Incredible footage of leopard behaviour during impala kill - Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa

Photography by Valji Varia
www.natural-variation.com
Amazing footage of leopard catching, playing with and then killing impala in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa
The Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve shares a 50km unfenced border with the Kruger National Park this private reserve is second to none in terms of wildlife encounters. Due to the high degree of habituation the reserve offers outstanding photographic opportunities, particularly of the elusive leopard. The valuable water source supplied by the Sabie and Sand rivers ensure that this diverse land sustains one of the highest concentrations of animal species to be found anywhere in Africa.
Wildlife highlights: Leopard, lion, rhino, elephant, buffalo, antelope, avifauna

[@johnm8554]

It almost seems like he was using the youngster as a lure to try to get a bigger one to come closer

[@DeuceGenius]

ya i was going to say its like catching a bluegill and leaving it on the hook to hope a bass grabs it

[@monmixer]

likely

[@joseeleuterio2986]

@@DeuceGenius du fui ,

[@slurz.v2837]

John M that’s what I was thinking

[@designellementorganicartde2456]

John M exactly what I thought

[@p3wx4]

The impala is confused because it's probably its first time being eaten.

[@cameronarmwood34ca]

Enigma Tech lmao

[@DeuceGenius]

Very observant fact

[@rileys-lost1673]

Enigma Tech 😂😂

[@yrubla]

Jungle book

[@sriv1556]

Ayush Pandey I am sure if it happens to you , you will be well prepared , you already saw this video correct ? ;) it is so pathetic to see such rude and mean comments on something sad , a lil Impala being killed and so many likes on a pathetic and rude comment - we as humans are terrible. I am not denying nature , impala being killed by leopard is nature, I am not blaming Leopard. I am just sad with the mean and rude comments of people here.

[@scene-formusic9091]

The leopard: Why don't we play till I'm hungry?

[@EDPlugNG]

The other impalas are like: wow, Henry has become friend with the leopard 👀

[@markfaceofficial]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@meralakyolizmir7608]

😢😢😢dalga geçmeyin ya çok acı bir durum

[@cloppin]

@@meralakyolizmir7608huh

[@Jout8-re1ij]

I think there was its mom looking, if it could still get away.

[@lovepuma6625]

Baby Impala : "Just kill me, please... " Leopard : " I'm just following the script dude."

[@e-nafnaps]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@STORMZENT]

Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@felip3982]

I understood that reference

[@laxmikhanayat6283]

😂😂😂

[@selvaraghavanselva206]

😂😂😂😂

[@TimeFlyingBy1884]

I can't imagine anything more terrifying than knowing you're about to die but can't do anything about it.

[@Mertyy3]

Imagine cancer

[@Vierotchka]

I very much doubt that a baby impala has any awareness or knowledge of death.

[@johns.376]

Especially a baby like the impala. ' Mom where are you?'

[@Vierotchka]

@@CDEbFGAbB Lions usually wait for their prey to have died before eating it. "Lions stalk their prey and, when close enough, attempt a short charge on their prey, trying either to pounce on their target or knock it over. They then kill their victim by breaking its neck or suffocating it by clamping their jaws around its throat." www.krugerpark.co.za/Kruger_National_Park_Wildlife-travel/kruger-park-wildlife-lions.html

[@1998gst4611]

thats why you pull your AK-47 and start shooting at it

[@1traphouse]

That transitioning scene from 4:25 to the next is meme worthy.

[@cloppin]

It is?

[@1maxiu93]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@GettingToHeaven]

First off ... this was some incredible footage so THANKS for positing it. Never saw anything like it before. Secondly - every species of cat that I'm aware of has this same trait in them. They seem to find some kind of pleasure in taunting their prey before taking their life away from them.

[@rosiecua1474]

Poor creature can't defend herself, mostly this small and weak animals are always targeted to prey of monster predators. I really hate these animals.

[@Zion66666]

@@rosiecua1474 speaking between bites of your Big Mac?

[@rosiecua1474]

@@Zion66666 I prefer to eat veges and fish, better put yourself on that situation so that you feel what poor animals feel being eaten alive by those monster predators!!!

[@beyondthestars4299]

Why it took longer for thr cat to eat to it

[@Zion66666]

@@rosiecua1474 I’m vegetarian b but I’ve no issue with humans eating meat. We are omnivores. Also big cats are carnivores. If they don’t eat they and there little babies die. Surely you wouldn’t prefer that would you?

[@immortals_1785]

That’s what a toxic relationship look like lol

[@meetings5145]

Exactly!

[@destinaime2335]

IMMORTALS _

[@sheenabernett4472]

That's exactly what I was thinking the whole video!

[@mikeyandoh7857]

So true

[@emilym7717]

Me and that deer thing relate a lot then huh

[@cactusjack2264]

Lol, leopard looking around like “now where tf is your mother?”

