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Leopards killing Warthog & other prey; from the old site!
Topic Started: Jan 13 2012, 09:26 PM (17,081 Views)
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Just watch, one of these days, a leopard might even take on a lion.
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Dec 16 2012, 11:38 PM
Just watch, one of these days, a leopard might even take on a lion.
One did!

"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
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Dec 16 2012, 11:53 PM
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Dec 16 2012, 11:38 PM
Just watch, one of these days, a leopard might even take on a lion.
One did!

"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
Nice account. The leopard was lucky it was just a young lioness, who knows how it

would have ended with a more experienced female
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Leopard kill aardwolf

My first night driving on obs, we were waved down by a car and told that there was a dead hyena in a tree off the road. When we arrived at the tree we realized it was not a spotted hyena, but an aardwolf. Aardwolves are the smallest, and only insectivorous, member of the hyena family. They are nocturnal and are solitary foragers; sightings of them far rarer than sightings of our spotted hyenas. (You can read about Julie’s latest encounter and see pictures of a live aardwolf here!). A leopard probably made the kill and then stashed the aardwolf in the tree for a snack later.

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Hungry leopard showdown over a warthog captured on camera
Two male leopards engage in a protracted tug-of-war over a female warthog in South Africa as astonished tourists and rangers look on


By Aislinn Laing, Johannesburg, video source YouTube / Londolozi Game Reserve12:50PM GMT 28 Jan 2015

A game ranger working on a private reserve to the west of South Africa’s Kruger National park has shared a “once in a lifetime sighting” of two leopards battling over a warthog.
Simon Smit, who works at Londolozi private reserve in Sabi Sands, said he and his party encountered the first leopard waiting for the warthog to emerge from its hole during an early morning drive.
The leopard, which the rangers call Tu Tones, pounced moments later but, as it lay on its back biting the neck of the struggling female warthog, a second leopard named Marthly emerged from the bush and leapt onto its prize.
“A tug of war ensued, both males in desperate need of a meal, neither leopard willing to give in,” Mr Smit wrote in his blog about the event on the reserve’s website.
The accompanying film clip shows both leopards tugging at either side of the prone warthog’s neck for several minutes, pulling in either direction.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/11373726/Hungry-leopard-showdown-over-a-warthog-captured-on-camera.html
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Ready-mud meal: Amazing moment leopard is caught on camera leaping into dirty waterhole to catch a fish for dinner

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3221484/Leopard-leaps-waterhole-catch-fish-dinner.html
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In this gruesome video a leopard kills a warthog of similar size:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzVOFntRokI
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Leopard attacking a cow on Shimla – Chandigarh highway (India)

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Pamakhedi village of Narmadanagar in Khandwa:
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So where is the bushpig and red river watet hog ?
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So where is the bushpig and red river watet hog ?
Here you go
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A very graphic video of a Leopard killing a Warthog via biting into the chest like the Leopard in the opening post : http://carnivoraforum.com/single/?p=8225041&t=9341641

An incredible sighting of the Torchwood male leopard killing a screaming warthog next to our vehicle!
Male leopards seem to prefer preying on warthogs and can often be spotted near a warthog burrow.
In this case we spotted the Torchwood male leopard sitting on top of a termitarium well known for warthog activity, as we approached the spot a family of warthog burst from cover before the cameras were even ready!
Torchwood male leopard is a skilled warthog hunter and you can see how he subdues the warthog by severing the brachial artery in the axial area of the front leg staying away from the dangerous warthog tusks. The sighting is graphic at this point as the leopard kills the screaming warthog.
The warthog did not take long to bleed out leaving the leopard time to clean up from the safe vantage point of the termitarium. The sealing of the warthog could have attracted the attention of other predators so moving to a good vantage point was a wise safety move on the leopards part.
Later we returned to find the leopard having a drink at a nearby waterhole, watched by giraffe and hippo.
After quenching his thirst the leopard retrned to his warthog kill and started to feed.
The leopard seemed reluctant to move the warthog carcass to the safety of a tree and eventually later at nighttime a hyena stole the warthog from the leopard and ran off with it.


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That's a rude awakening….Leopard creeps up on a sleeping warthog and prods it before killing it in a fierce battle in South Africa

By James Dunn For Mailonline

PUBLISHED: 02:00 AEDT, 31 July 2015 | UPDATED: 05:33 AEDT, 31 July 2015

With dangerous predators like leopards roaming the unforgiving terrain, these photos show that it's no place to be caught sleeping.

This dozing boar was snoozing by the water at Kruger National Park when wide-eyed leopard sensed an opportunity for an easy meal.

It quietly stalks its prey and seems unsure if the beast is sleeping or dead, so it tentatively pokes it with a paw, prompting it to awake from its slumber and desperately try to jump up from the ground.

But the battle is already lost, and the leopard pins its prey to the ground after a short battle, then wraps its vice-like jaw around its neck.

Amateur photographer Lisl Moolman, 41, took the photos in Kruger National Park in South Africa, after spotting the scene through her binoculars.

Moolman, from Phalaborwa, South Africa, said: 'Some visitors indicated to me that the leopard was lying behind a mopani bush, on the other side of the dam. Through the binoculars I could see it looking intently in one direction.

'The leopard approached the oblivious sleeping boar. Blissfully unaware, the warthog only realised his fate when the leopard gently touched him with his front paw. What a rude awakening.

'The leopard almost seemed surprised at how easy this was. The whole process from touching it with its paw, until it died, lasted approximately ten minutes. The warthog feebly struggled from time to time, but stood no chance against this strong male leopard.'

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3180244/That-s-rude-awakening-Leopard-creeps-sleeping-warthog-prods-killing-fierce-battle-South-Africa.html

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Jan 13 2012, 09:35 PM
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