Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera


	Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera
hitchhiker08
7-21-2008 3:05 AM
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wildlife, crocodile, leopards, big cats, reptiles, alligators, predators, hunting, reserve, south africa
hitchhiker08 says:
The ways of wildlife are difficult to comprehend - even if the cats always lose out it never prevents them from estimating their strength against adversaries....
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7-21-2008 7:09 AM
silvanaraihane
great find, tks!
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Despite the crocodile's huge weight and strength, the leopard had the upper hand catching its prey by the throat.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/7FEDC3FE-E0E8-4C4C-9390-E2ED785C1C6A" alt="Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox"><P class="story2">Eventually the big cat was able to sit on top of the reptile and suffocate it.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/7F4C415C-874C-43D2-B3F1-8A405EF86112" alt="Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox"><P class="story2">Mr Brindley said: 'I asked many rangers in South Africa if they had ever heard of anything like this and they all said no.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/745A78D0-BB47-4CB2-855C-9EBF2F7352F5" alt="Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox"><P class="story2">"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. 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