00:00 What can run at a speed of 57 km/h when chasing a prey?
00:16 It is an excellent swimmer and a mountain climber and it can pull its prey up the tall
00:21 trees to enjoy its own feast away from other predators.
00:25 It is none other than the leopard, an animal endowed by mother nature with more gifts than
00:32 other carnivores.
00:34 It is the terror of many animals, including those that eat meat.
00:39 So what about that fear?
00:40 Join us to watch today's video to see it all.
00:47 The classic huntings of the leopard.
00:50 Panthera partus, commonly known as the leopard, is one of five species of big cats of the
00:57 genus Panthera that live in Africa and Asia.
01:01 They are from 1 to nearly 2 meters long, weighing from 30 to 90 kg and their legendary prowess
01:08 and ability to eat anything from scraps and up have made them the most successful living
01:14 feline.
01:15 They have a special ability to adapt, although their habitat is mainly associated with the
01:21 savannah, the grassland and the tropical forests.
01:25 Besides, it is known for its good climbing ability and it often rests on tree branches
01:31 during the day, as the leopard relies mainly on its keen senses of hearing and sight to
01:38 hunt.
01:39 With a number of physical features, the habitat and the social behavior have signaled the
01:44 skilled hunting of this leopard.
01:48 The leopard hunts an impala.
01:51 One fine day, when the leopard was hungry, it went looking for food.
01:55 Suddenly, it seemed to hear a strange noise from somewhere.
02:00 Once it had determined the direction of the sound, it immediately climbs up a tall tree
02:05 to observe.
02:06 Thanks to its body length of 1 to 2 meters and a good climbing ability, it can approach
02:12 the prey within range of 5 meters.
02:16 In the distance, over there, a number of impalas engrossed on their search for food, and they
02:22 were caught in the gaze of the leopard.
02:25 The impala is an African antelope with a body height of 75 to 95 cm.
02:32 Despite having a larger body size than the leopard, the impala is extremely terrified
02:37 of this animal.
02:38 Specifically, when the location of the prey has been determined, the leopard quickly moves
02:43 to the position of the prey.
02:46 The antelopes do not pay attention to everything around them, so when leopards appear, they
02:51 are extremely scared.
02:53 They ran around, moving in many different directions to escape the leopard's sight.
02:59 Because of its keen senses and excellent hunting skills, an impala did not escape its pursuit.
03:06 After catching the prey, it frantically grips the prey.
03:09 To preserve life, the antelope fought back fiercely, and it seemed that only the sound
03:14 of their fierce fighting could be heard in the forest right now.
03:18 But strangling until he suffocated, the leopard defeated the impala.
03:27 It can catch larger prey thanks to its huge skull and powerful jaw muscles, and is therefore
03:33 strong enough to pull a carcass heavier than itself up a tree.
03:38 Smaller prey is usually eaten by the leopards immediately, while larger prey is dragged
03:45 for more than a few hundred meters and safely hidden in trees, bushes or even caves for
03:51 later consumption.
03:53 Thus, it can be seen that even though it is larger than the leopard, when faced with it,
03:59 the impala is still its delicious meal.
04:03 The Leopard Hunts an African Rock Python
04:06 In the video below recorded, the case of the leopard, among countless prey to choose from,
04:12 it found an extremely heavy opponent, the python, and it conquered it.
04:18 The African Rock Python is the largest snake in the continent.
04:22 The adult rock pythons are up to 7 meters long and can grow up to even 10 meters.
04:28 They are suitable for many habitats, including savannas, forests, desert, semi-deserts, rocky
04:34 areas and even swamps, rivers and lakes.
04:39 The African Rock Python are considered predatory and very aggressive, and they often attack
04:45 humans.
04:47 Every year there are hundreds of records of rock python attacking people, and there are
04:51 also many cases where they swallow the children and even adults.
04:57 Like other python species, the African Rock Pythons are not venomous, and they kill their
05:02 prey by wrapping and squeezing them to death.
05:06 Leopards when faced with ferocious African Rock Pythons, who will win?
05:12 This is a question that must be asked by many people.
05:16 In fact, the fierce battle between a predatory animal with the strength and the agility and
05:21 a large reptile with the power to wrap and squeeze take place on the other.
05:28 Although the leopard is the first to attack, but with its intelligence, the rock python
05:33 can still use its body to wrap the leopard inside.
05:37 This is a familiar attack of pythons when hunting.
05:40 With its strength, it will squeeze and make the prey's bones break, and then swallow it.
05:47 For a moment, it seemed that the leopard had given up when it began to show signs of suffocation.
05:53 When suddenly, with its natural agility, it broke free of the python's tutelage and returned
06:00 to retaliate with a blow, then a scratch and the bite is his forte.
06:06 And in the end, victory called the leopard's name, and the fatal wounds all over the body
06:12 made the python unable to stand in the fight for survival and had to accept to become a
06:18 meal for the victor.
06:20 Thus, although the leopard had good hunting skills, but when it faces a heavy opponent
06:25 like the African Rock Python, it has to make full use of its abilities to defeat its prey.
06:34 The Leopard Hunts a Dykert
06:35 The video below records the image of the battle between leopards and a dykert.
06:41 While looking for food, suddenly a dykert came into its sights.
06:46 Dykerts are shy and elusive creatures, and prefer dense shrubs.
06:51 They mainly graze on shrub shoots instead of grass, and they eat leaves, branches, seeds,
06:57 fruits, shoots and barks, and often follow flocks of birds or monkeys to eat the fruit
07:04 dropped by the birds and monkeys.
07:07 They supplement their diet with meat, and they sometimes eat insects and carrion, and
07:12 even capture rodents or smaller birds.
07:16 It is known that it is a battle, and the dykert is not an opponent of leopards.
07:21 Once it has detected its prey, it quickly approaches the prey with the closest distance,
07:26 and the leopard then tries to use its own body weight to push dykert to the ground.
07:32 At this point, the dykert's cry made the leopard work harder to kill its prey, because
07:38 this sound can attract other nearby hunters.
07:42 After a while, the dykert becomes motionless.
07:45 By biting the neck of the prey, the leopard defeated the dykert.
07:50 Thanks to its huge skull and its powerful jaw muscles, the leopard pulls its prey up
07:55 a tree and enjoys the fruit.
07:58 Thus, leopards are carnivores that can hunt more types of prey than any other big cat
08:04 species with skilled hunting skills.
08:07 They can eat from small animals such as insects, rodents, fish, or even larger animals.
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