Snow Leopard Makes a Kill | Wild Cats of India: Big Cat Kingdom

After a successful hunt, a snow leopard must defend his prize from hungry interlopers.
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Snow Leopard Makes a Kill | Wild Cats of India: Big Cat Kingdom
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[@NatGeoWild]

Snow leopards are perfectly equipped to thrive in extreme, high-elevation habitats. How would you describe one of the world’s most elusive cats using one word?

[@marcustraore545]

Fantastic!

[@reyacivil6099]

Endanger

[@9.6.53]

Majestic!

[@GeorgiaAndrea]

Superior

[@jahmhilruckus4476]

Regal

[@AneDijitak]

Snow leopard: "I made my kill." Union of Soviet Socialist Predators: "Our kill."

[@averybirnbaum6169]

Ane Dijitak There ain’t no society rules for wild animals. In the wild, you take whatever opportunity you can to survive.

[@AneDijitak]

@@averybirnbaum6169 r/woosh

[@fargo1234]

@@averybirnbaum6169 Bruh momento

[@brucewayne774]

😂😂😂😂

[@codyvon.]

Kazakhs: Our kill. (Казахи: Наша добыча).

[@rohitashvarathore]

We must protect this magnificent cat and its habitat.

[@ljc1821]

What...they had a camera in the carcass? That's dope!

[@sunshinemishasmommy5352]

I know right?When they showed that angle I was like "WHAAAAT?"..I sat here with my mouth open..not alot of things get that reaction from me nowadays,but that was AMAZING 😁👍 Much respect to those camera people,they make stuff like this possible for us to watch

[@y37chung]

It is fake, the carcass was planted there, the snow leopard didnt kill it

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Totally disgusting.

[@asstroeongdong-min1709]

y37chung snow leopards been doing that themselves for millions of years, whats a little filming efficiency gonna hurt

[@kensalazar5066]

@@y37chung he did, if you sawr the special "wild indian" the leopard killed it In a coral and because of its size couldn't carry it away. They were filming in the area at the time, and NATGEO, got the villager to donate the carcass, so yes it was planted there with cameras all around.

[@AzlianaLyana]

Smart cat knows when to stand down and wait it out. But what a rather peculiar gesture to rest its head on the meal, almost as if it's saying "ah.. finally, just you and me".

[@NahidRahman11]

Haha

[@hiace5786]

@@NahidRahman11 èeř

[@joen7526]

😂 Your comment is on point

[@ashrafrehmani7114]

Ooo really

[@k03dz0n3]

there's something beautiful yet tragic about that

[@Hyraladen]

The magpies are like house flies, buzzing around and trying to land on your food while you try to buzz them away

[@calebtaylor8816]

Hyraladen T ya I want to snap their neck and laugh

[@Ascylian]

They aren't magpies, magpies are Australian

[@sheep8128]

@@Ascylian There are more than species of magpie.🤦‍♀️ And in the film they literally said magpie multiple times. Jesus.

[@onerajesh]

Well, I'm from Himalaya. I never saw these many animals but Nat Geo comes and shoot snow leopard, wolf, fox and all in one shot. You guys are expert :)

[@NarutoDora]

these all animals are paid actors lol😝🤣🤣😂😂

[@shivasrinivasan80]

Where in the Himalayas are you from? This is most likely Hemis National Park. In upper regions of Arunachal Pradesh there are snow leopards too. But there are no Grey Wolves therr but they have red pandas. The Himalayas are big place, with each place having different animals.

[@onerajesh]

@dyy Fethiiyhn 🤣 lol

[@onerajesh]

@@shivasrinivasan80 I'm from Lansdowne, Uttarakhand. Tiger & Leopard and Elephants in lower areas are common here.

[@aad4186]

That's cause there aren't many left dude

[@guillaumerobichaud9848]

Such a beautiful animal

[@sunshinemishasmommy5352]

They sure are..I hope to get to a zoo to see some someday 😊

[@markassko6426]

@@sunshinemishasmommy5352 some animals dont enjoy company, and snow "leopards" certainly wouldnt like and care about others company.

[@NatGeoWild]

The snow leopard is such an amazing animal!

[@tomy6097]

@@sunshinemishasmommy5352 Fcking idiot

[@archieoutdoors3340]

Sunshine MishasMommy they have some at the lakes zoo in England

[@carnage3343]

If you remeber Tai Lung from kung fu panda was a snow leopard 😊

[@NahidRahman11]

Hahaha

[@sumerianb4045]

@Daniel Callahan it's his mind to mind not yours .

