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Big territorial male leopards; Only territorial male leopards starting 60 kilograms and over
Tweet Topic Started: May 29 2012, 11:54 PM (256,519 Views)
Canidae	Jun 30 2012, 11:51 PM Post #76
Omnivore Posts: 1,350 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: Jan 7, 2012	Taipan Jun 30 2012, 10:40 PM Canidae Jun 29 2012, 06:16 AM k9boy Jun 29 2012, 05:58 AM ImperialDino Why do you feel the need to take your insecurity's out on leopards? Some leopards will flee from brown hyenas, some will stand there ground and chase it off. Does it really matter? A leopard could kill a brown hyena in a heartbeat anyway. Certainly not. The people - who were zoologists - who wrote 'Cry of the Kalahari' and observed such animals on daily basis for years on end said a Brown Hyaena could likely withstand a Leopard's attacks and give it a good fight with their bone-crushing jaws. Similarly in another paper on Leopard diet it was stated adult Brown Hyaenas had sufficient weaponary to minimise predation, with the account cited of predation being only a 6-month old cub. Lapalala Wilderness : Leopard camera traps and research "Brown hyenas are no match for a leopard in terms of strength, size or fighting capabilities. " http://www.lapalala.com/reserve_management.php?id=20 3 zoologists - 2 of them with years in the Kalahari under their belt -vs. 1 person updating a news site - not even the person doing the research - with an unobjective statement.



k9boy	Jun 30 2012, 11:57 PM Post #77
Apex Predator Posts: 4,236 Group: Members Member #254 Joined: Mar 26, 2012	So you think a brown hyena is comparable in strength to a leopard?



Canidae	Jul 1 2012, 12:02 AM Post #78
Omnivore Posts: 1,350 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: Jan 7, 2012	k9boy Jun 30 2012, 11:57 PM So you think a brown hyena is comparable in strength to a leopard? Well, at average weights most Leopard subspecies would be larger, so probably not. But 'strength' is a very general term, I'd certainly imagine a Leopard having more powerful hindquarters, but not shoulders, neck or head.



Kurtz	Jul 1 2012, 12:49 AM Post #79
Kleptoparasite Posts: 1,994 Group: Members Member #333 Joined: May 22, 2012	Canidae Jul 1 2012, 12:02 AM k9boy Jun 30 2012, 11:57 PM So you think a brown hyena is comparable in strength to a leopard? Well, at average weights most Leopard subspecies would be larger, so probably not. But 'strength' is a very general term, I'd certainly imagine a Leopard having more powerful hindquarters, but not shoulders, neck or head. indeed an interesting match btwn pocket leopard and brown hyena enjoy it: http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/9413226/1/#poll436048



Taipan	Jul 1 2012, 02:43 PM Post #80
Administrator Posts: 18,011 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Feb 25, 2011	Canidae Jun 30 2012, 11:51 PM 3 zoologists - 2 of them with years in the Kalahari under their belt -vs. 1 person updating a news site - not even the person doing the research - with an unobjective statement. Yeah I'd back the one person, whose statement in no way contradicts anything posted by others. Any view expressed by a researcher not supported by definitive evidence is 'unobjective', so if you have an issue witrh that - stop posting subjective views yourself, and then criticising alternate subjective views. Its simply a case of you being inconsistent and biased again. "Brown hyenas are no match for a leopard in terms of strength, size or fighting capabilities. " Leopards are larger (size), thus stronger (strength), and based on evidence have superior fighting abilities. Edited by Taipan, Jul 1 2012, 02:56 PM.



Superpredator	Jul 1 2012, 07:11 PM Post #81
Apex Predator Posts: 5,434 Group: Members Member #59 Joined: Jan 12, 2012	Wow, some leopards grow BIG! The size of some males are amazing.



