Leopard surrounded by a lion pride
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Filmed by spotlight safaris, this is what they said about what happened in the sighting:
A lioness originally chased the leopard under a large bush then called in others to help flush it out. Finally, the male lion came in for the kill and there was a huge ruckus under the bush which ended with the lions chasing each other across the plains and the leopard walking out.
The lions then cornered the leopard again which is where this clip picks up. A leopard's best line of defense is to lie on its back with its claws extended and teeth bared - which is what is happening here.
The leopard is still very much alive at the end of this clip but faking it in hopes that the lions will lose interest - which most of them did. However, not all of them.....
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Lion: he’s not one of us!
Lioness: I know his mother!
there some chemical should be but we should remember that all creation of god has trongsense of commonsense inclusief snake,A snake dont bite you at first instance he warns you at first.This is the correctenss of nature or you say magic of the nature, i dont know for sure,god knows it
@@altrnatvthinker What😓
Martha
@@justsomegamerwithoutmustache Exactly. Religious mumbo-jumbo that has no rhyme or reason or place in the conversation. Typical of these kinds of people.
Lol
For those who went down a rabbit hole of needing the answer like I did. I emailed the original photo company. The leopard did not make it and did put up a valiant fight. I'm sad but I'm also really glad to finally have an answer 😂
The company also clarified the females wandered off and the leopard was killed by one of the males.
Bummer. I love leopards but it is sadly the way of life in the wild.
You said it so it must be true!
Wow!!!
Once that masculine animal instinct is up, there is no going back. Something must die
It's difficult to know exactly what is going on, but here's my take on it.
1. There is one very dominant Matriarch lioness, who is the one doing most of the attacking vs the male. She and the other lioness with a tail are allies in this, probably the other one is a sister or daughter. The Ally lioness also attacks the lion if you note along with the Matriarch.
2. The no-tail lioness seems to be of lesser social standing, perhaps older and weaker. She is certainly put in her place at least once by the Matriarch. However, if you note, she also manages to put a nip on the Aggressive Male's back at one point. She just doesn't have the stomach to follow through, probably because she's right at the bottom of the pecking order.
3. The more Passive Male in the background mostly stays out of this, apart from at one point running in to attack the back of one of the tailed lionesses when they are attacking his brother. He soon realises his mistake though when both tailed lionesses turn on him and he RUNS from them and stays in the background after that. He's clearly not the bravest of lions.
4. Aggressive Male is behaving how a male "should", i.e. attacking a rival predator in the vicinity and trying to kill it. He is however confused by the behaviour of the tailed Lionesses. The leopard is also a more unexpectedly difficult target as it manages to get several razor-sharp swipes on his nose before the lionesses rush in to attack him.
Questions: -
1. Why does the leopard not run? I don't think it is, as some have speculated, that it is paralyzed after its spine has been broken. I can clearly see its back legs moving at times during the attack, though of course it is mostly swiping out with front paws - its weapons. Lions, especially the females, are the fastest of all big cats over short distances (discounting cheetahs). If the leopard runs (a) it becomes a target to chase and (b) it's not fast enough to escape the lionesses should they choose to attack, as there are no trees close enough for the leopard to escape to. The leopard's actions are therefore very logical. It's not being submissive either; lying on its back is a way to protect its back, and present any attacks with a wall of four razor-tipped paws and teeth behind that. Tigers also often fight in this way, as do lionesses. It knows male lions generally rush in head-first to bite, relying on their manes to protect their necks, but that still leaves their eyes and nose vulnerable to counter-attack. You'll note the lion was having more difficulty attacking the leopard than might be expected, even before the lionesses got involved. Yes, he could kill the leopard if it had been just the two of them, but he's being very careful, since being blinded by the leopard would not be a price worth paying. You'll note even when he's approaching to attack the leopard, he takes his time and is fairly careful, respectful of the damage the leopard can cause and it *did* hurt him at one point.
2. Why and how does the Matriarch and her Ally defend the leopard against the lion? Well, one thing I will say is that a Matriarch may be more dominant in the pride than we realise. Yes, she "submits" one-on-one to a male lion, but if she has the alliance of several other lionesses, she can even take it to the males if needed as Passive Male finds out to his cost. The lionesses are more stable in the pride, as they see male lions come and get chased out after a few years. Ultimately if it comes down to a fight between the male and the lionesses, the male doesn't *want* to kill the lioness since he wants to mate with her, so he's at a severe disadvantage, since the lioness will be attacking all the more fiercely for being lesser in strength than he and needing to compensate. But that only explains _how_ the lionesses can stand up to the male lion, not _why_ they did it. We don't know what's going on here: perhaps the lionesses were already irritated with the Aggressive Male for some reason, perhaps the Matriarch felt somehow motherly towards the leopard in that "unfair" situation it was put into. Who knows? Clearly though if you watch the Matriarch while the Aggressive Male was carefully approaching the leopard before attacking, she's growling at him and baring her teeth, trying to warn him away from the attack, and then she attacks once he ignores that warning. I get the sense that her action is premeditated and thought out, not just a reflex (whereas arguably, her swatting down the Tail-less lioness at one point was probably just adrenaline-driven fury - Tail-less just got too close at the wrong time)
you have sooo much free time WOW!
Did your phone run out of ink ? Or you run out of meth 🤣🤣🤣
I doubt the leopard was paralyzed but it could have been injured enough to know running away wasn't a option.
I've seen another video of this same exact scenario but no male lions were present. The females either sat nearby or walked closely to the leopard without attacking. The leopard stayed in a submissive (or counterattack) position. When the females looked away, the leopard shot off like a rocket and there was no chase.
I read the whole thing just cause I knew you’d say “we don’t know what’s going on here”. You’d be a good politician.
@@realfantasyauder9489 he’s obviously a Mef addict bro chill 🤣 who tf writes a comment that long lmao
The male lion’s surprised emotion was priceless. He really didn’t expect to be jumped on by the lionesses 😂
No one going to mention. One of those lions has no tail.
Disney taught me the "brunette" lions are the meanest lions.
It’s because he had already acted honorably and should have let it go at that
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A real world experience. He's still the biggest baddest and meanest .And they know it
I've watched nature over 30 years and yet nature still surprises me..