[@nickb6425]

It's like the opposite of your mom catching a fight and "nah we not fighting we're just playing" 😂

[@TheMsklg1981]

😂😂😂😂

[@KingPieceKamba]

“Where ya mommmm at huh, where ya mommm at”

[@davidmakovoz]

We have a cat. The cat sometimes “hunts” bugs, moths, beetles. And the resemblance in the behavior of our cat and this leopard is truly uncanny! They do the same things: periodically tap the prey with the paw, let go and then catch, hold it by the paw and look around as if to make sure no one is going to take it from them, put the prey in the mouth and then let it go, except our cat fits the bugs in the mouth completely unlike the leopard. Clearly the behavior is “programmed “ in their genes.

[@kellycummings9159]

Playing is fun. Most cats like to play. Good practice!!

[@user-wh8vf7rt6c]

สัตว์ที่ตายต่อหน้าและไม่ควรสงสารคือจระเข้ เสือ สิงโต ไฮยีน่า งู โคโมโด ฉันสงสารกวางน้อยไม่มีทางรอดถ้าคนถ่ายคลิปไม่มีเมตตาที่จะช่วยมัน

[@sveinungkh]

Cats are creatures without empathy.

[@davidmakovoz]

@@sveinungkh indeed!

[@Zion66666]

@@sveinungkh I’m no cat lover but that’s BS. They have a lot of empathy for their families.

[@TheBoilingWater]

Can’t imaging how terrified the baby impala was! Hard to watch 😢

[@rajatroy3270]

You are mad

[@gerlindeschneider7519]

yes, this is so sad.

[@trenfa4371]

Nope he is just being human

[@mellyyoungestincharge1589]

Hard to watch, but you still watched.

[@danielzeni9560]

nah Bro that's amazing this is the reality we live

[@jaimeluna6618]

Leopard was like “Man, I’m still full; wish I had a freezer somewhere.”

[@alanpayne7656]

😂

[@user-ue1wc7ob4n]

🤣🤣🤣🤣kzbin.info/www/bejne/apitamWipryiiZo

[@micamagali4118]

Exactly

[@police988]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@youpedia4614]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@amebansmic7560]

This is the bigger version of a cat playing with a mouse.

[@marcellowag2913]

Thats right

[@pujakumarisinghpujakumaris363]

hg

[@SebHaarfagre]

It is, yes. Also, to my understanding, only leopards do this of the big cats? Not sure though.

[@ahmadywaizy8567]

These have a history... The impala's mother gave birth to this baby and ran off as the leopard approached it to hunt... Then leopard decided to """adopt""" the baby ... This leopard has more decency than a lot of people... It protects the baby as if it was it's own

[@florysanon1787]

@@SebHaarfagre cheetahs do this to

[@gautamnair1785]

You cannot escape from a leopard dang! See it’s reflex and the way it hooks the impala when it tries to dash off; the leopard probably was baiting the calf to catch it’s mother. Overall Leopard’s intelligent hunting is unmatched.

[@gautamnair1785]

@@Nakime-uy5xr If i were a gazelle, why not!? :'D

[@johnspeno8163]

@@gautamnair1785, I read your comment 5 times and it still doesn't make any sense.

[@zed8313]

👌

[@greer2402]

No it was playing with it before eating it

[@TrueVasember]

the only sensible comment

[@dhananjaybhagat1468]

REST IN PEACE TO BABY IMPALA

[@xxsunny986]

Yeah😕

[@butterfly2604]

Pray it reincarnated in the land of the Gods it suffered so much under a sadistic killer.

[@richardl.currier4052]

@@butterfly2604 Nonsense. Leapord is beyond your measly conceptions of good and evil. It is nature. There are no morals in the instinctive forces. No one can judge God.

[@colourqueen22]

@@butterfly2604 What 😂😂😂 have you not heard of the food chain that GOD designed??

[@macarmenrojas221]

Es muy triste, pero...es la ley de la vida.

[@SushiBurritoPapi]

The leopard: wow they really dont like you.

[@__-vc5qo]

Deer kid: Come help. Deer mommy! Leopard: shush! You hug love me.

[@TheMsklg1981]

😂😂😊

[@Jessbaby215]

🤣🤣🤣

[@xana5649]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-rs6gg6bb1d]

Nothing strange about this, its a cat. They would play with a mouse for a while before killing it

[@clevertrevorsdad]

It’s actually highly unusual leopard behaviour in the wild when getting food is paramount, I suspect she was already well fed

[@yongsta210]

@@clevertrevorsdad Our possibly their are no other predators around. Usually they kill their food and drag it up a tree right away

[@dt_younginn]

Lmfao why these comment seems so professional

[@camaxtle]

As an ethologist i support this comment.

[@alienated9341]

He said 'this is one twisted individual'

[@Anon75535]

3:15 the one in the back is like "yall good over there?"

