rob190364 2,594 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 big respect to the youngster!! 2 Quote Link to post
moggy rock 22 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 brilliant that mate :thumbs: :thumbs: Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted October 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 brilliant that mate :thumbs: :thumbs: good isn't it, it's not often you see such a young animal so bloody handy with it's teeth/claws! he wasn't just dishing out a warning, he really meant business!!! Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted October 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I bet even the mother leopard was thinking "I ain't going near that f'cker when he's in a bad mood!!" Quote Link to post
Born Hunter 17,751 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I was watching a documentary about leapords this weekend and aparantly the cubs have a less than 50% 1st year survival rate! Always amazing to watch the adults hunt though, experts in ambush hunting. The mother the documenary was following lost her first cub to another predator and the final one had just learnt to climb and fell trapping its hind legs in the V of a tree, breaking it's pelvis. When the mother found it she tried to get it to play and free it but its back end was completely shot to shit, she left it as she knew it was a lost cause. The cub managed to free itself and drag itself to the nearest bush to die. To be honest I like to think I'm quite mentally tough, especially with nature but I found it hard to watch, the cub was only about 5-6months old. If I had been there I would have had to of ended the poor buggers life. Quote Link to post
martync1967 64 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 thought that jackal was a goner then,good viewing there rob Quote Link to post
Rabbiting man 1,191 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Good vid Rob you dont see a documentary like that on tv these days Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Cracking find that mate.....bit dissapointed that the mother never steamed in and helped!!! Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 I was watching a documentary about leapords this weekend and aparantly the cubs have a less than 50% 1st year survival rate! Always amazing to watch the adults hunt though, experts in ambush hunting. The mother the documenary was following lost her first cub to another predator and the final one had just learnt to climb and fell trapping its hind legs in the V of a tree, breaking it's pelvis. When the mother found it she tried to get it to play and free it but its back end was completely shot to shit, she left it as she knew it was a lost cause. The cub managed to free itself and drag itself to the nearest bush to die. To be honest I like to think I'm quite mentally tough, especially with nature but I found it hard to watch, the cub was only about 5-6months old. If I had been there I would have had to of ended the poor buggers life. Yes i watched that too, i think that clip of a cub demolishing a jackal should be a wake up call for the "will a lurcher kill a leopard" brigade numpties lol.............. Quote Link to post
rob190364 2,594 Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I was watching a documentary about leapords this weekend and aparantly the cubs have a less than 50% 1st year survival rate! Always amazing to watch the adults hunt though, experts in ambush hunting. The mother the documenary was following lost her first cub to another predator and the final one had just learnt to climb and fell trapping its hind legs in the V of a tree, breaking it's pelvis. When the mother found it she tried to get it to play and free it but its back end was completely shot to shit, she left it as she knew it was a lost cause. The cub managed to free itself and drag itself to the nearest bush to die. To be honest I like to think I'm quite mentally tough, especially with nature but I found it hard to watch, the cub was only about 5-6months old. If I had been there I would have had to of ended the poor buggers life. Yes i watched that too, i think that clip of a cub demolishing a jackal should be a wake up call for the "will a lurcher kill a leopard" brigade numpties lol.............. yes that's true, ha ha! based on that clip I would say a lurcher v adult leopard would last a good 1 or 2 seconds maybe.....at best! Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I was watching a documentary about leapords this weekend and aparantly the cubs have a less than 50% 1st year survival rate! Always amazing to watch the adults hunt though, experts in ambush hunting. The mother the documenary was following lost her first cub to another predator and the final one had just learnt to climb and fell trapping its hind legs in the V of a tree, breaking it's pelvis. When the mother found it she tried to get it to play and free it but its back end was completely shot to shit, she left it as she knew it was a lost cause. The cub managed to free itself and drag itself to the nearest bush to die. To be honest I like to think I'm quite mentally tough, especially with nature but I found it hard to watch, the cub was only about 5-6months old. If I had been there I would have had to of ended the poor buggers life. Yes i watched that too, i think that clip of a cub demolishing a jackal should be a wake up call for the "will a lurcher kill a leopard" brigade numpties lol.............. yes that's true, ha ha! based on that clip I would say a lurcher v adult leopard would last a good 1 or 2 seconds maybe.....at best! Adult??? That cub would jack most of the lassie types on here, especially my little coney catchers Quote Link to post
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Awesome clip that. Seen the one where the young leopard fell as well and I would of struggled to just leave it to die on it's own Quote Link to post
moonlighter 1,163 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I was just thinking the same, that young leopard would kill most lurchers. And I too watched the leopard documentary, some amazing footage on there. The film crew are only there to watch, not intervern. I watched one where a baby elephant lost it's parents and when it found there sent it followed it the wrong way. It eventually starved to death. All the film crew had to do was turn her round..... Quote Link to post
Born Hunter 17,751 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 I was just thinking the same, that young leopard would kill most lurchers. And I too watched the leopard documentary, some amazing footage on there. The film crew are only there to watch, not intervern. I watched one where a baby elephant lost it's parents and when it found there sent it followed it the wrong way. It eventually starved to death. All the film crew had to do was turn her round..... I know what ya saying mate and I wouldn't interfere with nature but if nature decides an animal is to die then I couldn't sit by knowing the critter is suffering if I could end it's life swiftly. Maybe I'm not as hard as a wildlife film crew, or maybe I'm a little harder. Not knocking them at all, they do a fecking great job and don't interfere at all, which is better than interfering too much. I suppose it's the line they must never cross.... Quote Link to post
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