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| Lions vs Leopards; Compilation thread | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 8 2012, 04:26 AM (41,334 Views) | |
| 221Extra | Dec 11 2012, 05:22 AM Post #16 |
Deny, deny, deny.
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Very impressive showing from that Leopard tho I must say those Lioness did look a little bulky (maybe they were gorged?) & that picture with that Leopard leaping from the top of the tree is a very impressive showing of the Leopard's athleticism as he appears heavily built as well. Good stuff! |
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| jontsu | Dec 12 2012, 05:12 AM Post #17 |
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Male lion almost catches a unsuspecting male leopard. |
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| ManEater | Dec 12 2012, 09:00 PM Post #18 |
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You're not very careful, this video was posted few posts above.
Edited by ManEater, Dec 12 2012, 09:00 PM.
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| 1977marc | Dec 12 2012, 11:16 PM Post #19 |
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That last video is Camp Pan male stalked by a male lion. Look how big Camp Pan is compared to the lion. To me not that much smaller than a lioness. And he is incredible agile and fast compared to the lion. He throws in a few slaps to!!  |
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| Taipan | Dec 13 2012, 08:42 PM Post #20 |
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Lucky for the Leopard there was a tree close by. |
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| Canidae | Dec 18 2012, 04:31 AM Post #21 |
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I would agree. ^ Whilst highly impressive and capable of extraordinary defense in some individuals, the larger cat will almost always prevail : "After about ten minutes, the leopard stood up and walked away, then turned, made some really deep growls and charged the lioness. In a cloud of dust, the lioness sprang over the carcass and wrestled the leopard to the ground, and pinned him there until he calmed down. Once calm, and fully submissive, the lioness casually walked back to the carcass and continued to eat. The leopard, thankful to be alive, bolted out of the sighting!" http://www.wilderness-safaris.com/news/camp_news_detail.jsp?newsItem_id=25867 Fascinating the male was so aggressive though! Edited by Canidae, Dec 18 2012, 04:31 AM.
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| k9boy | Dec 18 2012, 04:58 AM Post #22 |
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I think a leopard the size of the Camp Pan male would seriously wound a lioness before going down in a fight. |
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| 221Extra | Dec 18 2012, 07:01 AM Post #23 |
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I think you're pushing it, even the average Lioness has still got a good size (more like significant) advantage on the top tier Leopards & if determined would receive nothing more then superficial wounds as a result before quickly overpowering/killing the much smaller Leopard. Edited by 221Extra, Dec 18 2012, 07:01 AM.
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| Taipan | Dec 18 2012, 12:38 PM Post #24 |
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Lion Kills Young Leopard at APRIL 2, 2012 by NATASHA BRITZ in BLOG, GLOBAL LEOPARD PROJECT3  It is an exciting and hugely emotional game drive morning for all those who has ever been a part of Mother Nature’s “wrath”. The guides and guests were following one of Erindi Game Reserve’s dominant male lions early one March morning when the lion began to act strangely. He appeared to have picked up on something ahead of him – whether it was a smell, sound or something that caught his eye, it is hard to say but the lion’s body language changed and his gentle walking gate exploded into a full speed run. The game viewers following could not keep up at first but they heard the commotion and then desperate cries of a 6 month old female leopard. As they caught up, the entire story began to unfold slowly. A mother leopard had killed an adult impala ram and she was at the kill site with her 6 month old youngster. The cats had already been feeding on the impala carcass for about 2 days when the lion came across the kill.  THE MOTHER OF THE 6 MONTH OLD CUB WATCHING FROM NEARBY An adult impala ram is impossible for a female leopard to hoist while it is still fresh & whole but the carcass that this female had was probably already light enough for her to pull up into a tree. Young leopards still learning how to place their kills in trees, often move them around and cause them to fall to the ground. It is unclear how the young leopard managed to get caught by the lion but claw marks in the tree showed that she either fell or tried to climb the tree when the lion arrived but somehow she had s slip and the big male lion grabbed her by the chest. The necropsy showed that the little leopard did not give in easily and she definitely tried to fight for her life as her mouth & throat were full of hair from the lion’s mane.  