[@sumerianb4045]

@Daniel Callahan it's not your right to verbally abuse someone when they don't deserve it.

[@hec8868]

Daniel Callahan how is it pathetic he was just stated that tai lung is indeed based of a snow leopard Nd besides u took time off ur day to call him pathetic lol wat ppl do when they have no life

[@anibalraymundo6155]

@@hec8868 let him be, he clearly is above all of us . I mean he went out of his own way to verbally abuse someone in the old keyboard warrior fashion. Let him and his keyboard be.

[@teresavirina7735]

These wildlives looks very healthy. A million thanks for giving them space to hunt & feed. Wonderful!

[@Ab-hc9ks]

they dont have much left, thanks to our population

[@m.williams4971]

‘Giving’ them space?? Hardly anybody lives in these places!

[@sethzielasko6898]

Nat Geo WILD when you first showed the wolf walking up what a fantastic shot that was.

[@WiLdLiFeMystery]

I have only seen a snow leopard once. I was a kid and me and my family visited a place named vijaynagar, a place in Arunachal Pradesh (India). Awesome video🤟🙂👍💯

[@WiLdLiFeMystery]

@M1 India very cold place. But beautiful too

[@MaiteWapa44]

Every single animal in this video is so beautiful I could cry ❤️ Also can we all agree that magpies are very beautiful birds?

[@sacheinc5014]

What about Magpies? Are they?

[@leobuscaglia5576]

Also we can all agree that you are very beautiful.

[@silvermainecoons3269]

@YourBakaSenpai bro why not?

[@새매]

I wish we had more footage of Snow Leopards. I’m sure this footage took forever to get but I’m thankful it’s here.

[@m.williams4971]

(Vomiting)

[@the5thmusketeer215]

We need a crowd funding campaign to buy the Snow Leopard a refrigerator... 😊

[@elhombredeoro955]

😂😂😂

[@Shun-vr1bw]

The5th Musketeer lmao 💀💀

[@tropicalstorm339]

It lives in a refrigerated habitat. It's a *snow* leopard.

[@aditikule2482]

😂😅

[@EJD339]

I wish we had more footage of Snow Leopards. I’m sure this footage took forever to get but I’m thankful it’s here.

[@kendallles]

This was such a good one!! Well done National Geographic

[@NatGeoWild]

Wild, wasn't it?!

[@tantiwahopak101]

@@NatGeoWild incredible footage 👍

[@creativebomb8198]

@@NatGeoWild hey was that your crew who threw blood everywhere on rocks or was it there already. 4:13

[@josue2662]

@@creativebomb8198 that's not blood just the color the rock had

[@shreyandattagupta5605]

@@NatGeoWild It was awesome

[@lamkien3944]

3:07 ahhhh so this is how does the fox say xD

[@justmyopinion1409]

The snow leopard is considered to be the most beautiful creature on Earth by many people. However, we need to take a moment an appropriate the beauty of those grey wolves. Especially the way the one at 1:18 came into the scene. That coat is gorgeous, and the way the light radiates off of it is just...

[@teeanahera8949]

*and *appreciate

[@avinashsaroj7785]

​@😂teeanahera8949

[@dparvulus]

3:05 * Angry barking at cat * xd

[@simmibhinder76]

I found it cute

[@tonypadd7939]

1:28 what a stunning wolf

[@kkc3010]

The place is Spiti located in Lahaul district, Himachal Pradesh. Visit that place it is one of most beautiful places in India.

[@Irfan-tt8cn]

This is in Ladakh near Uley village..

[@rankingresearchdata]

@@Irfan-tt8cn these both places have many similarities people confused with that

[@Vic-yv8sx]

So rare to see Snow Leopards. I love it 😻

[@dimidomo7946]

First-rate cinematography. King of the mountain. Thank you Nat Geo Wild.

[@malkeetsinghbal227]

The narrator , The camera inside carcass , the Nat geo wild is lit 🔥

[@dylanallen9625]

Snow leopard: I’ll let you eat my kill and starve to death but the red fox has no permission to eat my fill. Magpies: thanks 😂😂😂

[@rogermilla2358]

The wolves, fox and birds are the IRS when you finally make some money 😂

[@AllInOne-ps4fi]

Please save all beautiful creatures on earth.

