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Leopard Allows A Hyena To Feed On A Nyala Bull It Killed

Commentary: Maroona Darwiche - Scandinavian Safari Guide/Translator
Filmed by Sanet Potgieter

Now what we see here is an incredible sighting. It's a leopard, a male leopard, that's making a kill, and it's a Nyala bull.

And this mature male Nyala can be heavier than the leopard himself. And yet he drags it all the way on his own. He reaches the dry riverbed, he stops, and catches his breath, guarding the meal.

But he's not alone for long because here comes a hyena, and it heads straight for him with no hesitation at all. Hyenas are experts at finding a free meal.

And in open country like this, a leopard's best defense is to haul the kill up a tree, but I can't see any really tall trees around. And the hyena just goes straight down and starts to feed opposite him.

Now the leopard is clearly not happy about this, but notice that he doesn't really make a fuss about it. He may be exhausted from the hunt, or he may simply just be weighing out the risk. Now a solitary predator can't afford an injury, and a hyena's bite is powerful enough to crush bones.

And this is a truly remarkable sighting here. And at one point, they actually, yeah, they are actually side by side here, sharing the same meal.

Now these are normally rivals. So behaviour like this is very rare to witness. And it's such a beautiful, beautiful sight. This is once in a lifetime sighting, I would say, at least for me.

Leopard & Hyena Share a Kill
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