Lions Ambush Leopard Family: Explained- Virtual Safari

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  • Опубліковано 27 лис 2024

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  • @nnonotnow
    @nnonotnow 11 днів тому +14

    You're not filming at a petting zoo. As sad as this is, it is a fact of life that these creatures that we love so much deal with on a daily basis. Thanks for what you do. I've been watching you guys for years

  • @chriswickarts
    @chriswickarts 11 днів тому +6

    Thank you for your thoughtful discourse regarding this incident. I know how much you love these individual creatures❤ Also, thank you for letting me know when the scene happened so I didn't have to watch it. I appreciate you guys bringing this content. For people upset, this happens. They will intervene if it's man's interference. For example if a lion is in a poacher snare suffering they will help. I saw Tinswalo Lodge do that for a lion therefor saving his family of cubs thank God 😊

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 5 днів тому

      It doesn't matter what the circumstance is for when human intervention occurs, it is always a Choice.
      Forest fires are natural yet people pour out by the numbers helping wild life. Turtles carrying heavy barnacles are also helped by humans. There are MANY other cases where the natural world attacks wild life and humans intervene.

  • @hotbit7327
    @hotbit7327 11 днів тому +2

    Beautifully told.
    Good luck Nkoveni with the male cub.
    Thanks for sharing, great video.

  • @laurascribellito1905
    @laurascribellito1905 11 днів тому +4

    Absolutely heartbreaking, but it is indeed nature. Trying to intervene is not the way. But I know it's hard on guests and more so on staff. Glad we had the opportunity to see the female with her two cubs a couple of months back.

  • @gsaunds100
    @gsaunds100 10 днів тому +2

    Thank you for a terrific video, Sean.

  • @everybodyyogastudio212
    @everybodyyogastudio212 11 днів тому +3

    I didnt even know they could have a litter of three.Thank you for keeping us posted 🙏🫶

  • @michaelfleetwood620
    @michaelfleetwood620 10 днів тому +5

    That she managed to rear 2/3 of three to just under a year old is remarkable and given she’s reared three daughters to independence previously, this young male would be her first son. Fingers crossed/thumbs held!

  • @dinicti
    @dinicti 10 днів тому +1

    Thank you for sharing and well communicating events-highly emotional as they are!

  • @jso6790
    @jso6790 8 днів тому +1

    Goodness. This was very good, and sad, and real. The Kambula's (and their breakways) are really pretty savage leopard killers.

  • @RobertMitchison
    @RobertMitchison 11 днів тому +3

    Hi LGR. That clip was ever so very sad, but yet interesting to see and listen to. I know it is so sad that the 12-year-old, very experienced Nkoveni female has lost both of her 2 female cubs to the Kambula pride several months apart, but I know we know there is still a glimmer of hope for the Nkoveni female as she does still have her young male cub right by her side to hopefully raise to hard independence. We know she raised the Plaque Rock female who was killed by the Ntsevu pride on the 9th of June, and then the Stone Drift and Xinkhova females, but never yet before has she raised a young male to independence. So this could well be, if luck goes her way, the first male cub she raises to the point of independence.
    It's fair to say the credit goes to the young male cub for just noticing the danger in the form of the lions right up ahead. We know the Nkoveni female had a narrow brush with death, but had she to been caught and killed, the young make cub will have a hell of a difficult job just trying to survive by himself. But thankfully, that wasn't the case as he does still has his mother to support and help him to hopefully well past the one year point in his young life.
    Even though the Nkoveni female has been dealt a double tragic blow by losing both of her two female cubs to the same lion pride, she has still got her male cub to feed and look after. Even if some might have thought he was just running in the very wrong direction, it seems he had his sharp and vigilant eyes on the tree he climbed to escape the unexpected danger ahead. I do hope he survives successfully.
    The Nkoveni female might be on the last cub of her fifth litter at the moment, but when she will have to leave to go of hunting, I think the best place for him would be up a tall and safe tree to sit and stay in, until she returns to collect him. Wouldn't it? But whilst she's 12 years old, I hope she'll raise at least another litter or two to independence successfully as well. Apart from the tragedy, she's done a very good and impressive job of raising him to almost 1 year old herself. Do you know what happened to the young female cub after the Kambula pride had caught and killed her at all? I don't know if vultures came down and fed of her or if her mother found her dead female cub's body and dragged it away to maybe feed on it like a burial and just dispose off the cub to stop scavengers feeding on it. So whilst she had to be very pragmatic and get on with the next step, she'll have to shift her focus on her little boy. She ought to have a medal for doing such a good job of raising her son to almost one year old. Shouldn't she? I'm glad he had the common sense and courage to spot the danger and climb a good tree. So she's probably telling him what a good and clever boy he is right now currently. It's just fingers crossed for him that he survives to well past the one year old point successfully and safely. That must have been a big relief for everyone involved.
    Hope to hear from you shortly.
    Robert 17.11.24