THE MALE LION “MINIZIL” MARKING HIS TERRITORY BY SPRAYING URINE ONTO BUSHES The mother of the young leopard was spotted and photographed watching the incident from the safety of a nearby rocky outcrop…what she was going through, no one can know. The male lion eventually left the lifeless body of the small leopard and he was noted to mark the area by spraying urine. The reason for this is unclear but it may have had something to do with the impala carcass prize that he had won & not the young leopard he had killed. Lions will demarcate their territory to let other lions know that they are in the area and that the space is occupied. The lion had no interest in eating the leopard but he claimed the impala carcass meal and fed on it until it was completely finished. http://www.erindi.com/lion-kills-young-leopard/ Lions kill leopard for snatching away their food Himanshu Kaushik, TNN Jul 6, 2012, 02.51PM IST AHMEDABAD: Snatching away the kill from the claws of the lions cost a young male leopard his life. In a rare incident, the leopard was killed by two lions when it tried to snatch away the kill of a cow. Officials said that in Visavadar range in Amreli District, a lioness and lion has made the area their permanent habitat. Also being the matting period, the couple was staying in isolation. Recently the two made a kill of a cow from the nearby village. The two had just killed the cow and were eating it, when a four-five year male leopard from some where came in the area and began approaching towards the kill. The lion seeing the leopard warned it of coming near the kill and on couple of occasion it even chased the leopard away in the wild. However, despite repeated warning the leopard made attempts to snatch the kill. Finally the lion attacked the leopard and killed it. Officials said that in the last week this is the second attack where the lions have at-tacked to save the kill. Earlier it was in Khambha taluka when a group of lion attacked a couple of farmers who went to save their cattle from the clutches of the lions. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-06/flora-fauna/32565496_1_male-leopard-khambha-taluka-lions Leopard killed by lions  This leopard was found during a bush walk in the Balule Private Nature Reserve. According to Brian Jones of Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre who was on the scene, there were numerous lion tracks and wounds on the leopard indicating a lion attack. “Fatal attacks by other predators probably account for more leopard deaths than the snares, traps and poison us humans put out there.” http://www.krugerpark.co.za/krugerpark-times-2-4-leopard-killed-by-lions-19188.html |
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| Dexterous | Dec 18 2012, 07:29 PM Post #25 |
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The leopard had more luck than brains – the young lioness didn't finish him off most likely due to lack of interest or experience, and not because she wasn't in a position to do so. He would have fared much worse with a more skilful female. People claiming that (even) a big male leopard is anywhere near the ranks of a lioness are going a bit too far IMO... |
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| FelinePowah | Dec 18 2012, 09:57 PM Post #26 |
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Exactly ...for their size i think nothing rivals Leopards apart from pumas imo, but lions are just to large and they have the same abilities as a leopard just on a larger scale. |
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| Taipan | Dec 18 2012, 10:04 PM Post #27 |
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| ManEater | Dec 18 2012, 11:34 PM Post #28 |
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While i agree a lioness is superior in any point to a male leopard, it is false to say a lioness wil kill it easily without any risk. A female puma have killed a lion in a zoo by cutting an artery. The same thing can arrive in leopard/lioness battle. It is quite quick to cut an artery or lost an eye, and lioness seems to understand it, they don't jump unconsciously on leopards like they do with cheetahs as you can see in videos. Edited by ManEater, Dec 18 2012, 11:34 PM.
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| Dexterous | Dec 19 2012, 12:57 AM Post #29 |
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Most if not all videos show leopards running and climbing up a tree when faced by lions. I agree there is surely some risk for the lioness, unlike when dealing with cheetahs where there is no risk at all, but still it’s rather minor and could never result in fatality. A leopard could inflict injuries such as cutting an artery or plucking an eye, as you say, but the chances are much greater of it going the other way around. In short – while a lioness would lose an eye, the leopard would lose half it’s face.. Edited by Dexterous, Dec 19 2012, 12:58 AM.
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| Kurtz | Dec 19 2012, 01:01 AM Post #30 |
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My God, this topic is a genocide / butcher of leopards |
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