[@ralfschultz8701]

It`s brutal, horryfying and just the way it is. To observe the scene reminds me, how lucky we are, not to be an impala baby.

[@tomasandersson2930]

Are we so lucky being humans tho?

[@ralfschultz8701]

@@tomasandersson2930 If you are not lucky being a human, maybe you should change the way of living. Each human being has the skill to live a joyful life.

[@tomasandersson2930]

@@ralfschultz8701 yep you probably right..sometimes I just want to be a dog or another animal.

[@guddan3567]

@@ralfschultz8701 awesome...👍👍👏👏

[@hudaahoura9832]

We are more terrifying than leopard

[@losplaymaker]

Leopard: Hey you wanna be my buddy? Impala: Sure, for how long Leopard: Till I get hungry

[@target1665]

Lol😂 😜 😜

[@fannestmafioso8818]

Underrated

[@loumason6120]

That's not underrated.. that's why i hate big cats now, the ones that can kill your ass slowly like a demon ..house cats stalk and kill eat birds, mice n whatever too. Poor little impala i'm siding with him!

[@barbaralangrehr9690]

Leopard is flubbergusted because the little feller does not run. He does head-bunting like my tomcats do with me and is surely out of his wits until the impala baby starts running. Thats when his predator instinkt sets in. Or imagine your food talking back to you? You'd be out of appetite for a moment, weren't you?

[@bigmizzymike]

Ctfu🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯

[@RAF71chingachgook]

Clearly the Leopard has learned to use the baby as bait. Freakin smart cat.

[@raylopez99]

Urban, or is it rural, legend... when's the last time you saw an impala or gazelle rescue a baby in distress? They just run away. If it was a buffalo or wildebeest, maybe that answer would be true. Clickbait not baby bait...

[@manuelvpr]

@Jason Hitchcock read

[@farukyuksel1060]

Jason Hitchcock b

[@dezient3816]

@Jason Hitchcock D

[@Whatthefudgecookie]

An impala would never EVER come back to save its baby from the jaws of death, they'll simply run away and leave their baby to either die or miraculously escape. An impala's body is built for speed, not fighting. A healthy, full-grown impala will never risk its own life even to save its baby. An elephant, giraffe, wildebeest, Zebra, or water buffalo would, but an impala, gazelle, or any other skinny, sleek-framed animal in the order "Artiodactyla" would not. The bigger ones that I mentioned before might try to save their baby IF they think it's worth it.

[@minamwani4215]

The other Impalas were like, "WTF is happening?" while watching the Leopard with the small Impala. 😂

[@hakumenx1]

I have a weird feeling the leopard was acting unusual because of the people observing it but it was definitely playing with its food. People seem to think its trying to use it as bait but thats not normal behavior for cats in genersl. What is typical is playing with its cornered prey.

[@MrLince-hr4of]

he just like fresh food

[@mvr192]

Yeah think the camera clicking definitely distracts it

[@redhoodproduction904]

That's not normal behavior ? Bro it's very normal , big cats usually don't kill the babies instantly and wait to see if mother could come and they will get bigger kill

[@peterpickguitar]

Exactly. The Cat is probably wondering if he's gonna be on KZbin.

[@mostwanted2390]

The leopard is vegan but his friends are watching and don't know about it

[@shaytheclown]

That with wolves is basically feral pride (an animated show on KZbin)

[@Lucas-yv1pk]

that is damned funny but still love my vegan friends ha ; )

[@sobelean12]

LOL

[@james03pearce]

Leopards tale

[@Arch55567]

A vegan is alwas a good treated meat for hunter, no matter what his liver does.hahaha

[@rodneyreaves2737]

It seemed like the leopard kept looking to see if the police were coming

[@lizardchosimbastedanko3077]

Well he is african 😂

[@lizardchosimbastedanko3077]

Police quick to shoot 😨

[@GeorgeP99]

LMAO

[@LostThingsHD]

😂😂

[@jesusistheonlysavior3312]

No, she wasn't!!! Hello, What would a policeman do in the middle of the jungle?????? Please Use your Common sense!!!!!!

[@TorontoGuy]

The noises the thing makes when the Leopard just moves near it reminds me of a kid saying "Ow!" when they think they're about to get hit.

[@fj1113]

The way leopard holds like don’t go I need you😂

[@nolanlor4711]

The leopard was like “Alright kid, ima take u to ur family to see them one last time, then ima eat u.”

[@X_STAR09]

Lol

[@AnimePlusUltrah]

It looked like a prisoner exchange to me, he was trying to trade for one of the parents to have a larger meal.

[@EliteSaintYT]

😂😂😂😂

[@abdullahisa736]

RAKIB RAHMAN

[@animallover5218]

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[@rico8068]

The leopard said “keep crying call your mother, i need a bigger snack”

[@meriemmimi-wh6ef]

😂😂😂

[@hapwn]

Leopard: if you're not here with the money before 11:24 your son dies!