  • @emancipatedlionm9215
    @emancipatedlionm9215 4 дні тому

    Such beautiful memories; cubs doing what alllllll young ones do - play, climb, curious, etc) Rather sad the demise of the 2🙆🏾 very crucial for them to be on high alert always..they seem to now have less space for exploration with this huge no nonsense Kambula pride,🦁 who motto is to destroy their enemies. Very sad ..thanks for sharing.

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 11 днів тому +2

    They were so beautiful

  • @waynzignordics
    @waynzignordics 9 годин тому

    They're so tiny compared to adult lions. I'm glad the little guy immediately climbed the nearest tree instead of running. Smart move.

  • @RoyHodgson97
    @RoyHodgson97 11 днів тому +2

    I love leopards so much I can't watch this😭💔

  • @manuelwebe
    @manuelwebe 10 днів тому +5

    Very tragic. But this is something that has been happening for Millenia in nature. As an animal ecologist & a scientist, I wonder how much the industry of wildlife watching (ecotourism) from vehicles in Africa affect and perhaps even drives these kinds of events. I have a few questions: Would the lions be able to follow the rangers/tourist cars to take advantage of it as a mean to stalk other predators & prey? Did the leopards got distracted by the cars nearby to the point that this was a factor for them to not be able to detect the lions until it was too late? Does ecotourism of wildlife watching on vehicles affect animal behavior & ecology to the point that ecotourism-related mortality events are a "thing" and perhaps increasing? Not looking to harm the wildlife watching industry with these kind of questions, I know it might open a Pandora box on animal welfare activism. Just trying to understand what we just watched here in a privately managed wildlife watching enterprise. Thanks for sharing.

    • @markwilliams6378
      @markwilliams6378 6 днів тому +2

      Seen that happen before where a warthog was killed because the lion used the vehicle as cover plus the sound of the engine masked the lions approach

    • @jayjones251
      @jayjones251 2 дні тому

      I've seen one with a lion following behind the side of the slow-moving truck and ended up ambushing a hyena.

  • @justine8637
    @justine8637 5 днів тому +1

    Lions know what killed their cubs so they paid it back in full. The reality of the wild

  • @WillsWP1
    @WillsWP1 11 днів тому +2

    This is so sad to see especially after losing the first cub to the same lions, but nature has to take its cause and at least she still has one left, she just needs to keep him in his place. It is also good that you do not intervene in these situations.🐆 Thanks again for a super program. keep safe and God Bless.🐆🐆🐆

  • @KimWright-wq8cu
    @KimWright-wq8cu 11 днів тому +1

    WOW 👏👏👌🥲 THANKU FOR SUCH AN AMAZING INSIGHT 👏👏👏👌🙏

  • @blimages2
    @blimages2 6 днів тому

    Such an amazing video! Could you please share where you purchased the tripod you're using? Also, I'd love to know which lens you're shooting with and the camera details. Thanks!

  • @richardjohnson5529
    @richardjohnson5529 11 днів тому +6

    It dose happen that Leopards will kill Lion Cubs as well. Nature is seems cruel to us humans, but remember humans are over and above the cruelist animal on earth.

    • @waynzignordics
      @waynzignordics 8 годин тому

      Also the most caring animal on earth. No other species goes out of its way to protect other animals like humans do. These leopards would gladly kill lion cubs if the roles were reversed.

  • @pallipuramramakrishnaneasw3432
    @pallipuramramakrishnaneasw3432 11 днів тому +5

    As a ranger, I think you did well not to intervene in nature’s play. The video is also well shot. You can ignore the criticism.