Where's a tree when you want one?
Oh yes, she is always ruthless and unforgiving...
Yeah I do feel same whenever I see my wife on the bed...
@@kingkong2598 Nature is amazing!
@@kingkong2598 😄
If leopard would be the same size , he would kill that lion
Oh yeah Leopard is to skilled for Lions it's just smaller
Lionesses are like: dude Leopards are an endangered species what's wrong with you.
Haha
Funny dangerous...lion not dangerous haha
😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Leopards are least concern. They’re very far from being endangered 😂
Expectation: The lioness is protecting the leopard.
Reality: She doesn't want to share her leopard dinner.
Someone gets it.
I thought I was the only one with Common sense
Non veg type animals dont eat non veg animals bro 😂😂
Most carnivorous animals only tend to eat omnivorous or herbivorous animals, they obtain nutrients from their prey devouring vegetation but are unable to digest plant matter themselves. Some do eat other carnivores but lions kill leopards to protect their young and defend their territory, they don't eat them!
Have you watched lions before lol. They don't eat other cats or even hyenas for that matter🤦🏾♂️
I love how these lions always pause like nothing to see here and then bam start fighting again
🤣🤣🤣 wtf do they be thinking bout
Typical cat behaviour
Maybe relaxing
Without high trees nearby, a leopard hardly survive from lions
Many things have to happen simultaneously for this Scenario to occur. That is a VERY RARE sighting.
But it sting lol that's why they took time to kill it
@@tfmkhonza5084 They didn’t kill it. It survived.
@@tfmkhonza5084 they never kill it. They are cowards
@@firedrake7663 No it didn't. Lionesses finished it later.
What an incredible moment/video!.. I’ve never seen a lioness defend another species, against its own kind! ❤️🌱🌱🌱
She defends her catch🤦
@@dch996 exactly what I thought.. makes sense!
Defending their meal
@@ditocerto lions wont eat they Leopard
@@dch996 That’s not at all what’s happening. You do realize the lioness’s are usually who kills the food but the male lion always eats first? The lion could kill the lioness just as easily as he could kill the leopard.
That male lion was having second thoughts about that leopard, and the lionesses jumping on the big male in defense of the leopard that's simply amazing. Extremely rare to see this type of footage. Thanks so much for posting this video.
I don't think she is defending leopards' life. She is saving her food perhaps from lion.
@@abhishekmaurya9503 It actually did seem like they were defending the leopard. LOLOLOL!!! Though I think it was just like a human families, a bunch of inexplicable family dysfunction more than anything else. LOL!!! There is something we don't know. Wonder if one of those females is a mistress and it became more about that with those female lionesses.
We don't know if the leopard got away with its life in the end.
the lionesses are not defending the leopard, its their catch.The male lion wants to show he can ensure protection.They won't eat the leopard unless they are really hungry
@@abhishekmaurya9503 Lions never eat leopards or hyenas even if they kill them
Seems like the leopard is fatally wounded. Otherwise there was enough time for the leopard to make out , usually it just need few seconds of distraction.
He may be out of stamina
When there is no tree closeby, it`s not a good option. Eventually hurt he`s got no chance to outrun the lions.
@@rolfwenigmann717 Je pue du cul
y'all just not read descriptions on videos or what
@@dankerbell What did you read? 😆 😆
Side note: Did anyone notice one of lionesses’ tail is missing?
I dd. The whole tail is gone.
She's been around for awhile one of the older lioness' and an asset to the pride I just like the way they protected the leopard Very unusual sighting Thank you
@@bernardsusanto4541 maybe a tough fight? but wow. the ENTIRE tail is gone.
@@claudiasangwais1129 she's a tough girl.
Yes
This is extremely rare footage to be caught on camera. Fantastic to see!
Fascinating. There's just so much we can never understand about nature.
Why don't you speak for yourself, it's not nice to use "we".
@@2010DDB um no his statement is correct, there’s so much WE can never understand about nature. he’s speaking for all of u cause it’s true. i guess u think that u have all the answers to every question about nature?
Ikr nature is crazy
This is extraordinary.
@@2010DDB That was not necessary. He is correct. "We" is for majority and if you don't belong in it, then just move on.
At first “no tail” lioness attacks the lion when it attacked the leopard. Then another lioness attacks “no tail” lioness, and then that same lioness also attacks the lion when it attacks the leopard again. These animals are so confused and don’t know what side they are on! My gosh.
Exactly, but there easy to figure out once you figure out how it began. I think it's a female Leopard.
YS
@@benedictreincarnated372 No, it has to be a mature male leopard -- big, strong, and confident. A female leopard is too small and weak to survive a male lion's mauling!
Nothing to confuse, all these lions caught that Leopard and tried to kill it off screen and gotten their faces slashed(in descr) Then one male comes again and try to kill that Leopard one last time and getting its face ripped, so lioness stop the fight to avoid further injuries to thier pride. They didn't save the leopard, they couldn't kill it without getting seriously injured themselves.
One lioness isn't even slightly confused. She's just trying to keep her offspring, mate, sibilings whatever they are on their place. "Slapping" and shouting at each one. Leading the other females to stop the male once and for all. Now the others seem from slightly to very confused
Male lion, “can’t understand women at all”
That male lion was determined to kill that leopard.
And yet failed. As they always appear to do when taking on a male Leopard.
@@firedrake7663 we all want to see you trade places with the male lion and try to kill the leopard with your teeth while lionesses are attacking you. You talk a lot of crap.
@@firedrake7663 the leopard is highly underrated.
No why that leopard is alive it's a slow death maybe broken back.
@@datswhatsup2787 lol right leopards are not easy kill especially when you confused on why the lioness attacking you
I can't believe the Lionesses were putting their lives on the line vs the lion, thats bravery, its like they were viewing the leopard as a child, because of the smaller size, and because the leopard showed total submission by going belly up, I have so much more respect for the Lionesses, this is a first time for me to see this behavior, long live the Lioness Queen.
You realize leopards and lions view each other as competition right ? Lions usually will have a lot aggression pumped up inside of them in these sort situation and to release it they need to beat something, that includes the leopard and each other.