Canidae	Jul 2 2012, 12:42 AM Post #82
Omnivore Posts: 1,350 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: Jan 7, 2012	Taipan Yeah I'd back the one person, whose statement in no way contradicts anything posted by others. It does. It states a brown hyaena being no match for a Leopard, other sources disagree. Taipan Any view expressed by a researcher not supported by definitive evidence is 'unobjective', so if you have an issue witrh that - stop posting subjective views yourself, and then criticising alternate subjective views. The paper on Leopard diet stating hyaenas had sufficient weaponary to minimise predation to incidents like the 6-month old cub, was backed by a source and was in the acaedemic lit. The perhaps 'lesser' view of Owens and Owens was decided from their research and observations of brown hyaenas / leopards and was in their book on the Kalahari. Both are more objective than someone who just updates a news site. Taipan Its simply a case of you being inconsistent and biased again. Find someone in a similar position who disagrees! Taipan and based on evidence have superior fighting abilities. What evidence? Edited by Canidae, Jul 2 2012, 12:58 AM.



Kurtz	Jul 2 2012, 01:44 AM Post #83
Kleptoparasite Posts: 1,994 Group: Members Member #333 Joined: May 22, 2012	Tigerkid Jul 1 2012, 07:11 PM Wow, some leopards grow BIG! The size of some males are amazing. Notice, a part the overall size difference, the paws fo Kashane three times larger than those of female



1977marc	Jul 2 2012, 07:08 PM Post #84
Heterotrophic Organism Posts: 325 Group: Members Member #30 Joined: Jan 9, 2012	Kashane is one the most beautifull Toms. Sun of...



ManEater	Jul 2 2012, 08:49 PM Post #85
Omnivore Posts: 1,112 Group: Members Member #113 Joined: Jan 18, 2012	She looks like a cub in comparison , amazing .



Taipan	Jul 2 2012, 10:41 PM Post #86
Administrator Posts: 18,011 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Feb 25, 2011	Canidae Jul 2 2012, 12:42 AM Taipan Yeah I'd back the one person, whose statement in no way contradicts anything posted by others. It does. It states a brown hyaena being no match for a Leopard, other sources disagree. Taipan Any view expressed by a researcher not supported by definitive evidence is 'unobjective', so if you have an issue witrh that - stop posting subjective views yourself, and then criticising alternate subjective views. The paper on Leopard diet stating hyaenas had sufficient weaponary to minimise predation to incidents like the 6-month old cub, was backed by a source and was in the acaedemic lit. The perhaps 'lesser' view of Owens and Owens was decided from their research and observations of brown hyaenas / leopards and was in their book on the Kalahari. Both are more objective than someone who just updates a news site. Taipan Its simply a case of you being inconsistent and biased again. Find someone in a similar position who disagrees! Taipan and based on evidence have superior fighting abilities. What evidence? This is what it states : "Brown hyenas are no match for a leopard in terms of strength, size or fighting capabilities. " It does not contradict any other sources. Nor can you apply an inconsistent application of the term subjective, as you yourself are using subjective views. If you don't agree with the fighting capability, show us some Brown Hyenas fights in the cape Leopard v Brown Hyena thread please. Edited by Taipan, Jul 2 2012, 10:43 PM.



Kurtz	Jul 4 2012, 08:12 PM Post #87
Kleptoparasite Posts: 1,994 Group: Members Member #333 Joined: May 22, 2012	MVULA!!



Superpredator	Jul 4 2012, 10:45 PM Post #88
Apex Predator Posts: 5,434 Group: Members Member #59 Joined: Jan 12, 2012	Kurtz Jul 2 2012, 01:44 AM Tigerkid Jul 1 2012, 07:11 PM Wow, some leopards grow BIG! The size of some males are amazing. Notice, a part the overall size difference, the paws fo Kashane three times larger than those of female WOW!!That's one huge male. It makes her look so small.



Kurtz	Jul 5 2012, 12:37 AM Post #89
Kleptoparasite Posts: 1,994 Group: Members Member #333 Joined: May 22, 2012	Mashiabanje male and Xikavi female



Kurtz	Jul 5 2012, 12:39 AM Post #90
Kleptoparasite Posts: 1,994 Group: Members Member #333 Joined: May 22, 2012	Xinzele the beast



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