[@jollyjokress3852]

Yes!

[@matimus100]

Creatures what Creatures where ? Who told you this about our animals and our planet called earth 👫🌏🦉

[@kensalazar5066]

As much as I love wolves Siberian s and others...these snow leopards have to be the coolest land animal on the planet! To live in that environment chasing game down sheer mountains at 20,000 feet! Now that's survival!

[@exk5843]

The fox was literally flying

[@whitetiger9974]

03:00 Fox runs for his dear life 🤣🤣🤣

[@suryakantapradhan6087]

snow leopard, black panther, bengal tiger, asiatic lion, rahino, gharial, red panda, elephant, gaur, wolf, bear, jaguar, clouded leopard list goes on.. Its incredible India for you.

[@suryakantapradhan6087]

Yes brother.

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

No Jaguar in India Caracal & Lynx

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

River Dolphin

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

Marsh Crocodile Salt water crocodiles

[@anshulpal761]

My God Wild Himalayan Gray wolf I can die in peace now 😌😌

[@tony-pc4kd]

Wolf+leapard +fox 😍😍😍😍

[@mirceapintelie361]

can we feed your carcass to the wolf?☻

[@animal-rights]

@@mirceapintelie361 🤣🤣

[@carnage3343]

Thats some great camoflauge

[@sunshinemishasmommy5352]

That's why they are called "Ghost Cats"..from what I understand there are people who have lived their whole lives in the snow leopard regions and have never seen one..they can sit on an outcropping above a trail and humans could travel by and they would never know that beautiful animal is right above them..of course that also is to the species detriment because there isn't an accurate count of how many snow leopards are in the wild

[@carnage3343]

@@sunshinemishasmommy5352 whoa😮

[@markassko6426]

@@sunshinemishasmommy5352 we do have quite good population measures in russia and mongolia.

[@luisfuentes3012]

3:44 So that's where Tai Lung's roar comes from!

[@theplanespotter8569]

India is so diverse when it comes to fauna and especially cats. Even Cheetah's once existed there until hunted by the Mughals and the British to extinction. The word cheetah even comes from the Sanskrit Chittar.

[@smartchap7227]

And now the cheetah is back in india after 70 years

[@aganbraganca4156]

They are back now

[@trevorphillips4595]

Wow...that fox really took off...and made huge dust cloud.

[@soaringvulture]

Smart move on the fox's part.

[@awentuszioniusa8171]

1Great Snow Leopard, Hunting, Helps Feeding many other creature in Balance of Nature on PLaneT ET!

[@Angel-cd5qq]

How gorgeous are these creatures..its amazing how close they all are .🌻🌼🌻🌸

[@sanrve3904]

The blood on the leopards face makes it looks like it’s blushing

[@user-gw7ef6ee9k]

👎👎👎👎👎 ???????????

[@MuhammadAli-pt5wf]

Fluffy cuties 😍

[@dusannn]

Oh,how beauty😍

[@user-hk4qm6xv3b]

3:29 looks like he's blushing lol so cute

[@user-hk4qm6xv3b]

@NRG 2000 yeah and what about it? lol

[@jamillatorres7226]

The rational part of me: It is a predatory animal, we must leave them in peace. Also me: *pet ze kitty*

[@Janinho897]

2:10 "No sooner have they left, a red fox begins to devour what he can" . Well, no, not really right away, you guys had time to put a camera in the carcass, so...

[@nickgeorgie1957]

This isn’t not a documentary: it’s a movie. They placed a carcass somewhere and the rest is all about cooking the book. Good job National Geographic.

[@peepinR]

The snow leopard is, in my opinion, the most beautiful cat in the world.

[@freddiemercurybulsara3876]

This is real side of India, South Deccan Ghats, fresh waters, Kashmir, Himayala, Deserts, North East, Incredible India except few Hindi states polluting this country and they're overpopulated, mainstream media only focuses on Mumbai/Delhi/ Uttarpradesh.

[@golmoshy]

Sad but true. All the metro cities are horrible.

[@freddiemercurybulsara3876]

@@golmoshy yes but without metrocities u won't see any development, and also 14 out of 20 most polluted places in the World* are in North India itself do u know that?

[@jmokj1635]

that fox barked at the snow leopard that was so cuuuttteeee

[@Junketh71]

I remember actually watching this program. It was quite educational, I say!