Dont get this view in your head that the lionesses were protecting the leopard, i can guarntee you the moment it feels confident the leopard will bolt and the whole group will try to grab it and maul it to death.
@@endershadow1275 I think lioness wanted to protect the lion from damaging its face.. leopard wasn't going down without a fight.. he gave some good claws and a bite to the face of the lion
I totally agree with you.
The leopard was in a submissive position and the lioness knew that and and greatly respected the submission and were willing to give up their lives because of it. But the male lion would have no animal enter into his circle with one female lioness willing to back him up.
@@skimask7776 That's not submission it's a defensive position. The leopard has to hide her spine by lying on her back and ofcos claws up. The fight always goes into a standstill for hours until the leopards finds a getaway and escapes. Leopards are formidable adversaries to lions that sometimes the whole pride would be bleeding from the leopards scratches.
You clearly do not know this one thing about cats. Assuming belly up position is a defensive position and other cats know better than to attack another cat lying on its back with all the 20 razor sharp claws ready to cut through anyone who dare to come near
Poor leopard,he must be terrified being caught in the middle of those beasts 😢
Luckily he managed to survive
he is beast himself
@@FireTigerT3 how do you know? That lion looks like it did some serious damage and it certainly doesn’t show the leopard running off does it…
@@ESKATEUK well he didn’t kill him in the video so in my eyes he did survived also i read about this battle on instagram they said the leopard survived but badly injured
He managed to terrify "the beasts". The leopard is a legend!
Amazing, one of the best wildlife scenes I've watched.
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It seemed like the lioness was protecting it. Never seen a lioness take down an adult male lion.
Yes this happens a lot mainly in lioness, I have several videos of lioness helping other kinds of predators and herbivores. For me it's is a mother instinct. In lioness this is very strong. Female leopard shows similar instinct too.
A lioness will take down a male lion to protect her cubs as well.
Just leaped on him and the male scrambled back up real quick
@@slimdude4450 no, she cannot take on a male lion. Are you outta your mind?? If you can find footage of a lioness take down a male lion young or adult, I'd love to see it. Don't bring that women's equality bullcrap into the animal kingdom. At least, they're still keeping the divine order there.
@von maybe I should've emphasized on the semantics. This video displays a lioness TAKING ON, meaning attacking, but not implying that she could win that fight.
Au contraire, my friend, what I'm taking about, is a lioness TAKING DOWN, meaning killing a male lion.
Attacking is instinctive. In the human realm, we call it SELF-DEFENSE or instinct of CONSERVATION; in other words, do what you gotta do to survive, no matter what the odds are.
My friend, I believe if we don't get one another, it's all in the semantics.
Really curious that the lioness defended the leopard against the male lion; the leopard must've reminded her of her cubs or something :)
Idk but I’ve never seen a big cat eat another big cat so it seems weird the lion tried to.
@@amazingsupergirl7125 tiger eat leopard
At some point looks like the lionesses were protecting the leopard.😭
They weren't protecting it, it's because lions have a rule, if an animal surrenders to them belly up, have to keep the peace until it retreats. If the leopard challenged, he would be killed.
More like the lioness were telling the big male to hold back his big boy ego as it's not worth the injury.
That's strange, maybe it's a female leopard and they sort of relate to it
YES, I SEE IT THAT WAY ALSO.
@@Apenasaverdade-z1o they drop to their back not to surrender part of it is submission, but most of it is because it protects their vulnerable spine and allows them to put all four paws armed with razor sharp claws into play and their claws are their primary weapon.
Such a great footage.
Title should be "lionesses try to save leopard from male lion"
Yes this happens a lot mainly in lioness, I have several videos of lioness helping other kinds of predators and herbivores. For me it's is a mother instinct. In lioness this is very strong. Female leopard shows similar instinct too.
Male lion was scared of that leopard bite
he doesn't appear to be saved.
@@joggyjames I’m pretty sure that leopard was fatally wounded.
Hope the leopard got killed, I don’t like leopards they kill and eat almost anything
So is nobody going to talk about the lioness with no tail @2:31?
Nice catch
Lioness was born without a tail
Was looking for this comment 😂
didn't the person who was present and filmed the attack wait til the end (even after cameras stopped rolling) to see if the leopard survived or had injuries?? it truly amazes me that anyone could film such a thing and not wait to see the final outcome and just leave people guessing how it all ended...
The description reads, "The leopard is still very much alive at the end of this clip but faking it in hopes that the lions will lose interest - which most of them did. However, not all of them....."
Making me think the females left and males came in to kill the poor leopard
Of course there was injuries it was attacked twice by two fully grown male lions, their bites are no joke, even if it manages to escape somehow those bites are fatal -_-
Another version of this video shows a lioness eventually killing the leopard.
@@alleykat5188 oh really?? Send the link here so we can all see it for ourselves...
@@ipaja5515 can't send links on UA-cam anymore.
It would be so interesting to know what’s really going on and what each individual is thinking/saying.
WHY DOES ONE OF THE FEMALES WANTS TO PROTECT THE LEOPARD?
@@seanlee7563 saving leopard fr night menu.......time mean time....nt before menu time wth whole family....
@@seanlee7563 Leopards are very smart, it’s submissive body language and lack of noise movement is akin to a Female Lion being submissive, bullied or young/defenceless. The Male Lions are dicks and the pride can’t be arsed with them 90% of the time
@@MadWrappa THE LEOPARD SEEMED SEVERELY INJURED NEARLY DEAD. I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY ONE OR TWO LIONESSES PROTECTING THE LEOPARD AND FIGHTING AGAINST THE MALE LIONS.
@@martindavid6701 THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER REASON TO EXPLAIN THAT BEHAVIOR BETTER.
Hard to tell what's happening here, but it's definitely interesting...
