% of its own weight up a tree, since the biggest cache was a 166 kg Buffalo calf. "Leopards had a >50% probability of hoisting kills that were 40% to 140% of their body mass (Fig. 2). The largest kill hoisted by a leopard in our study was a juvenile African buffalo Syncerus caffer (≈166 kg). Contrary with expectations, a leopard was 23% less likely to hoist its kill during the resource pulse than outside the pulse (odds ratio = 0·768). No factors relating to habitat or climate had a significant effect on hoisting probability." source: Balme, Guy A., et al. "Caching reduces kleptoparasitism in a solitary, large felid." Journal of Animal Ecology 86.3 (2017): 634-644. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley....2656.12654 There was another case of a 135 kg Hartebeest that was hoisted up a tree by a female Leopard. Of course, there is the possibility that the carcass was partially eaten. "maximum weight of a cached prey species was 135 kg, where an adult female cached a red hartebeest. However, estimated weight of cached animals is probably an overestimate since the carcass can be partly eaten and intestines removed before caching in trees." source: Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik. Ecology and conservation of leopards, Panthera pardus, on selected game ranches in the Waterberg region, Limpopo, South Africa. Diss. University of Pretoria, 2009. Here is a case of Giraffe calves that were 90-110 kg and 125 kg that were hoisted by Leopards in trees. Of course, they were so decayed that it was hard to tell if many of the body parts were removed.  *This image is copyright of its original author Source: Scheepers, J.L. & Gilchrist, D. 1991. "Leopard predation on giraffe calves in Etosha National Park." MADOQUA. 18(I): 49 So what this means is that a 60-70 kg Leopard could hoist 100+ kg carcasses up trees from time to time, and 70+ kg Leopards could pull that off with greater ease. Of course, partially eaten could range from well eaten to just a chunk missing.
One of the best ways to determine how much a partially eaten animal weighs is by comparing them to the dressing of said animal's carcass.
For anyone unfamiliar with this process, dressing a carcass means to remove the organs, head, feet and skin of the animal. You can search up dressed carcasses for a better piture. https://www.google.com/search?q=dressed+...wOn3S17atM They do this for not only domestic animals, but also game animals like Kudu, Blesbok, Impala, Deer and Elk.  *This image is copyright of its original author source: Game Farm and Hunting Tourism (2014) - Editor: Peet van der Merwe Here is one that includes the weight of the dried carcass and all the other body parts for Kudu and Impala.  *This image is copyright of its original author source: Mostert, Analene C. Meat quality of kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and impala (Aepyceros melampus). Diss. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, 2007. As can be seen, dried carcasses weigh around 50-60% of the original live weight of the animal. So this is important since you can estimate the weight of the carcass dragged by the wild animal. Considering a Leopard dragged a Kudu Cow with a mostly eaten abdominal cavity, albeit with some of the guts still left, the Leopard could have lifted a Kudu Carcass that was anywhere around 91 kg-110 kg mark. It is possible the carcass could have weighed more, but this is just a conservative estimate.
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One of the craziest kills we have ever seen! Ãgue got a huge caiman on the bank of the the São Lorenzo River—right at the entrance to the Encontro das Águas State Park. Swam across the Piquiri River with the caiman. Stashed the caiman and immediately went looking for her cubs. The male cub (Açu) was the first to come out. Ãgue starts to look anxious when the female cub (Curumim) doesn’t come out. You can see Ãgue calling for her, unfortunately the sound of the engine makes it difficult to hear but if you listen carefully you’ll hear Curumim calling back and Ãgue and Açu zone right in to where that was coming from….back across the São Lorenzo River nearly 200m swim, against the current and dodging all sound and movement of the boats. Once reunited they all cross back over to where she left her kill and disappeared as the sun went down over the Pantanal. |
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