  • @jossmulders9757
    @jossmulders9757 11 днів тому +3

    Thank u for this, sad, but very interesting video. A sad few weeks. After the Tsalala drama. Another stark reminder, how hard life can be for a mother with cubs. However. It is the way nature works. So. Let's just hope. This last cub reaches adulthood. And, thatt the Tsalala female produces new cubs❤

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 11 днів тому +1

    I pray she gets him to adulthood

  • @AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr
    @AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr 10 днів тому

    Great Sergeant.But what a shame raising cubs to this age to loose one to lions.very sad.But still the male cub left..

  • @NenadBarić-e9e
    @NenadBarić-e9e 11 днів тому

    💓all the best

  • @simonstone396
    @simonstone396 2 дні тому +1

    This whole premise to not interfere is rubbish, you already are by having the vehicles there and the tourists. Then there's all the smells etc of people and vehicles around. So to say you cannot interfere is rubbish

  • @dionismorina5396
    @dionismorina5396 10 днів тому

    Looks like a revenge, Kambula pride lost their first litters from Ndhzengas to leopards

  • @jimjarrell2099
    @jimjarrell2099 10 днів тому +1

    Is it possible the Kambula pride is too big for the area? How does this play out? Does the pride wipe out the other leopards before the other groups of mature males migrating through Londolozi focus on Kambula?

  • @pius222
    @pius222 7 днів тому

    lion are just too powerful, made a quick work of the young leopard.

  • @Nate_Luke
    @Nate_Luke 4 дні тому

    How old is the leopardess and how many litters has she had?

  • @asonofharoldgodwin
    @asonofharoldgodwin День тому

    Not nice, but Leopards are quite partial to a Lion cub for supper as well 🤷‍♂️

  • @fablewalls
    @fablewalls 10 днів тому

    I feel the same when you see a leopard catch a baby lion cub or a caracal or similar. Big cats species are rivals and will try to kill each other or at least each other's young.

  • @gyadre
    @gyadre 4 дні тому

    The female leopard was not running as fast as leopards usually out run lions.

  • @RukshanFernandopulle
    @RukshanFernandopulle 22 години тому

    Yes have what you have?

  • @mehmetyaman767
    @mehmetyaman767 16 годин тому

    Tek bir aslan olsa muhtemel kurtulacakti.

  • @Jonathantuba
    @Jonathantuba 10 днів тому

    Very sad, but nature is cruel- one mistake can result in death

  • @Nenodom
    @Nenodom 11 днів тому +5

    You shouldn’t put warning for graphics content, they clicked on the video.
    And honestly people that cannot handle watching it seriously needs to grow a pair. Having safaris with other guests screaming and crying because they have been shielded their whole life and cannot handle the reality, ruins it for everyone else.
    Great video, glad the other leopard cub survived, interspecific conflicts can be so brutal and shocking, And as you mentioned the speed of the lioness compared to the young leopardess was shocking
    Thank you for sharing.

    • @karinajas
      @karinajas 11 днів тому

      Wow, you sound like a psychopath.

    • @londolozigamereserve
      @londolozigamereserve  11 днів тому +1

      Thanks. Interspecific conflicts can be brutal and it is tragic to be there to witness something like this.

    • @dannyvalentino328
      @dannyvalentino328 11 днів тому

      What an ass you are. People react because they are humans and not robots. They have empathy and can feel the pain of others. Doesn't mean we can't recognize that this is part of nature. By your twisted logic, you would see a problem if people mourn for the death of a loved one, because we all will die and it's part of nature, right? It's nature when a child is stillborn, but the parents cry and feel a massive sense of loss even though that child never took a breath. Just as it is natural for animals to kill each other, it is equally natural for us humans to react emotionally to seeing such events. The ones who don't react are the ones I'm staying away from. They are called psychopaths.

    • @liannesim9558
      @liannesim9558 11 днів тому +2

      I disagree. I could not watch it and skipped it, so I was very thankful for the warning upfront

    • @Nenodom
      @Nenodom 10 днів тому +1

      @@liannesim9558 People need to get a little less soft or every place will become like the Masai Mara where they interfare with the natural process because its brutal and people on social media are crying and screaming because they have personalized the lions, its becoming worse and worse and if this continues soon we will have no true wild lions left, recently the Masai Mara rangers chased off male lions because they wanted to treat a rival male that they were attacking… its crazy

  • @fillfinish7302
    @fillfinish7302 10 днів тому +1

    Some fairy tale believers in this comments are insane 😅

  • @beguiled1
    @beguiled1 11 днів тому

    this is no different than lions catching anything else,it was good that you guys remained professional in this situation

  • @peterloichtl4512
    @peterloichtl4512 2 дні тому

    Life is a beach and then you die. Same old sheet just a different day.