Lioness r saving leopard from lion as they do to save their cubs when lions attack to their children. They have raised that leopard when she/he was just baby
That lioness probably have some type of friendship with that leopard. She wouldn’t be so protective of it as if it’s her own.
may be. but i take it as virtue that as the leopard has surrendered so the lioness obliged to defend that virtue that i am sure and sen animals understand that too ,gods creation is not dumb.It was a beautiful and ferocius defence but you may be more accurate may be they live not far from each other and they know each other long time as animals even after many years they know their guardian masters too .
read the description lmao, this leopard was already attacked and dying by the lions before the video starts
2:30 Those two lionesses really surprised the lion. They must have hate him for a long time lol
Amistad?? Puff que idiota
Actually That Lioness and his sisters try to kill this leopard, but how kill a leopard without scratch ? The Male Lion answer this question, but his answer was wrong. Now he's injured but thanks to Lioness, he would be more injured , believe me. His foolish to attack a leopard and alone !
I think 🤔 that's the same leopard 🐆 who Escape from lion's pride last time 🤣🤣 If I am not wrong they catch him again 😂
must be deaf leopard xd
Those lions weren’t moving out from the area and the leopard may have several puncture wounds and tears. The longer it held out there and the deeper the wounds it would eventually bleed out unfortunately.
Yep. At like 2:37 the leopard could have ran away, but it didn't, which means it was injured. But I still don't understand why the lioness is protecting it. I feel like it was already injured by the lioness before the lion attacked.
@@aramis1861 They are protecting their dinner.. they didnt want to share with those male lions i guess
@@The1CroNe you should learning about wildlife before talking trash
@@Nicolas-wx6jw Oke professor. My bad.. since you lived with lions and you eat leopards for breakfast you must be right.
@@The1CroNe you dont need to live with lions to know about that...go with your mum and tell her teach you about wildlife
Amazing! One of the most rarest Pride behavior one would have witnessed ! Also the The Dominant Female's clear aggression. She's fearless to try and almost wrestle down the big male. Just Wow! And the Leopard, how did u end up there?
The lion got beaten by the leopard, got his face all hurt and even took a beating from the lioness. The king of the jungle has nothing. I've seen beatings of leipars, jaguars and tigers don't even mention.
@@carlosvasconcellos8593 I disagree this male is just a gentleman he doesn't want to fight the lioness and was confused why the lioness was protecting the leopard. She distracted him. But a lion like Mr T would not only kill the lioness but ate her.
@@carlosvasconcellos8593 Got beaten by a leopard? Damn if it weren't for those Lionesses, this video should have only been 3 minutes.👀
@@Abdi-libaax If you think that the lion would not strangle that leopard in couple of minutes if there were no aggressive lionesses around, you're crazy. Lion took a bite to his nose, yes probably not very pleasant experience, but that's nothing for a male lion.
@@Mandrak789 I'm not sure if your comment was meant for me. I was explaining why this lion didn't go for the kill. It was because of the lioness.
The females are attacking the Lion who is attacking the Leopard? Whats the theory here?
i wish to know too
probably the two different prides.. i've seen this before.. two prides were hunting a buffalo, took it down and then started to fight each other and buffalo walked away at the end.
@von Even more interesting when initially the females were attacking the male who was attacking the leopard the other male came and "hit" the lioness on the right as if to rescue his male colleague
@@jardo3324 seen that vid
Crazy
@@jardo3324 Yeh was thinking the male was an intruder, the Leopard just got caught up in it, cheers
I think the leopard wanted to join their pride and the lionesses accepted him.
Nah. I believe that the lionesses had show a bit of respect for leopard’s resiliency and determination to survive. Gotta give that leopard some props against 5 lions especially against that male lion.
Lion: ok, im gona kill you. Leopard okay, but u gona lose eyes for that.
All I can is if that would of been a hyena or wild dog, lights out for him/her. The females would of been torn it apart even before the male arrived.
I also noticed that this leopard showed tons more resistance towards the male lion than I've ever seen any one hyena give, like it's not even close. Leopards definitely not anything to play with.
Hyena, wild dogs or cheetah. Lion would have torn them apart. But I have never seen a single video of lions killing leopards. They only attack the leopards. But no killing. Leopards somehow always manage to get away alive. This is weird
@@mdabdullah4379 I noticed real apprehension from the male as soon as he felt the effects of the leopards claws to the face a force hyenas wild dogs and even the cheetahs lack in strength cannot produce.
Now obviously the presence and eventual attack from the female lions helped the leopards chances greatly so we will never know. My humble opinion is that if the lionesses were not there it would of took some real effort and patience but eventually that male lion would of killed that leopard.
The lioness would not have killed the hyena. They could have slapped it a couple of times and let it run away. Hyena is no easy cookie.
@@mdabdullah4379 u r right bro, it is very difficult to kill a male leopard
@@zimandolapaperman7108 I'm assuming the hyena is immobilized like the leopard appears to be here due to injury if that's the case there's no running away.
Nature keeps surprising us the tailless lioness didn't want to get much involved ,she must have lost her tail through similar circumstances.... its so touching to see the lionesses defending other species... 5 star 🌟 video clip 👏 👏 👏
:45 the Leopard gave the Lion a strong bite to the face, that’s why the Lion backs off
Ya right. I don't know why people here saying leopard was submissive. It is not a submissive position, it gave a good fight to the lion
Caught him with a few claws also
@@aadityapokhare5779 it's does it to protect its spine
Thats Exactly what happened, that Male Lion got his Ass Bit across the nose and punked, these people are making excuses for the King getting his Ass Kicked, that Lion wanted no mo of that Leopard, and the lioness attacked the male because he punked out and couldn't make the kill, they told him to get your big sorry Ass back in there and fight.
@@matt7iron The leopard is finished and the lionesses could be killed by the male if he wanted stop getting over excited 🤨
That male lion was using extreme caution against leopard. That leopard did latched on the Male lion face. Even though it was a juvenile leopard. A larger male leopard would put up a better fight.
It would still lose. Lion is just too big
Male lions are used to getting bit in the face by other lions, a bite from a leopard ain't much different. Lions are used to it.
This was an adult male leopard
@Star Sojourner no, full grown
@@YooTooLoB Definitely not an adult male leopard.
This is an interesting matter.. A lioness is defending leopard against to other lions and lioness. What a complex matter in animal word.