[@koreailoveyou]

Shit........ but man, might be.

[@songsparadise5193]

@@hapwn 😀😂

[@ariful.7445]

Hi

[@arthurs3675]

"Pls lemme go" "Sorry fam I gotta eat too"

[@frnotlouratchett3733]

*their last convo* Leopard: "so whachu have for lunch" Impala: "shii grass, how bout u" Leopard: Impala: "right...forgot"

[@Switchfork]

Impala is like: "If you're gonna do it, then do it!"

[@AndreGibsonBeatbox]

😂😭facts

[@COCOGROCOSHOW]

Lepard is like : I'm not hungry right now but stick around

[@NGgoat]

lol brilliant

[@sambell385]

Same thing I was thinking 👍

[@uwiz]

🤣🤣🤣

[@amiriramadhan7753]

You guys are funny 🤣😀🤣😀🤣🤣

[@vishalgoodboy6718]

Worst comment

[@jeremyrogers4839]

Amazing footage!

[@ustamatniyoz8621]

Леопард Оказался Милосердия. Молодец. Спасибо За Ролик...❤😂😢

[@MrSkateAndWatch]

“Isn’t it rude to play with your food?” Leopard: “Isn’t it rude watching/documenting me play with my food?”

[@jaronmoorerii6356]

Yeah let the leopard have his kill

[@oogiboogiboogioogi3771]

He is using it as a bait

[@hestisana612]

@@oogiboogiboogioogi3771 ndygikow7m hkd. hv l

[@mubashirajavad573]

😄😄

[@YashRaj-zs1oo]

Leopard is savage

[@l3igl2eaper]

Leopard is getting pissed. Leopard: Bro, it's not fun if you don't run.

[@quercus4730]

+Nick Gherz He is pissed because he got such a little one that is why he is resorting to playing with his food.

[@Bulmas_Panties]

All cats have quick reflexes but I think the leopard is about as close to zero reaction time as a nonfiction creature can get. Even a baby gazelle is probably faster than you think but every time the little one here tries to move the leopard is there in an instant to block the escape.

[@cheesybuldak]

When there’s no camera Leopard: ooohh.. impalas When there’s camera Leopard : are you okay baby impala??

[@nyiatih8871]

Lanni

[@saetae9208]

Rt🤣

[@prowthegamer]

Lanni _Lanni Lol (8/1/19)

[@mohammadkarimbahramiyan5999]

احسنت

[@sorakanohealing4070]

XD

[@jorgesobrino_y]

What makes me sad is not the footage but the people in the comments blaming the leopard, as if it was evil or bad, and saying that they should kill it or whatever. Listen people, animals cannot be bad or evil. It is just the way it is so don’t anthropomorphize animals. The leopard has to eat just as the impala and has every right to live. This footage is just a very interesting behaviour, not an act of evil.

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

@@jorgesobrino_y ... you are 100% correct! . While it is difficult on human sensibilities to see such behavior, this is just nature playing itself out. The leopard behavior is not at ALL unlike that of my domestic house cat and most certainly where her instincts originate. There is an abundance of impala for the VERY specific reason of sustaining the leopard population. Should the nature of this balance stray too far in either direction, it will be corrected over time. . The leopard is definitely not evil, it is doing what nature intended it to do.... not only survive, but hone its skills to ensure that survival.

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

@@stickygrenade ... which is why the leopard is NOT evil... it is following its nature, just as the impala. The one fundamental difference humans have from pretty much ALL other species of life, is we will nearly _always_ adjust our surroundings, based on social influences. We have TV, music, technology and those who are famous creating influence and we go outside of our "nature". The leopard and impala have no such influence, except that which humans may force upon them (encroaching on their habitat and such). Both of these creatures are just doing what is 100% natural and we have no right to pass judgement on it being right or wrong.... it just "is".

[@jorgesobrino_y]

@@stickygrenade yes, I agree with you, if it was a matter of life or death of a human being, even if I didn't know him or her, and I had a gun in my hands (which I wouldnt cause I hate guns) I would shoot the leopard because Im not a crazy animal advocate that would rather save an animal than a human. However, let me put another example. You find a non poisonous snake behind some boxes in your house. It bites you because you didn't know it was there. A lot of people would automatically feel like revenging and would kill the snake because it bit them. That's how people work. I personally wouldnt because I understand that the snake is not evil, it was just protecting itself. You get my point right?