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 11 днів тому

    I don't think so I knew he made it

  • @吉川久美子-q5q
    @吉川久美子-q5q 11 днів тому

    🥶😭🥶

  • @rsb512
    @rsb512 4 дні тому

    Even though there's a reported 700,000 leopards in the world I can't afford to lose them I'm at lions till a lot of them. Unfortunately there are less than 20,000 lions believed to live in the world. What a shame.
    I would've intervened on predator versus predator. If the lion needed to eat the female leopardfor food to survive that's one thing like it was an antelope or a zebra. But that's not the case.

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 11 днів тому

    Poor baby

  • @pedrogabrielduarte4544
    @pedrogabrielduarte4544 11 днів тому

    What will happened to the cubs?

    • @londolozigamereserve
      @londolozigamereserve  11 днів тому

      The mother will continue to look after this remaining cub

    • @pedrogabrielduarte4544
      @pedrogabrielduarte4544 11 днів тому +1

      @londolozigamereserve hold on nearly ALL of the cubs got killed? But Why were These Lions After these weren't leopards Also suppose to be Apex predators too?

    • @xneapolisx
      @xneapolisx 9 днів тому

      ​@@pedrogabrielduarte4544 this leopard had 3 cubs: 2 were killed, 1 cub remains alive (a male) with the mother.

  • @doubleutee2100
    @doubleutee2100 6 днів тому

    Well, the next time you see a leopard kill a lion cub...

  • @tonysaadati2691
    @tonysaadati2691 10 днів тому +1

    I never watch u again sorry

  • @daniel-jb2xz
    @daniel-jb2xz 4 дні тому

    too much talking, get to the point ffs

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 11 днів тому +3

    That is your problem you need to intervene and stop with the excuse .. you could have warned them Kenya intervened, and always help their lions. Kruger Park stinks rules need to be changed

    • @seanpravin
      @seanpravin 11 днів тому

      💯

    • @fillfinish7302
      @fillfinish7302 11 днів тому

      What should he do ?
      It is nature .animals kills each other since the dawn of time .not a disney movie

    • @fillfinish7302
      @fillfinish7302 10 днів тому

      Go watch a disney movie

    • @_Kylix_
      @_Kylix_ 10 днів тому

      Kenya is a circus, take some lessons of ecology and conservation please

  • @katkilr7685
    @katkilr7685 10 днів тому

    Here is my opinion:
    If you are not going to protect the cats.
    STOP ASKING FOR DONATIONS TO SAVE THEM , and stop telling us the numbers are gonng down. If you are not willing to do anything to help the numbers..

    • @starchb0mb
      @starchb0mb 10 днів тому

      Bad take. We need to let nature take its course, and humans saving them from every risk or bad choice is just as bad because it means there's no more survival of the fittest. It also means the wild predators will come to see humans as something they SHOULD interact with - which will cause even more human/animal conflict.
      That said, we should interfere when the danger is human-caused. Ex: snares, poachers, etc.

    • @katkilr7685
      @katkilr7685 10 днів тому

      @starchb0mb
      You are wrong.
      The American wild turkey was on the endangered list every few left in only 2 states.
      Now they are off the list and can be found in 49 of 50 states. If man had not stepped in they would be gone.
      Everywhere in Africa they step in and save the lions except Kruger and surrounding parks.
      But the same people that refuse to help the wildlife will tell you they are endangered people send us donations.

    • @starchb0mb
      @starchb0mb 10 днів тому

      @katkilr7685 You're talking about turkey. They are not a danger to humans if habituated to us. They don't need to be taught over the course of 2 years how to become independent and how to hunt. Predators like lions, leopards, wolves, and tigers all have that longer juvenile period because they have to learn the complex behaviors needed to survive. Humans CANNOT have a positive association to them. That increases their conflict with humans which put them in their endangered state in the first place. So no, we cannot save big cats the way we save turkeys.
      There are multiple ways we try to save these predators. Many may be controversial, like some of the ones you mention. There's no 1000% right way to do it - but there are wrong ways. If your goal is to save them while reducing risk to humans, you have to take into account avoiding human habituation so the animals don't just go seek out humans and get shot anyway.