Not the first time seeing lionesses unconcerned by a cornered leopard. They always hesitate to attack or kill but the male lion, our Ntwadumela, he who greets with fire, won't hesitate to kill anything on it's path apart his pride.
You realize Ntwadumela only killed one animal per hunt right? Like whenever people say he killed 36 hyenas it's like people think it was all in the same fight but really it was all separate instacnes over a few years.
we never saw him confront a leopard so we don't know. lions are very wary of leopards esp their claws and esp big male leopards. leopard claws are extra sharp with all the tree climbing.
@@ipaja5515 nothing stands in the way of a male lion patrolling his territory. Can't you see the full-blown attack on the leopard just stopped by the lionesses charging at the male? The only animal that poses danger to a lion is another lion others are no match. The leopard would be dead if not for the females fighting the protector.
@@doktorhyena exactly! Lion lovers are like Beyonce or Michael Jackson fans- won't listen to reason or realise their idol (be they human or animal) aren't invincible.
@@Thuon_ that was a sub adult leopard. I've seen a UA-cam clip of a large male lion surprise a sleeping leopard. The leopard rolled onto it's back. The leopard was trapped. The lion hesitated as the leopard was in defensive mode. It then managed to escape a few seconds later due to the lion's fear. I've also seen a male lion catch and attack a hyena. The hyena bit the lion on the paw and the lion let it go and the hyena escaped. And it was a 1-1 attack. There wasn't a baying mob of interfering hyenas to distract the lion.
Lions aren't invincible. They have flaws and weaknesses.
I fear this was the end of the leopard. I couldn’t watch this clip. I know
It’s nature but I love leopards.
same
I'm a lion fan but I always hate to see a cat killing a cat and hope the leopard escaped
The leopard was really humble in the beginning. It was just lying down there on the ground and begging for mercy.🤣
Leopards are powerful creatures don’t make fun of it
It wasn't begging for any mercy. That was a defence mode. They lay on their backs to protect their spine, while the attack with their claws. Leopards are the most skilled fighters among the big cats.
Nooo, they fight best on their backs. With very sharp claws and better fighting skills then the lion. You see they didn’t want the business after he latched on the male lions face. He didn’t even want it after. You can see the hole on the lions face.
As much as I love my lions, I have always hated to see them kill leopard and cheetah. However, It is their way of eliminating competition.
Without all the fighting and competition lions wouldnt be what they are. It's a part of them
@@nhenha5000 definitely
I got used to it. As it for me, I look at them of how they survive it. Cheetah just has to run faster while leopard lie on ground w larger teeth than lion and defend it w claws
My words exactly but the way Lions kill, it looks honorable and businesslike whereas Hyenas look so evil and devilish.
@@jbookvoxx really both kill the same 2 me
The male pauses to majestically shake his mane as a reminder, that alpha female put him on his back, Kudo!
No such thing as an alpha female. He's not going to kill his p sleeve that's needed for his linage! He was more confused than anything.
@@Wharbuckz7 Alpha Females do exist in the animal kingdom turd. Even in the human world. It's called Matriarchs (see Queen Elizabeth). Research female Hyenas. They are the top bosses of all Hyena clans. That Lioness was the top of all those other Lionesses and even the Male recognized it
@@yaahlabanyamyan144 it's hard 2 say I honestly think the male was confused, but there are alpha females in the animal kingdom just never seen 1 in an lion pride very cool video just shows how much we don't know about nature
I had to read a couple of the comments to make sure I wasn't seeing things, lionesses Protecting a leopard??? The big male having a shake off the leopard's defense's?? Pretty cool footage here.
I'm really surprised. The female lionesses seemed to want to save the leopard while both males wanted to eliminate it.
I don’t know what happend after but I just think the lionesses were trying to save their dinner. Like we were here first get outta here
@@lauraperez8540 Are you a fool. Lions never eat cats
Read the description
@@lauraperez8540 nope they werepotecting it itswasstill alive and very rarely lions eat other predators
mother lion feeling sympathizing for another leopard mother.. Incredible nature
Feminism
Leo-paired.
the leopard is male.
@@YooTooLoB DL.
The leopard is male
If only leopards were of the same size as lions,he would be kicking some asses here considering the fact that they are strong enough to climb up trees with much heavier preys, hunting gorrilas and wild boars,..their ferocity and strength:weight ratio is my o my.
Shows how incredibly tough leopards are. Leopards fought from its back to avoid exposing its spine to the lion.
Actually it was just lying down in a submissive position
The leopard was not being submissive do your homework. As Mike says...protecting its spine...and then 4 paws and a set of jaws to fight with....that is how the Leopard survives....if indeed it did survive.
@@LG-kl3co homework? I been studying and playing with all type of animals since I was a child. How you gonna say a leopard isn't being submissive to a whole pride of lions? That's just foolish
@@LG-kl3co Do you honestly believe the leopard would have survived if the lionesses did not intervene?
Why are the lionesses protecting him from the lion?
This shows how much more powerful leopards are over cheetahs. When the lion attacked, the leopard fought back and it got the lions attention. Obviously, the lion would win but the leopard is still formidable enough to inflict some injury. There is another video of a lion killing a cheetah...cheetah fought back, but had no impact at all, lion ran through the cheetah and killed it in seconds. There's also a video of a lioness doing the same with a male cheetah. Cheetahs are Beautiful but they are NOT fighters....I think even an aggressive pitbull or a large lynx would be too much for a cheetah.
Yes.. cheetah 🐆 bought speed in the cost of strength
@@ShubhamKumar-oi1so x2
A pitbull or a lynx won’t do shit to a cheetah
@@a1k922 except kill it...especially the pitbull. Cheetahs are NOT fighters.
This video needs to be 20 mins longer, I need 10 mins before this video started and 10 mins after this video ended! Man this encounter was interesting asf.
@@cockoffgewgle4993
I did say "it's interesting asf"
it looks like the lions are from two different prides, that's maybe the reason why are they fighting each other.. anyway, poor leopard i hope it survived (what a nice bite on male lion's nose!)
No. If the lions were from 2 separate prides, the male lions wouldn’t have hesitated to go after the lionesses.
I believe the leopard is severely injured and the lionesses sense that. Possibly a female leopard. They clearly understand it’s situation and are sitting by to protect it from the males.
