Bandog

Apr 17 2014, 11:07 PM

But in leopard vs hyena, one of the main argument is hyena durability.
This leopard survived and fought off 6 lioness, to me that is equal to hyena.
I do hope he recovers

Bandog

Apr 17 2014, 11:27 PM

Do you rally think the Hyena has the advantage? In terms of defending from lions, leopards seem to have a major advantage.
Perhaps mighty Kharza can show me other wise.
Accounts like this make me favor the leopard over an equally weighted hyena.

Luipaard

Apr 18 2014, 10:23 PM

Hi everyone, I'm new here and I would like to show you an amazing video of a lion that approaches an injured leopard. It's amazing how close they are to each other!

Lion approaches injured leopard

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"Two male leopards were bloodied to the extent where I wasn't able to identify the fighters. The more dominant of the two stood over the other, hissing, blood spurting, and exhausted. The short interval didn't last long, before they unsheathed their claws and reengaged in their disagreement.

The noisy collisions compounded by gargles and snarls had attracted the attention of a nearby lioness. Completely unbeknown to the angry leopards, the lioness approached with a curiosity I had never seen before.

After the prolonged exchanges of swats and bites the dominant male paused the engagement to rethink his tactics. As he unhooked his claw from the now crimson coat of his counterpart and scanned his surroundings, he noticed the looming threat. He went from the powerful alpha to a terrified kitten in just a single heartbeat as he fled the fight scene, leaving the blood soaked loser for dead.

The badly injured leopard almost counted his blessings as he saw the tail of his bully vanishing into the grass, until he realised he was not alone. The lioness lunged forward as the young leopard rolled to his back, blocking the heavy swipes from the massive assailant.

After surviving the first attack from the more powerful species the leopards returned to a prone position to see where the next attack was coming from, and to both our surprise it was coming from everywhere. Another lioness and 8 cubs had joined the fray and were all eagerly eying their enemy. They halted their approach, only to make way for the next shock, a male lion.

You have never seen something feign bravery like this injured young leopard. As the male lion boldly strode up to him, he snarled as if he was the more dominant species. This courage must have shaken the lions intentions as he stopped mere feet away and slowly scraped away a territorial marking as if he was saying; "You have one chance to leave!"

After the brutal same species battle, then being drummed by the lioness, I wasn't shocked when the young leopard had no energy to escape, he just lay staring down his gang of attackers. Once the male lion had redone his marking, another male joined the chaos. This took the tally of lions up to twelve strong and for me this was imminent death for the courageous Prince of cats.

Instead all twelve lions lay just ten metres away from the ailing leopard. It was only after about fifteen minutes when one male lion decided to remind the leopard of his marching orders, as he sharply pawed near defenceless victim. No further reminders were needed and the leopard hastily fled for the safety of solitude."

Panthera92

Apr 18 2014, 10:48 PM

Luipaard

Apr 18 2014, 10:23 PM

Hi everyone, I'm new here and I would like to show you an amazing video of a lion that approaches an injured leopard. It's amazing how close they are to each other!

Lion approaches injured leopard

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Wow, the leopard looks big!
I'm glad the lion didn't decided to jump on the leopard

Indeed, I'm still not sure why the lion didn't attack the leopard.
I think that there are 2 possibilities. Either the lion noticed that he was injured or the lion was 'scared' becouse of the growling. If you look really close, you can see the leopard constantly growling at the lion.

I find it really awesome how close they were!

Edited by Luipaard, Apr 19 2014, 01:59 AM.

RojJones

May 2 2014, 05:38 PM

ManEater

May 2 2014, 09:33 PM

Very nice found, one time again, we can see it's very hard to deter a leopard when he is on the back.

PS: nice kill from the leopard, looks like a "topi" (don't know the name in english sorry)

ManEater

May 2 2014, 09:33 PM

Very nice found, one time again, we can see it's very hard to deter a leopard when he is on the back.

PS: nice kill from the leopard, looks like a "topi" (don't know the name in english sorry)

kuri

Dec 2 2014, 05:51 PM

ManEater

Dec 2 2014, 06:59 PM

Very nice video, one time again, we can see that leopard are very hard opponent to kill, and lioness fail one time again.

1977marc

Dec 2 2014, 10:29 PM

looks like a female leopard to me.
nice find

Bandog

Dec 2 2014, 10:34 PM

ManEater

Dec 2 2014, 06:59 PM

Very nice video, one time again, we can see that leopard are very hard opponent to kill, and lioness fail one time again.

It impresses me so much when you compare that to the way lions treat lone hyenas.
Not to mention the way the leopard flew up that tree.
Very good video, thanks for sharing.

Shin

Dec 3 2014, 03:14 AM

didn't Rojones or someone post this already? c'mon Kuri, I
thought this was a new account!

spalea

Dec 3 2014, 04:19 AM

Being lying down in front of the lioness did the leopard play dead ?

TheLioness

Dec 3 2014, 11:03 AM

In lion language and cat language laying down on ones side is a sign of submission or on back, showing their venerable stomach is a risk, plus the animal can then use all four paws + claws, normally in this stance big cats normally back off, their message is clear and both want to avoid injury.

Still shows how impressive and quick leopards are, they didn't make it that far without not knowing how to survive lion attacks, some lions continue to attack, others don't, leopard sometimes get upperhand, sometimes don't, all accounts are interesting to say the least.