Birthday to never forget… 50 or BUST in Kruger

[Toko]

Good sighting, though not self-spotted And re timing, you were late, otherwise you would have seen the wild dogs chasing the leopard

But indeed a remarkable sighting

[trailrunner]

Dead ri

Good sighting, though not self-spotted And re timing, you were late, otherwise you would have seen the wild dogs chasing the leopard

But indeed a remarkable sighting

Dead right Toko but I'll take it.

[Richprins]

Lucky fish!

[trailrunner]

Thansk RP, very lucky indeed.

[trailrunner]

We were just the three vehicles and I maneuvered the car as best as I could, the sun was directly behind the Leopard but that was as good as it got. I heard the guide explain to his American guests that Wild dogs chasing a Leopard up a tree was very rare indeed and this was the 1st time he had ever seen such a thing. You could clearly see that the Leopard was very uncomfortable indeed as it gingerly tried to turn around between the branches that hemmed it in.

Leopard in a tree


LIT Turning

[Richprins]

It's not rare at all! Anything can chase a leopard up a tree...they are not interested in fighting/risking injury unnecessarily, which is maybe one of the reasons why they have specialised in tree-climbing!


As with most predators, however, they will kill competitors on a one-on-one basis...cheetah for example!

[trailrunner]

It's not rare at all! Anything can chase a leopard up a tree...they are not interested in fighting/risking injury unnecessarily, which is maybe one of the reasons why they have specialised in tree-climbing!


As with most predators, however, they will kill competitors on a one-on-one basis...cheetah for example!

Oh ok thanks RP just going by what the bush Jock had to say, but does make sense as solo predators I am sure that even the slightest injury could spell certain death.
Still take the sighting of two in one, it was a great morning.

[Flutterby]

Wow, dogs and leopards together!! Great sighting!!

[trailrunner]

Thanks Flutts, yes it was remarkable, it was not yet 08:00 and we had had the two sightings of our trip to date.
The aim of the day was to get to Letaba I remarked to my partner that should we see anything on route it would be a bonus.

[Pumbaa]

Doggies and leopard - Indeed a quite successful time you had, trailrunner