Women supporting each other even through their differences.
Very beautiful indeed.
@@originalkings6422 more likely their mothering instinct kicked in and they associate the leopard with a cub. Perhaps these males recently took over the pride, killing these lionesses cubs in the process. Just speculation but certainly interesting to see.
@@originalkings6422 that's such a ridiculous thing to say women, "females", protecting each other across the species divide. lionesses wouldn't even support another lioness who doesn't belong to their bloodline pride yet alone a female of a different species. more silly anthropomorphism. stop it already.
@@cabelas1987 your theory sounds more sensible than that of original-king theory
@Jardo, that's what i was thinking. the way the males and females were attacking each other. each of the sexes looked like they were familiar with each other though.. maybe the males had recently taken over the pride or the females were lactating thus their maternal instinct for smaller cats was high.
that cut on the male lion nose was probably caused by the leopard's sharp claws. she had a grip on him at least once.
Plot twist : Lioness was having an affair with Leopard
😂😂
I think you are right
Lioness madaly love with leopard
Hilarious😅😅
I thought as much...😁
Totally agree. India Pakistan Love story was in the air. 😅😍
This is highly unusual. Context matters. If there were cubs there then they would have finished the job. The lionesses attacking the males was weird. Then again I saw a leopard protect a newborn lion cub that was abandoned by its mother, from hyenas. Mother Nature is unpredictable sometimes.
lionesses to jealous male lions: "We invited him"
Haha somehow
It's like the lionesses were saying, "Don't kill him/her"!
Defending the leopard from the lions just like they once attempted to defend their cubs.
There's something amazing about lions they are the most unpredictable animals. I have seen many footage lions defending other animals against its own group members
The description is very detail yet incomplete (yes I went to the linked website which is a brochure). To the video poster -What became of the leopard please?
It died
I am thinking the exact same thing.
Dinner
@@Banana69999 Lions don't eat other cats species, they just kill them
Why is that lioness protecting the leopard from the other lions? Wow!
They have unknown bond always
@@newsnetworkz That made no sense...
@@ArthurShelby-PB - I have an unknown known.
Agreed, why were the females protecting that leopard? Also, the leopard had a chance a escape but didn't so why was that? Honestly, that leopard should have been dead but it comes to show ya. God works in mysterious ways
@@ArthurShelby-PB Always. It is a bond I have with the late, Donald Rumsfeld.
“oh so cute the lioness is defending the poor leopard” 🤣
The heart of a lioness ✊
fool. The lioness was only wanting to keep her prey to herself. It is not about defending the leopard, it's about defending her property because cats enjoy killing, she reserved that joy to herself.
@@ericastier1646 edgy
@@randomkinkajou5747 Yes, but even domestic cat like to play with their dying prey.
@@ericastier1646 Maybe, but it's unusual to a lion eat another predator, the same goes to a leopard.
@@ericastier1646 dummy lion don’t eat leopards
It’s amazing that the lionesses were protecting the leopard.
Can any of these bush safari experts explain what is happening? This is so bizarre to see female lion defend the worthless Leopard!
@@mctwain5319 worthless?
@@mctwain5319 Lionesses are perculiarly very kind when an enemy shows submissiveness. They will not maul if a foe shows submissiveness. They abide by that rule Unlike male lions, they only want to kill. There is strong disagreement about what to do with the leopard between the male lions and the f lionesses. One lioness chastises the lion, his brother chastises the lioness. Another lioness chastises the other lion, then another lioness chastises her for chastising her husband. Eventually, the lions acquice to lionesses and agree to leave the leopard alone. Someone said the leopard could have bled the whole pride with scratche. That is just b.s.
The amount of people who doesn’t read the description 🙄
I believe you meant to say “don’t” or “didn’t “.... example: ‘The amount of people who don’t know how to use proper grammar’.
alguém sabe dizer porque as leoas não deixavam o leão matar o leopardo? tipo que defendendo o leopardo dos ataques nunca ouvi falar de fraternidade entre essas espécies
I honestly don't understand why the 'Lionesses' were PROTECTING the Leopard! Was this a 'Sista Solidarity' thing or did they just feel the KILL should be theirs? And I don't like that they didn't show the END of the Leopard. Did the 'Lionesses' finally kill it or did the Male Lions?
Looks like the leopard could escape
That's the issue. The end will tell whether they were protecting the safety of the leopard or protecting their prey from a foreign pride.
Everybody is talking about lioness and the lion. But for me extremely impressive strength of the leopard. It is 3rd of 4th video, where leopard is successfully defending himself from pride of lions. Amazing animal.
He was saved by the lionesses. That male would've broken his spine
@@denniskimari8942 Thank you, finally someone with common sense. Ofcourse the lionesses saved the leopard.
@@2010DDB
If the leopard didnt slice it open 1st.
Come on people let's get real here. The only reason this video was not 3 min long with the male lions killing the leopard is because of the female lions jumping in. A male lions can be upwards of 550lbs. A male leopard is around 150lbs. If it doesn't make it to a tree A leopard on its own has zero chance again A male lion
@@spartanmikek028
No one can tell you differently!
The leopard wuz killin them he unstoppable
Is the leopard alive or not?
Probably no
Yes I think so
If that leopard is still in the area(which I doubt) it it probably is dead
He back is broken!
@@evragolet1465 I don’t think he’s back is broken, probably something else like pelvis maybe because he kept jumping up and attacking, any living thing with a spinal break ain’t jumping nothing.
That was definitely different, very unusual for a leopard to be caught out in the open. The female lioness has to be in her prime and sympathetic towards the leopard.
It's normal females attack male lions when they fight each other
@@undertakerjohncena7328 I can't dispute your comment, why don't the lioness be that bold during a pride take over and she is witnessing her cubs being killed? She's Not Bold then why???
read the description lmao, this leopard was already attacked and dying by the lions before the video starts
@@coleomo well that explains alot, Thanks, normally a leopard wouldn't be caught in the open.
