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Leopard 008 - Leopard crawl
Another example of a supreme predator hunting upwind of its prey. Clearly stealth and concealment was much more important to this leopard than wind direction, and she was using every blade of grass to her advantage as she crept forward, inch by inch. Her quarry was a young zebra, and she closed the distance to about 25 m before some wildebeest ambled past and blew her cover - not that there was much of that in the first place! Leopards like to stalk to within 20 m from their prey, preferably 5-10 m, before pouncing and seldom give chase for more than 50m even though their top speed is a respectable 60 kph
Another example of a supreme predator hunting upwind of its prey. Clearly stealth and concealment was much more important to this leopard than wind direction, and she was using every blade of grass to her advantage as she crept forward, inch by inch. Her quarry was a young zebra, and she closed the distance to about 25 m before some wildebeest ambled past and blew her cover - not that there was much of that in the first place! Leopards like to stalk to within 20 m from their prey, preferably 5-10 m, before pouncing and seldom give chase for more than 50m even though their top speed is a respectable 60 kph
Leopard 008 - Leopard crawl
Another example of a supreme predator hunting upwind of its prey. Clearly stealth and concealment was much more important to this leopard than wind direction, and she was using every blade of grass to her advantage as she crept forward, inch by inch. Her quarry was a young zebra, and she closed the distance to about 25 m before some wildebeest ambled past and blew her cover - not that there was much of that in the first place! Leopards like to stalk to within 20 m from their prey, preferably 5-10 m, before pouncing and seldom give chase for more than 50m even though their top speed is a respectable 60 kph
Another example of a supreme predator hunting upwind of its prey. Clearly stealth and concealment was much more important to this leopard than wind direction, and she was using every blade of grass to her advantage as she crept forward, inch by inch. Her quarry was a young zebra, and she closed the distance to about 25 m before some wildebeest ambled past and blew her cover - not that there was much of that in the first place! Leopards like to stalk to within 20 m from their prey, preferably 5-10 m, before pouncing and seldom give chase for more than 50m even though their top speed is a respectable 60 kph