The Leopard Vs. The Crocodile
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In the wild, both leopards and the crocodiles are dangerous predators. While the crocodiles are known to attack and kill leopards, a reversal in roles has never been encountered until recently, when the two were seen battling it out at a Game Reserve in South Africa .
That's because, crocodiles have very little meat for the leopards to feed on, so killing them is not worth taking the risk it involves, especially since the tables could turn easily, with the leopard becoming the prey.
The pictures taken by American Wildlife photographer, Hal Brindley are believed to be the only time this kind of attack has been caught on camera. Hal said he and a number of other tourists had been busy taking pictures of hippos at the Kruger National Park, when they saw something darting from the bushes and going into the water.
To their astonishment, a few minutes later, a leopard emerged, dragging a crocodile, with its mouth. During the whole event, which lasted about five minutes, the crocodile kept trying to get away, but the leopard had a firm hold on its neck.
Then, despite being much smaller, the leopard managed to strangle the crocodile to death. It then dragged its prey into the bushes, away from the prying tourists and their cameras.
Park Rangers, who have been in the area for several years, say they have never seen such an attack and are still scratching their heads as to why the leopard did it. Whatever the reason, it made for some great pictures!
Source:Telegraph.co.uk, DailyMail.co.uk
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- Maggieabout 6 yearsI know a lot of big cats like that leopard can run up to about 30-40 miles per hour that croc could never beat that leopard up
- botyfewi-160035712173over 3 yearsthe leopard can run up to 105 mph
- 29zabraham10 monthsI don’t know if that is really true
- bengal10 monthsHmm… you’re probably right, 29zabraham…
- Gover 6 yearsleopards are a lot better than crocodiles
- abcover 8 yearsits lepord
- becky g over 8 yearscheetahs are the best
- becky g over 8 yearsI LOVE CHEETAHS THAN CROC
- Animal over 8 yearsi love animal cheetahs is more fast then croc
- ck3over 8 yearsGO CHEETAHS!!!
- summerstarover 8 yearsThe croc acted like a baby. He shook his head only a few times, then he wouldn't move and the leopard easily got him. The croc was bigger and stronger But by the way he was acting, I thing I could have killed him too!
- summerstaralmost 8 yearsBut I don't mean that rudely. I wouldn't want to kill a croc! I just meant the croc wasn't fighting hard enough.
- leopard manalmost 9 yearsawsome
- 10039881almost 9 yearsOMG