The land of the African savannah can be said to be wide and dangerous, where games of massacre and escape are being played all day long. Many animals hunt non-stop every day just to fill their stomachs, and those vulnerable animals can only regain their lives by running desperately. Even if there are leopards among predators, they can only be swallowed when they encounter more powerful predators such as lions. For this reason, the leopard has cultivated extremely fast running skills to avoid being chased by the lion; in the animal kingdom, the leopard's speed is among the best, and the lion cannot be compared with it.
In fact, compared with other large carnivores in Africa, the leopard is indeed at a disadvantage, not only the lion. Even the African wild dog and hyena will bully him and take part of his food and eat it. Although they are small in size, they have a quantitative advantage, so that the leopard is hard to beat with four hands. Not to mention the lion, after all, the size is above it, and they still live in groups. According to a study in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, 20% of leopards died at the hands of African lions. However, even so, the stubborn leopard did not take the initiative to avoid these powerful competitors, and there were still lions in the area where it lived.
In fact, the leopard's death at the hands of a lion somewhat "deserves it". After all, according to the habits of lions, under normal circumstances, lionesses will go out hunting, and only a very small number of adult female lions will protect the cubs. However, the playful little lion easily stays away from the lion group, so that the leopard, the ruthless predator ambushing in the grass, will come to catch them, and the little lion has no power to fight back. The leopard will also drag it to the tree, which is his habit, and will hang the unfinished prey on the twig. Not only is it not easy to break, but other animals are basically not easy to grab. When there is a shortage of food, come back to fill your stomach. However, if the leopard does this, it is easy to reveal his whereabouts, and ordinary animals dare not make up their minds. But smelling the scent of the little lion,The lions can find where the leopards are, so they can only hide in the trees. No wonder the lions always surround the leopards under the trees!
If you are lucky enough to see a lion and a leopard climbing a tree together, you can understand the size difference between the two. This is what the case says. A female lion climbs a tree to catch a leopard. Even though the female lion is struggling to climb the tree, she will still hold the tree desperately and climb up until it climbs into a branch. At that time, the legs of the corpse of impala were dangling in the tree, but the female lion couldn't reach it. The food in front of her seemed to give the lioness motivation, and she continued to climb without rest at all. At this time, the leopard was completely hidden in the canopy of the tree, and perhaps he did not expect the lioness to be so desperate. The leopard roared and attacked, hoping to get rid of the lioness desperately. However, this behavior did not affect the lioness at all, and she was still climbing up the tree trunk.
All the witnesses at the scene were thinking, how should the lioness get down from such a high tree after getting its prey? I thought that the lioness was so heavy that she looked very clumsy when she came down from the tree. However, the lioness firmly grasped the branch with her claws, crawled to the place where the leopard and impala corpses were, and also roared and attacked. Anyone seemed to understand that the lioness snatching prey was only one of the reasons, and perhaps she wanted to kill the leopard. This reasoning was quickly confirmed. After reaching the place where the impala corpse was, the lioness slapped the leopard with that fierce paw, and the whole tree was swaying. And when the lion wanted to catch him, the leopard fought back desperately, but lost his balance in a hurry, so he fell to the other side. Seeing that the leopard was about to be killed by the lion, a miracle happened at this time. Because the two species were too heavy, the branches broke after a loud noise, and both fell off on a tree almost 6 meters above the ground.
Those who are careful may also find that,When falling from a high altitude, it is a habit of cats to land on the ground with their feet, but for this lioness , this theory does not hold. After the perfect landing, the leopard jumped up and climbed to another tree. After the lioness fell ashamed, she also quickly turned around to see where the leopard had gone. However, at this time, the leopard jumped to another tree with lightning speed! Seeing that there is no chance for him to kill the leopard, the lioness eats the prey that he has worked so hard to snatch. The lioness guarded her food very tightly. After the two companions came and did not share it with them, she quickly ate the impala. That is to say, some debris can be seen among the branches on the ground.
After meeting the male lion, as long as the leopard is not in the tree, the end will be even worse. Also in South Africa, a leopard is asleep, completely unaware that the danger is approaching. However, at this time, a male lion was approaching him, and when he walked to his side, the leopard realized that there was an enemy. Because he hadn't opened his eyes completely, he didn't know what species was coming, so he wanted to fight the opponent. However, after seeing a strong lion, the leopard turned away in fright. In terms of normal speed, it is absolutely easy for the leopard to escape the hunt of the lion. However, this leopard didn't know if it was so frightened that he didn't know anything, and couldn't run away at this extremely critical moment. Even if the male lion does not start quickly, it beats the leopard when accelerating, and ran ahead of the leopard after only a dozen meters. After seeing the lion pounce, the leopard wanted to fight the opponent desperately, but the two different animals had a big difference in size. Perhaps the weight of one head of a male lion is above the entire leopard. With a strong body, the leopard came up and gave the male lion two slaps. However, the male lion quickly counterattacked it and overturned it to the ground and bit its vitals in one bite.