    • @katkilr7685
      @katkilr7685 10 днів тому

      @starchb0mb
      So what you are saying is, it is ok to raise money to save the big cats, but it's not alright to actually save the cats ?

  • @seanpravin
    @seanpravin 11 днів тому +1

    This is devastating and I've been vocal about it for too long! When there is such a grim imbalance of the apex predator lion population there will inevitably be territorial conflicts and killing of each other. In this scenario the life of a leopard cub was lost and mom was lucky to make it. Are we really enjoying the killing of one another?? Why can't we prempt this by relocating some pride population into other protected reserves?? Why can't we protect and conserve wildlife so these predators and their next generation cubs can thrive and no one runs into each other's space? We are noticing a rise in the fatalities of big cats and it's a shame that we are busy filming to make money out of them than take a corrective action to conserve wildlife for generations to come. Such a shame and travesty to promote such parks where the conflicts among each other is on the rise and deplorable! Worst of all the BS cliche is overused "it's nature" Oh cmon! Do you realize the entire leopard family could have been killed. I admire your narration as you are a great storyteller but I defo do not appreciate that nothing was done to deter the lions from chasing and killing when such an event is sighted. Vehicle honking or fire warning shots or something to deter and distract could have helped save the cub. Masai Mara does intervene and deters lions in such events. They are a true epitome of wildlife conservation.

    • @_Kylix_
      @_Kylix_ 10 днів тому

      Relocating a whole pride? That would end really bad for every animal involved, leopard population is really healthy there so no need to worry about that
      Thankfully theres some cold headed people in charge of making decisions there, to not make such mistakes of relocating whole prides etc...

    • @_Kylix_
      @_Kylix_ 10 днів тому

      Masai Mara does what it does because theres people invading territory and killing animals such thing does not happend atleast as often here

    • @seanpravin
      @seanpravin 10 днів тому

      ​​​​​​@@_Kylix_Masai Mara conserves it's wildlife via various campaigns, events, educational programs, etc. not just attempting to combat human-wildlife conflict. If any animal is distressed all you need to do is report to KWS unit and they respond ASAP just like first responders. To many of us who are vocal KNP and Sabi Sands are like Game of Thrones where these predators have to kill each other on the grounds to survive resulting in the rise of fatalities and dwindling its population rapidly. And then use the BS cliche "it's nature". The situation is very dire out there and I know many deplorable, outrageous and horrific stories from the locals & other credible sources that I cannot share here. Unfortunately these big cats are bearing the brunt of all this mess as there is zero intervention to monitor wildlife population and it's ecosystem let alone intervention to provide medical aid. The wildlife out there is barely surviving. We all want to see them thrive not survive!

  • @TheThinker792
    @TheThinker792 11 днів тому

    It's always the people nearby are the reason animals stay relaxed and get ambushed by other animals. They think people are relaxed so everything is okay.

  • @genekruithoff5795
    @genekruithoff5795 11 днів тому

    🎉no way id be silent . You let them kill her .that's insane

    • @psychobob169
      @psychobob169 11 днів тому +1

      That the hell are they supposed to do idiot,its nature 🤬

  • @genekruithoff5795
    @genekruithoff5795 11 днів тому

    God placed guides there to intervene and you chose not too.

  • @nishatchotu
    @nishatchotu 3 дні тому

    If tigers also live in pride and live in africa there will be a total mess

  • @justinnyaru9584
    @justinnyaru9584 11 днів тому

    this really sad to watch , leave me speechless . sometimes nature can be so cruel in just a few seconds everything is gone 🥲

    • @londolozigamereserve
      @londolozigamereserve  11 днів тому

      Nature can be really cruel at times.

    • @premwilson6731
      @premwilson6731 11 днів тому

      No words. Don't tell me nature is really cruel? This makes me so angry. Why can't they save the cub from the deep? Why do they watch and enjoy it in the deep?

    • @fillfinish7302
      @fillfinish7302 11 днів тому

      ​@@premwilson6731 snowflake go back to watching disney movies .you are pathetic

    • @justinnyaru9584
      @justinnyaru9584 11 днів тому

      @@premwilson6731 in sabi sand game reserve human cannot intervene for all wildlife even the vets , they want but they cant. this is not maasai mara . i feel bad too .

    • @_Kylix_
      @_Kylix_ 11 днів тому +1

      ​@@premwilson6731what on earth do you want them to do? Are you also going to save every buffalo that lions try to kill?