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AlexE · 06-07-2018, 12:17 AM

Cheetah and hyena

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AlexE · 06-07-2018, 12:34 AM

This is probably a lone hyena and cheetahs

Pckts · 06-07-2018, 12:46 AM

The full version of the one of the videos I posted

Leopard making a kill and a Hyena finishing it off

Lone Hyena chasing off what looks like a Male Leopard

AlexE · 06-08-2018, 08:20 PM

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AlexE · 06-08-2018, 08:28 PM

Female leopard attack hyena / male leopard attack hyena

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AlexE · 06-08-2018, 09:29 PM

Young leopard and lone hyena

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Leopards and lone Hyena are not generally confrontational animals. Unlike lions, they don't have a pack to fend for them and if they're injured, their chances of survival take a dive.

Which makes this sighting all the more special: a leopard on a warthog kill defends his prize from the thieving jaws of a lone hyena.

I shot this video for the Sun Destinations lodge Africa on Foot in the Spilati region of Klaserie Private Nature Reserve.

Hyena almost attacked by leopard

AlexE · 06-08-2018, 09:35 PM

Other carnivores are also fair game to leopards. While lions may invest a great deal of energy in killing fellow predators, their motivation seems more to eliminate competition than to acquire food, and they frequently leave such kills untouched. Leopards, however, have been recorded killing and eating everything from dwarf mongooses to adult spotted hyaenas. One well-observed Ngorongoro Crater leopard killed and ate 11 jackals in less than a month, which suggests that small canids may be preferred prey when abundant, and there is considerable truth in the belief that leopards are partial to dogs. Such unusual preferences may vary from region to region. In arid north-eastern Namibia, researcher Flip Stander discovered adult cheetahs were sometimes killed as prey by leopards, a remarkable occurrence also recently observed by tourists in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa. Yet in the comparitively lush bushveld of northern KwaZulu-Natal, I saw three cases of leopards killing cheetahs and leaving the carcasses untouched. Perhaps where the density of more 'typical' prey species is low - such as in desert regions - leopards cannot afford to be choosy and are more likely to eat the meat of other predators.

Trevor Carnaby, a field guide who's worked in a few different game reserves in southern Africa states the following in his book.

“Spotted hyaenas are the largest hyaenas and, on average, second only to the lion in weight (the largest leopard males can be heavier). The fact that they are often sociable also makes them formidable. Wild dogs, though, through better coordination and organisation as a pack unit, will often put hyaenas to flight. Although leopard will not go out of their way to attack solitary hyaena, lone spotties are wary of them (particularly large leopard males).”

Adult male leopard hyena:

AlexE · 06-08-2018, 10:05 PM

Hyena is a strong animal. I believe that hyenas are stronger than wolves. Lone wolf or african wild dog are easy prey for a leopard.

AlexE · 06-08-2018, 10:52 PM

By reading the available literature and talking to wolf and lynx researchers, it becomes evident that interference between the two species is actually poorly studied. Some mammalogists tend to assume that wolves suppress the lynx population. Some even suggest details of aggressive behaviour of wolves towards lynxes: strong wolf-packs attack lynx family groups and kill kits during lynx mating season, when the kits stay alone or disperse. Seemingly, such stories are only speculative believes and ideas. We collected evidence that the opposite is actually true, at least in the dense forests of Belarus.

Moreover, we got convinced that an adult lynx – especially a big male – can win a fight from any lone wolf. We photo-documented a fight between a (not very big and quite old, i.e. older than eight years) male lynx and a (not small) adult male wolf. The lynx threw the wolf on its back, attacking it’s voulnerable belly. The lynx won the fight, and we have good reasons to assume the wolf died from its injuries. Before the fight, we frequently photographed this easily recognisable wolf , a few hours after the fight, the visibly gravely wounded wolf was photographed one more last time.

So, it’s clear that lynxes have plenty of opportunities to kill wolves. In forests, lynxes are also less voulnerable to attacks of wolf packs because they can climb in trees and so escape from danger.

https://lynxinbelarus.com/2017/08/21/lyn...erference/

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