@@ronaldwatson1951 true u got a point there
Quem está filmando deveria ajudar esse leopardo, não gosto de vê isso
The only reasonable explanation is that the lionesses weren't in the mood to tolerate male aggression at the moment. When Lion's fight there's usually a lot of confusion amongst lions and they usually attack whatever is in sight or touches them. Sometimes these lioness will intervene to settle the aggression in the atmosphere if they don't feel like being around it
Negative. Lions are use to coordinated attacks. They have several different formats in which they attack. This was obviously beyond human comprehension
@@fredpeezy they might be use to coordinated attacks but not against their own. They often fight each other more than anything when there's a big brawl. I say at this particular moment the lionesses were not in the mood for aggression and wanted it quiet at least for the moment.
@@fredpeezy so do co-ordinated Lion attacks involve attacking each other does it? Wtf lol how can it be coordinated when the mission is to kill the leopard but they attack each other instead, so coordinated 😂🤦🏻♂️
@@ashdog236 that made my head hurt
I agree with your analysis. Lions are killer cats and surprisingly highly strung. Often when a brawl breaks out within a pride, against a neighbouring pride, or with males they seem to bite whatever tawny item is within reach.
In my view, which might slightly explain this peculiar behaviour, is that since the leopard demonstrated submission and vulnerability to the lionesses in a cat-lion style manner, they thought they owned the leopard as their own cub . Confusions do take place in the animal kingdom. Rare but they do. I once saw a lioness adopting a baby impala for hours. But then little did I know that she'd recently lost her own cubs, which may have explaind that triggered maternal instict to protect the baby of another species.
They know it's not their baby, but the instincts that make enable them to protect their babies and bond with each other were triggered. Just as a human can have her maternal instincts triggered for a grown person or animal of another species... we evolved it so that we could cooperate and raise young, but once the instinct is there it can be triggered by other things that it did not evolve for. I a female primate rescued a a dog once. I didn't think it was actually my offspring, but I evolved in such a way that my instinct was to respond to it's need despite great inconvenience and even risked losing my job.
No they are not protecting but waiting for mother Impala to turn up!
My theory is those male lions are intruders and trying to takeover the pride. So this is why the lioness are more stressfull and with defensive behavior against the males. That helps for the leopard But I think he could not survive from the injuries very long.
@@gatolocoverga152 That kind of makes more sense...Your theory overpowers my view, I'm afraid. Lol If only we had a more complete recording of this wild circumstance, we would all come to agreeable terms and conclusions for sure.
That impala it just bait, dude
Lioness thinking that's one of their grown-up cub just with a genetic mutation, lions claiming this as the cause of their delay to get on heat; God knows best.
Body language is a powerful thing. Doesn't necessarily take experts to spot and access certain things. Clearly the surrounding Lionesses were more interested in checking out the Leopard. Had the Black Mane Dominant Male not been there they would've probably left it alone or at very worse chased it once it got a chance to run. The Male lion's instinct is to destroy anything not apart of his pride that could represent a threat hence why it unmercifully mauled the Leopard. The Lionesses appeared triggered by his aggression to a submissive entity resembling themselves (Leopards essentially look like Lionesses) hence why they attacked him as if defending one of their own youth. The stature of the Leopard and its defensive mechanics triggered the motherly instincts of the Lionesses against Males who intend to kill.
The females are essentially saying " you're small, you look like us, hmm "
Males is like " To hell with this, it isn't one of us it has to die " lmao. Females are like " hey hey wait a minute ". The King's decree is final.
Just red those animals like a book!
U don't have any knowledge u r judging there nature really .
U r blaming lions about there agression bro it's there survival thing bro don't put your nose by thinking too much just see it as it is and try to learn don't judge them grasp as much as u can learn from them don't judge them
How much I know about lions is they never chase someone when they r full fed and not empty stomach. Lions are different from tigers they kill to survive.
Oh please mr sherlock, please read the description, you will understand what really happened
@@rajendrapanda8453 why do you write like a 5th grader? Especially when phones come equipped with spell check ? We know where you're brain is at 🍳
@@mehboobkm2018 stay off the opioids
It is clear that the lion injured a leopard and wanted to kill him. All of this was before the shooting, but the lionesses saved him.. and they kept trying to save him after filming the scene. And the lion will not leave the leopard except by killing it permanently. The lionesses hinder him from the killing process because he will break the leopard’s hand as he did with the cheetah.
I think the leopard injured the male lion. Hence why he was reluctant to go back in for 2nd. Male leopards are very powerful animals in there own right. Granted a lion is stronger but they can do a lot of serious damage. A cheetah is completely different. That male leopard was very brave and gave as good as he got.
@@jKDC1987
I watched the video on a 32 inch computer screen and zoomed in because the phone is not clear.. Leopard did not hurt the lion.. And lions in general are the only predators that can bear a terrible beating in the face. For this you find their faces distorted from wounds and scars, for this you find the lion did not care about the leopard's claws and returns to attack him, but the lionesses make him lose focus and distance him..
The "Him" was a 'Her'. Female Lions would never defend a male Leopard.
@@FFNRT-ec8qq I’m aware all big cats carry scars on their face. But you’re wrong. 5inch teeth and 3inch claw in sunk into your face is goofing to hurt. Hence why he’s reluctant.
@@jKDC1987
Not all big cats have scars and cuts on their face. This is not true, and you can confirm for yourself.. Tigers in battles do not hit the face, but they fight with hands while standing for that. You see their faces healthy and smooth.. Lions are the only ones that hit each other with claws on the face and I have watched some video clips attached to the claw in the face The lion, which makes him unable to move, and if he wanted to retreat back, the hand of his opponent remains stuck and extended as if it were part of him.
Thank
At what point could that leopard NOT have gotten up and outrun all of those lions. Bad choice.
the other lion in the background is like to the other lion later on: it:s not worth it pete, our wives will whoop us, i'm just going to lay here and chill dude
The females are stopping the males from getting their eyes and faces ripped apart from leopard. They can’t do any damage to the leopard either with it laying on their backs too
@@Tblhockey they can choke it, however, it is risky. That leopard looks like its done for, otherwise it would have made a run for it when it wasn't surrounded.