[@valdomirolucioxavier1759]

A

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

​@@jorgesobrino_y ... well said! . It is funny.... we humans have ZERO issue killing certain critters, just for the most miniscule offenses. If a fly is buzzing around, I kill it without a moments hesitation, because it is "there". It is just flying around, but pestering the crap out of me, so I deem capital punishment is necessary. Now, if the fly was slow and non-evasive, I would catch it in a glass and let it go outside, because it is just doing what flies do! I will capture spiders in a glass and let them go outside, if it is convenient. If they are walking around in the shower pan, I get them wet and wash them down the drain, so I am not very consistent. . Where humans have the difficulty, generally, is if they can "relate" to the creature. We have dogs and cats as pets, but eat cows for food without hesitation. In Korea, I believe it is, dogs and or cats are often eaten just as we do cows and they are sacred in India. We in the USA are absolutely APPALLED by the thought of eating a cat or dog and get outraged at the consideration of it. . This all comes down to how a society views different creatures and over time, such views are subject to change.

[@kennethfrierson5286]

I hoped and l prayed that he'd be one of those that got away.poor little Timmy,R.I.P!!!

[@user-ys2rd4ei6e]

Heart touching as well as heart breaking 💔

[@BubbaBlackmon]

Leopard looked like he didn't know if he wanted to kill it or adopt it.

[@hermionegranger7279]

Bubba Blackmon he didnt know if he wanted to eat it right now or save it for later

[@migitomigito8886]

@@hermionegranger7279 sek

[@RespectMyNerdz]

Bubba Blackmon he was baiting the others to come closer He was toying wth it

[@god9614]

Cuz of the noise it was making

[@ClareFoxx]

yeah, I thought the same. Maybe it had recently lost a cub, because it really did look like it was trying to get the Impala onboard to being its new cub, even bringing it in the tree. "look climb like me" very interesting and simultaneously hard to watch.

[@gamerslife4me938]

during the whole video, leopard: (paws) yo yo make some noise. Impala: aaahh!

[@jocelynshields8317]

🤣

[@jfj876]

😂😂

[@yescook8558]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@germanmatos2112]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kulmagar5868]

Not gonna lie 😭

[@marcelyanez9045]

It may seem remarkable a leopard doesn't kill its prey, however felines (even your dear pussycat) expect the poor opponent to RUN. The leopard is trying to encourage the impala to do so. Animals are much more understanding than humans. (Thanks to VV for sharing this).

[@jeremytan739]

You call this sadistic cat playing with their food understanding? Kind of messed up don't you think.

[@user-js3ee5qv6g]

I was too scared to watch it all, tried to skip to end but did the leopard eat the poor little impala or let it go??.

[@Behamotezz]

You're kidding, right? Of course leopard ate its' pray. This is how it works in nature.

[@user-js3ee5qv6g]

@@BehamotezzNO, I m not kidding as I said I skipped parts, but the leopard was toying around with its prey (not pray). I have seen a couple of videos where they are full already and just play around with the prey and then ignore it.

[@Jout8-re1ij]

@@user-js3ee5qv6g Why you scream like child bro?😂🤦‍♂️ Did he respond to you, when he responded to the orginal comment, when he didnt put your name infront his comment, so why are you getting mad to him, if he didnt respond to your comment little angry kid.😂🤦‍♂️

[@tshepangmoletsane1866]

I can't imagine chilling with your food in the Safari. Best feeling ever.😤🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@MilledSteel]

Takes “playing with your food” to a whole new level.

[@fernandogalvez8269]

8t8tyyyyyytytytt

[@dav1djac0b]

“New heights” is what we were looking for ....Takes “playing with your food” to entirely “new heights”. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@daikon3199]

@@dav1djac0b Same chiz. Now carry on.

[@user-wi3kw1rq8z]

@@daikon3199 ее

[@yesno3823]

The leopard using baby for bait

[@tanvu1993]

Impala: **calling his parents** leopard: "dude I think you are adopted"

[@user-is4tv2pq2s]

He doesn’t call his parents he make it suffer

[@elsiephilippe8173]

@@deepinderjeetsingh9671 that is not funny

[@deepinderjeetsingh9671]

@@elsiephilippe8173 oo sorry bro

[@shrikrishna8131]

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[@xasandahir9795]

@shivam sharma 6

[@jmureviews1482]

great work - its a nature all the time i was feel may be someone can save his life but i know we cant do anything - it is the nature study

[@taylormarie5049]

The cameraman taking a video: The leopard: “Am I a joke to you?“

[@moxievintage1390]

Right lol. I honestly hate to see people so invasive.

[@poppopp9801]

I think it's hoping a mother would come along, bigger prey

[@kongcc6979]

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[@DJWolfie_MegaMixer]

Leopard is like.. Hey Impala make me look good in front of the camera. This is my big Hollywood break.

[@northeastgirl6331]

LoL

[@ritamichaud8793]

Sure I feel bad for the baby but everything has to eat, maybe this is a young cat just learning or it could be another reason. Regardless ALL cats play with their food!

[@ratnadipchakraborty8336]

Poor and innocent impala. Couldn't even run to escape death.😔

[@zamialvaro17]

Wow, this is a beautiful trail. I really enjoy your video, greetings from me from Indonesia😉

[@michaelteret4763]

The leopard is using the baby as bait, that’s brilliant! And scary...

