Watch This Leopard Hang On To His Prey Like His Life Depends On It

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We’ve all heard of a little late-night dip, but what about a little late-night hunt? Just as we work during the day to provide for ourselves and our families, many animals in the wild also do a lot of their hunting at night. Let’s see this leopard’s wild interaction with his prey in the video posted above. 

Leopard Sighting in Zimbabwe

The YouTube video at the top of this blog post takes us to Zimbabwe. The Snakes in Zimbabwe YouTube page shared this video clip with 1,000+ subscribers. Their recent videos are of elephants, gentle wildlife sounds, and deer. 

Leopard’s Late Night Hunt

At the start of this video clip, we see that this leopard had been out late-night hunting. Science Daily states, “The study shows that leopards hunt and move around at very different times of the day depending on whether they are females or males.” The study concluded that leopards are very active at night. 

The leopard uses darkness as his cover to prowl the open plains of Zimbabwe and find the perfect animal to prey on. He set his sights on this antelope. He went in for the kill, and we see this leopard hanging onto the throat of this mammal as if his life depended on it. And his life does because if every animal this leopard attacked got away, he would starve. 

By the end of this YouTube video, the leopard could finally subdue it and get it wrestled to the ground. This is absolutely a difficult task to take down an animal that can be larger than this leopard.

How Big Are Antelope?

As we can see from the video posted at the top, this leopard was struggling a little to take this antelope down. According to Stanford University, there are estimated to be about 90 different species of antelope. Their sizes will vary based on their species, gender, and age.

Antelope can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and reach over 5 feet long. Not only do they carry this weight on them, but they also have horns on their head that can reach a few feet in length. For example, the greater kudu antelope can have horns up to six feet long! 

So, for a leopard weighing up to 200 pounds and reaching over six feet in length, we can only imagine its struggle to get this antelope down on its own. But this shows the tremendous strength that leopards can wield!