@@MoreFire853 super strange video. Females protecting it. Clearly got injured somewhere along the way. Usually the take on packs of lions unscathed by being on their backs and clawing up their faces. Such a brave leopard tho
Poor leopard. Had big chance to run but didnt. Lion probably broke his legs or back.
I'm pretty sure lions have better speed and endurance so no chance to outrun them in open ground.
@@cabelas1987 leopard will be faster im a shorter distance, but if lion gives longer chase then ya lion wins
@@danlovepeaceunity Nope. Leopard has speed and endurance over the lion. This one was mortally injured.
@@danlovepeaceunity I agree leopard has great acceleration but like you say, not getting away if the chase is any further than a short burst.
@@glennryan646 well glen you clearly dont know! Lions are 2nd fasted cat
This is an unnatural & illogical
circle/cycle of life in nature, an unusual wildlife scene of family pride feud & drama over a different species.
Why did the Lionesses defend a leopard from being attack by the Lion King ??? So weird/strange.
The lioness are like "leave him alone Spartagus"
The leopard had the best chance to get away when the lioness’s fought the male. What was the leopard thinking?
Aaron Hartshorn... Injured. Can't run.
@@prophet1782 I'm glad you said that
He was simply unable to get away. Too badly injured.
It was mauled by a big male. Do you think you could escape a big male lion mauling? What a stupid post. “What was the leopard thinking? Unbelievably stupid.
@@cumulonimbus583 it was hardly a mauling by big cat status. More or a scuffle! Maybe keep your stupid comments to yourself and your head in the clouds!!
Мне не нравится когда леопард проигрывает,мне очень нравится Леопард.....
That is a bold brave leopard for sure but if these lions were intended and determined to kill it, the leopard would be dead. Usually, in a pride of male and female lions, I have noticed that sometimes the lionesses hesitate to further engage a cornered leopard, but the male lions generally don't think too much. This one male just straight savages and yields gruesome attacks on the leopard. The males are absolutely better, more dangerous and more aggressive fighters than lionesses.
wow, but are WNBA better than NBA?
They are built for combat .but the leopard is formidable foe
@@fillfinish7302 a male leopard is not a formidable foe to any lion that is several times larger in size.
That's because male lions born to be combat machines.
@@MostIntelligentMan what type of question is that?? The Nba is better
Leopard are real deal, most skilled fighter in Africa and maybe on earth
A big male leopard is a formidable opponent for Lionesses but not a ful grown male Lion. If those females were not there it would've been over very quickly.
@@Mrdezmiki at 00:41 the leopardess fought off the lion all by herself
@@andresvida95 thnx
@@Mrdezmiki There is a video from Kruger of a lone male lion creeping up on a sleeping big male leopard. It jumped on the leopard but immediately backed off and let the leopard escape.
@@truthseeker3536 yes indeed I have seen that clip several times over. The Lion takes a split sec to turn away so he doesn't get hurt. They usually do this. In that split sec the Leopard makes a lightning fast escape off the mound before the Lion could act. Fascinating Video.
Is this what they waste their time doing all day?
I bet that alpha female recently lost a cub, that's why she's inmprinting and defending against those male lions, the Jaguars smaller-sized maybe reiterates one of her Cubs she lost... But she is definitely not having any of those male lions coming near it.
It's a leopard not a jag
Most intelligent reason ive seen in the comments. You might have hit the nail on the head.
Damn, male lions are just unrelenting brutes, lionesses were having a stand off with the leopard, the male lion comes barging in and starts laying the law down on the leopard.
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🤣🤣🤣
Lions never think twice about killing leopards. So many lion cubs have fallen prey to leopards, Very unusual and fascinating at the same time
Why did lionesses not want male lion to kill that leopard? Did they actually defend that leopard?
Maybe they had cubs nearby and didn't want the males to dominate either.
Incredible footage! The behavior of the females was extraordinary. The males and females realize that a wounded and cornered leopard is an extremely dangerous adversary. Very rare footage. I hope the leopard survived.
I HOPE THE LEOPARD SURVIVED...THE LEOPARD WAS FIGHTING BACK, EVENTHO HE WAS IN A SUBMISSIVE POSITION.
ANY UPDATES ON THIS LEOPARD.
I HOPE THAT HE/SHE SURVIVED
@@pamelatenn2890 my guy chill out
It appeared the leopard’s back was broken. It had chances to run but couldn’t. Female lions are faster than leopards on the ground and there was no tree cover in the picture.
@@garryharris3777 you've literally just pulled that from thin air.
I hope so too!🥹💯
XQCL
Cant imagine seeing the huge males teeth bearing down on you ! The power and fury is simply unbelievable!
Your mesmerized by it aren't you
@@jonmeboi I’m in awe dolt
@@jonmeboi you would be too if a 550 lb Black Maned Male Lion was bearing down upon you
@@yaahlabanyamyan144 no I wouldn't because it wouldn't happen
Yup because female teeths are tiny and soft
That's just unbelievable 🥺2 Lioness defending leopard against 2 lions and 1 lioness 🥺
I think they're just defending their dinner!
@@birasam7311 lions dont eat leopard
@@kv5259 you're probably right!
That's what honorable queens/ hunters do: protect another competitor that's done nothing wrong to their kin
Every lion n leopard encounter, I notice lioness r always protecting leopard from the dominant males like making sure he would survive, for them to benefit from leopard kills sometimes or to steal kill from leopard
De ahi viene la expresion defenderse como gato panza arriba.
Poor leopard :( But amazing scene, one of the best wildlife scenes I have watched.
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The leopard survived but was wounded
@@shreyandattagupta7387 Did you watch the complete scene?
What an awesome footage. Congratulations to the folks on the vehicle!
Steady camera and no screeching woman in the background, a modern day miracle!
@@cabelas1987 lol
@@cabelas1987 Male chauvinist.
@@sipnog3528 male realist
@@cabelas1987 Uuh goodnes🙆♀️🤦♀️scary
Male to female: "But dear, he's a LEOPARD!!" Female: "I don't care. He's cute and I like spots"
Wow! Extraordinary footage. The videographer should have uploaded the full video. What was the end result. The lion was eager to attack but the lionesses were warding off him, to save from leopards' severe bites.The leopard bit lions' nose badly.