[@gozorak]

not really. The mother Impala is watching helplessly from a distance. Leopard has no need to expend any more energy to take down a larger animal when it has an easy meal already waiting.

[@TotallyNoCat]

@@gozorak Good to know you know the ends and outs of a big cats brain. Even know what they're thinking. Like conserving energy.

[@gozorak]

@@TotallyNoCat predators as large as the big cats expend incredible amounts of energy as well as placing themselves at risk when taking on larger prey. There is also the need to balance daily caloric needs with exposing themselves to the risk of sustaining an injury that will no longer permit them to survive. They instinctively understand and are driven by those needs. Especially true with the Leopard since it lives and hunts alone unlike the other large terrestrial predators in Africa that will hunt and live in groups, packs, or prides. This isnt my discovery or my channeling the Leopards inner most thoughts. Its kind of well known due to hundreds of years of study and observation

[@AverageAlien]

That's what I figured. Wasn't happy with the size of his meal, so he uses it to draw the others close

[@AverageAlien]

@@gozorak No he's clearly trying to draw them in closer. That's why he's holding the small one hostage, he wants a bigger ine

[@doddsydodds]

The thing that makes this sad is the fact the baby Impala knew it couldn't run so had to just stand there.

[@ohgodwhat1]

doddsydodds It was waiting for its mom to rescue it

[@samuelperezgarcia]

+doddsydodds it tried to run several times, each time the leopard caught it and hurt it with its claws.

[@Noctifern]

It's nature don't be a bitch about it

[@chinchy111]

+doddsydodds the crazy thing is that if all the impalas ran straight toward the leopard at full speed then the leopard would probably run away and the baby would be saved

[@KING20007009]

+chinchy111 and the Leopard would go hungry and starve to death. How is that fair ?

[@saucedupshane]

10:10 bro said “this is one twisted individual” like it isn’t a leopard in its prime habitat 💀💀

[@s.aworld7856]

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[@albertrojas3629]

My cat does exactly the same thing, when he thinks the mouse has no escape he takes a break and just seats by the mouse and sometimes he forgets he was hunting and mouse gets away.

[@kabeloteddymorris4376]

Who else is on a chain of watching these videos

[@chandrashekarhb9349]

Yes I am

[@irineomartinezsantigo8310]

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[@lungelorefuge5105]

It ashyme😢😢😢😢

[@darrylmarable9050]

Me.

[@jabberjay104]

Meeeeeeeee lol

[@WisdomPrime]

Beautiful. Like this planet. National geographic channel.

[@DonnieTNJ]

I am glad I wasn't there in person, I would not be able to resist doing everything in my power, short of getting myself killed, to save the impala.

[@jealousofbubbles5633]

The Leopard Getting Annoyed Like So Nobody Really Finna Come Save You Huh 😭

[@imports7able]

Lmfao fr😂😂

[@terrellkpah6839]

Horacio Medina 😂😂

[@15jewjew]

@John Moore finna is a particular way in which some people say fin to or about to.

[@15jewjew]

@John Moore That's kind of what happens with language. People speak it differently, and pronounce things differently, come up with slang etc. It's really not that serious.

[@datgirl6075]

John Moore it’s not people is lazy btw check your spelling before coming at someone else.

[@dakotatheskeleton]

Leopard: *moves* Impala calf: "erh"

[@nessunnomeenemmenocognome.5712]

😂

[@charliekane135]

Lovely, thanks so much for sharing this beautiful part of nature 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

[@user-nb3mq3cg8k]

This footage alone raised a lot of questions about animal behaviors.

[@bestkoolclipzTV]

Imagine living for about 20 minutes just to get eaten Edit: Since when did I get like so many likes damn

[@Dougie-ex1ov]

you wouldnt even know. Life really isnt real. If you are dead how do you know you were even alive? Its a depressing fact of life. This is all an illusion.

[@NubianGirl7]

Crazy right

[@stejkoman]

Swift death is much better 😢

[@hapwn]

Imagine what the parents are going through 😢

[@JCloud12345]

Probably a reincarnated soulless human being who did bad on this planet and that’s his karma before hell?

[@emyywolf]

She’s trying to bait the mom , larger food

[@finalthought3888]

That's what I'm thinking as well

[@jorgerangel5427]

Same

[@TravelingMerchant]

@DICK LONG dude its the way of life and predators go for adults too

[@TravelingMerchant]

@DICK LONG yeah true. But in this case i think an adult would outrun the leopard so you cant blame it i guess

[@TravelingMerchant]

@DICK LONG true true but i it was on a pretty open field

[@face2faceboy]

If you're not going to eat me then I guess I'll be on my way Leopard: Be still! deer: yes sir!

[@sabbathwasset-upatcreation9749]

5:58... that's incredible... didn't know they could grab like that. I know the leopard has to eat, but poor baby impala.

