kitty ping material
Food chain conflicts are always interesting.
Somebody must have forgot to feed their cat.
crocs should stay in water.
That would be a great daily crowd pleaser at a zoo...
Nice. New note to self. Don’t jack with Leopards.
Hell, my four cats do that to each other all the time.
.......usually at about two in the morning.
Bad kitty!
I mean that kitty is one bad dude or dudette.
From the story:
The photographs were taken by Hal Brindley, an American wildlife photographer, who was supposed to be taking pictures of hippos from his car in the Kruger National Park.
The giant cat raced out of cover provided by scrub and bushes to surprise the crocodile, which was swimming nearby.
A terrible and bloody struggle ensued. Eventually, onlookers were amazed to see the leopard drag the crocodile from the water as the reptile fought back.
With the crocodile snapping its powerful jaws furiously, the two animals somersaulted and grappled. Despite the crocodile’s huge weight and strength, the leopard had the upper hand catching its prey by the throat.
Eventually the big cat was able to sit on top of the reptile and suffocate it.
In the past, there have been reports of crocodiles killing leopards, but this is believed to the first time that the reverse scenario has been observed.
Mr Brindley said: ‘I asked many rangers in South Africa if they had ever heard of anything like this and they all said no.
“It just doesn’t make sense. The meat you get out of a crocodile is just not worth the risk it takes a predator to acquire. The whole scene happened in the course of about 5 minutes. Then the leopard was gone.
“I drove away, elated in disbelief. It may have been the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.”
cats and lizards ping
The is the first time I’ve seen a big cat fight with a gator anytime outide of college football season.
Jeez....kitty must of really been hungry!
Check out these pictures of great whites hunting seals linked on the same page as the leopard/croc pics:
A real liberal nightmare. Two endangered species feeding on each other.
Sometimes you get the croc, sometimes the croc get you.
Must be one hungry kitty!
A cougar, A.K.A. “the Endangered Florida Panther”, died from having indulged in a new food source - alligators, to be specific.
The gators are predators at least two levels up the food chain from the deer which the hapless cougar was evolved to eat.
Unfortunately, Mr. Gator had too much mercury and when Mr. Endangered Florida Panther ate gator as a regular diet, the mercury was concentrated to such a degree that the cat died of mercury poisoning.
Maybe the EPA will therefore have to declare Everglades National park a mercury contaminated site and Ranger Randy could apply for SuperFund cleanup funds.
;-)