You dirty rat: Daring rodent shows puzzled leopard exactly who's boss by stealing its lunch (cute!)

Daily Mail UK ^ | 04th June 2009 | Daily Mail Reporter

[rawhide]

[Just another Joe]

Thatsa one HUNGRY mouse.

[mewzilla]

Awwwww. Our gerbils used to scare our St. Bernard. Go figger :)

[SouthDixie]

Amazing photography and oh so sweet...thanks for sharing.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Or a mouse with a depth perception problem?

[TomGuy]

"Push me again, kitty, and you're dead meat, too!"

[knittnmom]

One of my brothers, when he was a young adult, paid good money for a bloodhound, planning to hunt. Put the dog in an empty livestock watering tank with a mouse. The dog cowered in the corner as the mouse stood up on his back legs, screeching and hissing at the dog. The mouse even nipped the dog on the nose.

[jonrick46]

That’s a DemonRAT! Always wanting to steal our lunch.

[Paladin2]

Being on a rich diet of the dole tends to make one less aggressive.

[mattdono]

I was about to say...

The leopard is the once-feared, now-tamed GOP
And, the rat is the RATs.

Come on, GOP, show some friggin fang and pounce...for once.

[patriot08]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[Joe 6-pack]

[mewzilla]

LOL. That what one of our gerbs did, bit the dog on the nose. Once was enough.

[IrishPennant]

Mythbusters did a segment where they released a mouse in the path of walking elephants. While the elephants did not rear up in fear, they took notice of the mouse and gave it a wide path every time.

[JSteff]

“Our gerbils used to scare our St. Bernard. Go figger :)”

Just goes to show that being an alpha animal is born into alpha's. Apparently this mouse is a pure alpha and figures that it DESERVES to eat first. No matter who or what is around he figures that he should eat that meat.

So far the leopard hasn't said “no”.

[GeronL]

The leopard seems amused. a new friend?

In the last pic the mouse seems to be getting a backrub

[machogirl]

my dogs are afraid of the hamster.

[Terabitten]

So far the leopard hasn't said “no”.

Of course, they don't show the last pic where the leopard goes "gulp" and swallows the mouse and the gobbets of meat.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

The definition of:
Courage
Audacity
Indifference
[take your pick]

[MEGoody]

Obviously a well feed leopard. Otherwise, the mouse would have been toast.