[@SaadKhan-xn1xv]

The impala was responsible for not getting caught. Nothing "poor" about it.

[@BIH0711]

Baby impala: Let me go? Leopard: No honey it's a bad world, I m waiting for your mother to take you home

[@ayushjaiswal.]

Ha haha

[@gaganpiplotiya]

🤣🤣🤣 ya you are right

[@xana5649]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-is4tv2pq2s]

He doesn’t care of his mother he just wants to make it suffer

[@uncivillotus354]

All jokes aside it was probably just playing with its food

[@divyeshmirajkar1222]

The leopard was like:Have you taken the photo?This would be a nice click.Hurry,I am hungry.This one,yes this pose....🤣

[@user-bt1zr5vt5l]

Как он долго мучил бедную косулю видео очень интересное как только снимали , большое спасибо вам за видео

[@deestersvega807]

💧🫵😅💬ALRIGHT TUCKER time to go home bro 👍spectacular interview MoM

[@RealidadeDaTerra]

Clever Leopard. Holds the baby hostage making him cry, to hunt adults!!! Animals are getting smarter!

[@RealidadeDaTerra]

***** All Nature is evolving, not only "our" nature! But if animals get too smart, relationships between humans and them will change forever in all levels! And they will probably win!

[@Ham549]

I think this is for practicing raising babies other large cats after killing the adults have done similar things in fact there's been a house cat that raised a baby squirrel.

[@dcos5]

+Peter Coimbra or they have always done this and we have never been able to film it.

[@RealidadeDaTerra]

dcos5 Yes, also maybe true! Or they learned with humans makings hostages, lol

[@mustafasharif4366]

you right guys have you ever watch how smart the animals are documentry fucking hill they are smarts man

[@igaboofox7685]

Every time the leopard bit the impala I was like "Oh, he totally killed it this time" and nope. Not even the time it freakin' fell off the tree. Impala babies are hella resistant.

[@stzvn1265]

Yeah, my newborn sister didn’t survive the same treatment.

[@malikaltafhussain3837]

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[@hayatullahniazi8334]

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[@ladyo8297]

She was trying to kill it she was moving it like it was a her cub.

[@katk7505]

@@ladyo8297 it was just toying with its food. Maybe trying to entice the adults that were watching to come closer.

[@user-rd2so6pc2s]

The literal meaning of "playing with your food"

[@kan-zee]

Is the leopard distracted by all the intense human presence ??? That's what you call a Living MRE ..meat stays fresher that way. That little guy hung in there for quite awhile while mama impala begging for mercy on her baby. 11:08 I think the little guy, is finally dispatched ??

[@alexisluna4152]

Leapord: why aren't u running!? Why aren't u running!?

[@Penguin_of_Death]

*Leopard

[@williambell3893]

Impala: Nope! I want you to look me in the while you eat me and I'll stand here all day if I ha...Crunch

[@EspectroUrbano]

Kitty seems to have been using this baiting technique before. It must have worked in the past given the patience shown.

[@kuronosaiko]

fuck, the "playing" is just the tiger baiting the baby to wait for an older animal. bruh

[@michaeldundee8300]

@@kuronosaiko it did look like she was trying to lure the adults in... more calories

[@kuronosaiko]

@asthma attack leopard*

[@shivamchaudhary1750]

The leopard was giving solid poses with his prey to cameraman🤣

[@fata-kolsi]

What was done at last, was it safe later??

[@LAX2SanGabriel]

The origins of abusive relationships.

[@meetings5145]

True dat!

[@ared18t]

@sightinsight Other animals that have been doing activities like these have existed before humans you narcissist

[@mariasousasousa99]

@@ared18t 🗿

[@tvrfly57689]

2:27 leopard: Ok time to eat! Oh wait wait wait....... Camera! Smile my little impala friend. impala: ._.

[@AsitdyaDsr]

Its in her dna to fake its death and escape . Beautiful video.

[@user-xx1xd4kk9g]

Какой мощный материнский инстинкт.Импала знает, что от гепарда не убежишь, но старается помочь малышу.

[@user-pi2jt2og5g]

А эти люди без сердца щелкают кадры, вместо того чтобы спасти детеныша

[@yar3333]

Это леопард. И людям не надо лезть в живую природу.

[@psgman41]

When you’re not hungry but your mom forces you to eat

[@xtremeinnovations8599]

Ultimate

[@baysantam1062]

ههههه

[@zhnsbh5615]

😂😂

[@AbdulHadi-fh6xm]

Hahaha

[@yo_boy_fredo1323]

Lol

[@ronaldcarter1582]

Definition of literally playing with his food before he eats it

[@rockysheikh9026]

Up

[@gavin2870]

No, that's not at all what this was.

