The leopard is a graceful animal
with an elongated body,
relatively short legs and a long
tail. After the lion, it is the
next biggest
African cat with an average body
mass of between 60kg and 70kg.
Leopard standing about two until
thirds of a metre tall at
the shoulder. Leopards in the
wild may live up to 15 years.
Unlike the lion,
the leopard is a silent creature,
only occasionally
emitting a cough like call.
The leopard's
hunting technique is to
either ambush its prey or to
stalk it. In either instance,
it tries to get as close as
possible to its target. It then
makes a brief and explosive
charge up to 60 kilometre per
hour. Then pouncing on its
prey and dispatching it
with a bite to the neck.
The leopard is a
carnivore that prefers medium
sized prey with a body mass
ranging from 10 to 40 kilograms.
The diet of a Leopard is made
up of small
hoofstock such as gazelle,
impala and wildebeest.
The leopards will
prey on the baby wildebeest, but
they will be afraid of the
adult wildebeest.
Its because, a blue
wildebeest can weigh up to 270
kilograms. Leopards lack
the ability to chase their prey
from any distance or if
their prey is too large.
They will give up if
the initial element of
surprise is lost and the prey is
much bigger and stronger than
they can handle. If the prey
strikes back at the leopard, the
leopard will run or climb trees
for its own defense.
As we all know, the
leopard is a very good tree
climber.
Leopard has the ideal
physiology for tree climbing.
They have a low centre of
gravity and incredibly high
power to weight ratio.
Crocodiles and lions are mortal
enemies. Lion cubs sometimes
play too far from their
mother.
This lion cub fell
near the edge of the river where
there were many crocodiles.
The mother is
confused about how to save him.
It is a life and death bet. The
mother tries to come down.
However, she
fell and pushed his son into the
river. The lioness finally
jumped into the river. The fight
with crocodiles was inevitable.
Luckily the mother managed
to save her child and escape
from the crocodile.
We all know that
lions at times eat buffaloes.
But it sometimes takes many lions
to bring down a
fully grown adult buffalo.
Their bodies are heavily built
with thick stocky legs.
They also have horns which are
hook shaped
curving downwards.
The horns actually
grow up to 160 centimetre.
African buffaloes are
hard animals to capture due to
their unpredictable
and aggressive behavior. So,
one lion cannot handle a fully
grown African buffalo. The
Buffalo uses its horns for self
defense against predators. The
lion, on the other hand, has
very sharp teeth and strong jaws
but they are no match for the
buffalo s powerful horns.
A lion can never win
against a buffalo.
Taking down a fully
grown buffalo is a hard task for
the lion except with the help of
their pride. Its because, the
average weight of an adult lion
is 400 to 500 pounds.
Average weight of an
adult buffalo is
1800 to 2500 pounds.
It s literally
impossible for a lion to knock an
adult buffalo off its feet due
to the massive weight of the
bovine. But, a pride of lions
together can overpower an
adult buffalo.
A pride of lions
can overcome an adult buffalo is
by getting a firm bite on its
throat or windpipe.
In the animal world we
often witness epic battles
between lions and buffaloes,
is certainly one
of the most exciting.
Lions and buffaloes
are ancestral enemies, since
the buffalo has always been the
most sought after prey by
the lions.
Its because with a
specimen, they can also feed
the most numerous herds.
But buffalo hunting is not
so simple for lions.
The buffalo, in
fact, has an impressive size
and its large curved horns
inspire a certain fear.
Buffalo's force that it emanates
when attacking is incredible,
moreover it is a
very brave animal.
The buffaloes herd
also defends its members, so if a
specimen is
attacked by one or more
predators, the buffaloes react
and go to counterattack.
It is not uncommon to see
the lions being driven away by
these large herbivores.
In this video we
can see the lion left behind by
its pride.
In front of it, the
lion knows that there is a pack
of buffalo that can attack.
Lions are always weary of buffalo
since they travel in herds
that are far more numerous
than lion prides.
A single lion will almost
never attack a single buffalo
unless it s a calf.
So, to protect itself,
the lion climbed a tree.
Unfortunately, lions are not
very good tree climbers. The
Lion is able to climb trees but
it is limited to the lower
branches. A Lion is large
and bulky. Gravity gives
these cats a much harder time
and it started falling.
Weighing over half a ton, the
buffalo are easily strong
enough to gore lions and fling
them into the air.
The buffalo are just
too powerful and can easily
inflict a wound that will kill
or cripple a lion.