Leopard Predation Thread

[Luipaard]

(07-07-2022, 04:09 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(07-07-2022, 03:27 AM)Luipaard Wrote:

(07-06-2022, 01:50 AM)Styx38 Wrote:

(07-03-2022, 03:42 AM)Pckts Wrote: There’s a big difference between the trees in Africa which are thicker with more weight bearing branches and the Sal trees in India which are thin with small branches.

Fair enough.

However, wouldn't Leopards be even less arboreal
in the arid regions of the Middle East and the Fir forests of the Caspian, Himalayas and Northern China/Ussuri?

The Fir tree branches do not seem ideal for a Leopard to perform a prolonged chase on primate and other small animals. Not to mention that they are apex predators in some of these regions, so even less use of trees.

The Leopards could hoist their kills on a few occasions in temperate forests.

Pckts is wrong. There's enough footage of Indian leopards mating and fighting in trees. Those instances did not take place in Sal trees. Both India and the African continent have a great variation in trees.

India is filled with either Teak or Sal, the largest reserves in C. India of course are Sal. You have no clue what you’re talking about and neither Teak nor Sal are as good for stashing or resting in trees as compared to the Acacias in E. Africa or the Sausage and Marula trees in S. Africa.
Both Indian varieties are tall and thin while the Africans are thick branches with heavy leaf cover and thick tops.

That's just thinking black and white, ignoring the grey part in the middle. In India there's plenty of trees large enough for leopards (and even tigers) to climb. Again that's why there's footage of leopards mating and fighting in trees. Tigers have chased leopards up a tree by climbing as well.

You purposely compared two extremes with each other to make a point. As if there are literally no trees for leopards to stash kills. But again there's evidence that says otherwise:

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I'm not gonna debate where the most usable trees are to be found. After all we're comparing a big country to an entire continent. Reply