[@singhanand603]

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[@shadow-man8715]

I think he was trying to lure in a bigger adult impala

[@fredericmoreau3722]

Like Wenesday Addams

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

The leopard is so sneaky that you don't even realize you've been eaten.

[@uriellopez982]

Hola muy buenos días cómo están todos mis amigos yo amo mucho a todos los animalitos

[@Tonetare]

Hahahahha! This leopard is brilliant trying to hold the poor baby impala (which breaks my heart) hostage so as to lure in the parents. I have seen intelligence in leopard behavior not unlike this in other KZbin videos, such as how a leopard is able to kill a porcupine or the video explaining a strategy in which leopard tricks to males during its pregnancy. I think that out of all the big cats and all animals in the animal kingdom, the leopard is the one that comes closest to rivaling us human being in intelligence. It does things that you'd think only another human would think of, from taking it food into trees so it rarely has to deal with scavengers and all sorts of other stuff. Plus they have balls of steel. Quite honestly, the most intelligent and brave of the cats. I always said that if lions weren't in prides and hyenas weren't in packs, they'd be screwed coming across a leopard. 

[@wadek798]

I agree they are intelligent. But let's not take anything away from lions. I've seen solitary lions doing their thing too. I love leopards though

[@Tonetare]

KENNETH WADE Honestly, I don't see solitary lions doing anything real impressive if I am being straight up!

[@wadek798]

Tonetare ok, that's fair! We have a difference of opinion and that's all good! I have never seen a lion do this, I will admit to that. That calf would be eaten already! Lol!

[@wadek798]

What do you think of the elusive jaguar?

[@Tonetare]

KENNETH WADE I hate that the Jaguar is located in a different country. I think a lot of big cat lovers hate that. Because of that we can't properly compare them against the other big cats like the leopard, the lion, the cheetah and such. So we don't really know where they stand in the animal kingdom. We have assumptions but they're just that assumptions. Sort of like the case with the Tiger. A lot of big cat lovers hate that location kind of ruins are ability to tell where these two cats stand in the animal kingdom. Quite frankly, I am utterly confused as to which one would win out between the jaguar and the leopard. People immediately say the jaguar because of its size but that's a load of bull. The leopard is known to scare off a lone hyena if they bug him. It's only when hyenas come in packs does the leopard retreat to the trees.

[@v-nation6129]

He is enticing a big meal from a small meal , the leopard seems smart.

[@neomis0119]

nope

[@bzq122]

That's not how it works. The other deer won't ever come near the leopard even if it has the baby.

[@thientuannguyen1246]

he's talking about the human

[@lavoiealain]

Oh!!! I hadn't thought of that, lol

[@gspaulsson]

I thought he seemed wary of the humans. That, and cat-and-mouse behaviour.

[@zoechucknice9699]

Leopard be like let’s played then but you can’t go away without me 😅

[@deturdbirdcontrolsolutions4202]

My cat often played with mice she caught. Some times they got away and she was furious. This is just a big version of the same cat behavior.

[@dontquestionmyvideos]

Thatsvjust wqhat i tought

[@govindnagargoje8133]

Yeah sometimes dogs also play with mouse 😆

[@laurarocha3267]

Its very true

[@dontquestionmyvideos]

@Michael Wilding im trap at my closet thats why

[@dontquestionmyvideos]

@Michael Wilding stupid,im just joking,i guess ur a boomer then.

[@anjalikumari078i9]

Impala : Are you a monster ? Leopard : Am I looking like it ? Impala : I want my mom ! Leopard : I also need her 🤤 !

[@aleksandrbeylis6946]

Interesting how you spent all this time just to get a couple likes .

[@Matthew-ue5uf]

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[@NirmalaSelvam]

Is that leopard a juvenile? Appears to be looking out for its family member to join for the kill.

[@mrbennett3791]

That's the strangest behaviour I've ever seen between hunter and prey, fascinating would love to know why?

[@Aaron067]

probably because of the people recording and snapping photos of him

[@truthhurtsbuthealz834]

It was the sounds of the camera clicking and the scent of humans that made the leopard hesitate... The leopard was like, "if I commit this murder on camera then I'm surely doing a life sentence."

[@wesleyhanson7368]

Lol this is funny

[@leroyross2375]

Truth HurtsButHealz lmao. Very funny

[@michaeltoreno4836]

OMG! you're a clown😂😂😂😂

[@cynthiaisako]

Lmao

[@15anupamjain79]

Funny

[@sayadkhan3323]

The Leopard looks a pro player knocking out an enemy and waiting for his teammate to come and revive him😂

[@ginagtr4509]

Haha to much Warzone dude

[@arslantariq4972]

Playing solo squad

[@detroitlions3113]

Actually could be exactly what he is doing

[@NinersAllDamnDay408]

Hahah fr he was too paranoid 🤣 the only way to survive on warzone

[@detroitlions3113]

Nvm just seen the deer say fuck lil buddy, my bad