[@Iknowknow112]

Snow leopards have the looks and moves of every animal villain you’ve ever seen, plus!

[@jorikaish]

Wolves so beautiful 😍

[@DKS_London]

India has 3 of the world's big cats, Tiger, Lion and the Leopard, normal and snow.

[@sneeklok4153]

The snow leopard is one of the rarest animals in the world dammm

[@amanialsoquar5073]

Some of us beings with logic and affection can't even feed each other. And here we see how different animals come together.🙌🏼

[@joselo-zl5wo]

And we complained about having to go to the grocery store!!!!

[@thomasvetor7420]

Great video on how animals try 2 survive in the wild with sharing meals ...

[@not2tees]

What a face, full of fierce character.

[@siddharthrajan24]

Watte handsome looking snow leopard!!!!

[@Plaguebaboon]

Thumbnail made the leopard look like it was blushing

[@Sonsbitchesall]

3:00 lol he was outta there!!!

[@HELLENIC_DYNAMITE]

2:22 good thing that kill had a goPro inside it

[@bronwynsearle2117]

Love these videos, anything to do with animals is awesome.. especially the big cats! Great photography ❤

[@Jeffrey9In4Chains]

Shoutout to the real heros, the camera crew! Yall are the MVPs

[@dopeblacktherapist]

Lmao the fox was like NOPENOPENOPENOPE

[@fraidoonw]

what wonderful! thanks!

[@wdg8184]

3:06 epic voice of small red fox

[@NatureWitch]

Wow so many rare and beautiful animals 😍 sharing is caring! Lol

[@mnikelo1046]

Now that's the definition of WILD

[@easycheesy1608]

Big cat makes kill :eats Big cat sees bird :still gonna be a kitty cat🤣

[@christiancau8039]

Beautyfull animals.thank the people working to let this animals survive.i hope this art of cats can live forever.and all the countrys working wirh them.THANK YOU😘😘😘

[@tado6670]

Lmao that fox really barked!

[@dany97fn]

Snow leopards are not the biggest, the fastest, the strongest of all the big cats but jeeeeeez. They're just beautiful, magnificent creature. Protect them at all costs.

[@ahmysha8315]

I love the diversity around the carcass

[@jametalboy]

Both the snow leopard & the great wolf are so well camouflaged in these mountains

[@user-rl8qo7pm6r]

Snow Leopard is an amazing animal....🐆👏👆😽🌷🐹💚🙏🐾

[@6616Milan]

U guys are epic Nat Geo's.

[@bumblebee264]

So Tai Lung has taken refuge in the Himalayas after getting defeated by Po

[@interviewera3602]

Thai lung is living in Himalayas for centuries.

[@tyn999]

Amazing footage! 👍

[@rajasekarann367]

Cute little fox

[@neiltonfariasfilho5885]

Thank you so much National Geo Wild !

[@NatGeoWild]

Always here to bring the wild in!

[@tarkus4283]

That's so nice how they all share their food like that 😜

[@jvelin9723]

not a single animal in this video even wanted to lol they just had to

[@Scionofgreyhaven]

Snow leopard beautiful

[@Rynx182]

Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!

[@redlander55]

My fav cat and my fav birds

[@houseofMtattoos]

Very cool. Great footage.

[@fredfred7229]

This feel like a reality show for animals.

[@kghosh2764]

Thank you for the video!!

[@rankingresearchdata]

2:27 did they put camera 😂?

[@akkubhaskarbirdsanimallove7601]

Wonderful moments in indian show leopard 🐆....

[@aroundandround]

2:21 “With food so scarce, he might just eat up the camera.”

[@countrygirlxo7188]

I like the sound they make when ripping the meat off the carcass and the bones crunching

[@nevinshajidaniel4958]

total asmr

[@ramsanatan56]

3.01 The fox ran for its life 😂

[@absolutelynotLily]

Snow leopards are so beautiful

[@mohammadwahidulhaque8566]

I love snow leopards and clouded Leopards

[@jj99922]

We need to protect snow leopards at all costs

[@FF-cz8sg]

great video, beautiful creature.

[@user-rl8qo7pm6r]

Wonderful Cat !!!!!! 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆

[@wajihwanis946]

Snow leopard : makes a kill Every other predator : our kill

[@pourPOURpour]

1:50 Cat loaf

[@nams19873]

3:06 what does the fox say?! 😁

[@elgriego331]

Did anyone else think that the Wolves were CGI'd for a second?