Incredible moment a completely hidden leopard comes out of nowhere to surprise an unsuspecting troop of baboons crossing a road…
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Solomon Ndlovu, an experienced safari ranger, filmed this incredible wildlife interaction at Singita Lebombo Lodge and shared it with Latest Sightings.
“My guests and I were out on a game drive, and we managed to locate a leopard. It was very calm around us, which on its own, is a fantastic sighting.”
“We wanted to make the most of what we found, any time you get to spend with a big cat is just special. So, we turned the vehicle off, and enjoyed being in the leopard’s presence.”
“After spending some time we heard a noise in the distance. Something was making its way towards us. I quickly realized that it was baboons, and the leopard did too, almost immediately transitioning into stealth, and setting up an ambush!”
“I repositioned the vehicle to make room for what we knew was about to happen. All we could do now was wait.”
Leopards love catching baboons and are typically a lot larger in size, which makes the initial hunt easy. However, a baboon troop can have well over 50 family members, and without the element of surprise, it can be a super risky meal.
When this leopard heard the baboons approaching, it hid behind a dam wall, patiently waiting for the perfect striking opportunity. The family of baboons, completely unaware of the danger, came running in.
One by one the baboons crossed the road just in front of the ambush. Tempting as it might have been just to rush in, the leopard was calculated. Without making a sound it let the first few baboons cross and that’s when it found its target!
The leopard came rushing over the dam wall like a rocket. The baboon reacted almost instantly, but it wasn’t enough. The leopard pounced, tackling the baboon with power. The struggle was short; within just a few moments, the baboon was gone. All the leopard needed to do now was to get away with its prize.
That’s a lot easier said than done, and these baboons weren’t going to let the leopard stroll away. The leader of the troop ran after the leopard, and the other baboons followed. Perhaps, out of ignorance; a desperate attempt to save their unsavable friend, or maybe it was just a split-second decision to get revenge.
Either way, the baboons charged at the leopard and encircled it when they caught up. Chaos erupted, forcing the leopard to drop its kill and defend itself. The screams and shouts sent the leopard into a panic. It knew there was no way it was getting out of the situation with its meal, and seeing a gap in the baboons’ defence, it fled.
Unfortunately for the baboons, their efforts were in vain. They couldn’t help their fallen friend, and the leopard would know exactly where to return and claim its meal, once the baboons had left.
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Leopard “ I’ll come back in an hour to get it, after you guys calm down”
💚💚💚💚💚. ❤❤❤❤❤
Allah Bhagwan
One's martyrdom won the war.
Black Lives Matter 😂
Great video
I put baboons up there as a potential successor species to humans. They're underrated.
Did the captured Baboon survive, it looks dead to me
Oh so it died
SHAMELESS VIDEOMAKERS….THEIR WORK IS TO JUST FILM SOMEONES PAIN OR DEATH
Born and bred here in Limpopo SA,we've been getting free entrance to the Kruger National Park since the early 70s yet I've never seen a dead Baboon or Monkey left behind by the troop.An old man from Botswana once told me Baboons, just like humans,burry their dead deep in the Caves yet again,I've never seen any bones.
Birkenhead Town central every Saturday night🤣
Skitterend
What a awful noise
Circle of life
Baby never had a chance. And it's pride knew it. But there's a shift here.. They had enough, so what I'm seeing is evolution and I'm wondering what's coming next..?
Damn
Nice
These baboons are in so much pain to see the death of their loved one!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢
0:27 "Hey!"
0:12 slow mo
Looks undecided for
Split second
Do u think the leopard killing the baby was unfortunate but Israel's mascare against babies isn't 😢
Kitty gotta eat- and it’s too late to save your kin, the bite to the jugular was the seal of death
All this for a lunch 😂😂😂
Leapord be like I could carry to roof top but these guys would chase me there too.
I found the coming together of the baboons the focus of the short. If only humans could join together to stop the madness.
Absolutely stunning footage of the law of nature. Thank you!
I always wonder how much things would change if the apes adapted to using tools imagine if all the baboons had a spear
The monkeys look so scary
Peace to this young man spirit
where were they going anyway? where does anyone go? when anyone goes anywhere.. they'll just stay there. so why don't they just stay where they are? why do we and the animals always have to go here and go there and go to the other place? and they were going fast too. i don't think anything was chasing them. were they just having fun?
i mean, really. what was it like? had they gone on a vacation.. and now were coming back home?
Only cheating. Don't open
And, did the baboon survive?
These videos are cut off too soon. 😢
I wonder if the baboon the Leopard took is dead. I was hoping the other baboons would grab and rescue the poor thing
That was horrifying! I wish all animals were vegetarian. 😫
Hey kitty , u forgot your food.
The baboon was dead in an instant