Crocodile Attacks a Leopard Trying To Steal Its Food
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2019
- This is the incredibly rare moment a leopard battles a crocodile to take its carcass out the water!
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This sighting was captured by Alberto Scattolin, the 54-year-old owner and guide of Matimba Lodge. He enjoys going to the Kruger in the late afternoon to be on the lookout for new wildlife experiences. He is a long-time app member and shares all of his incredible sightings with us in real-time!
Last week, on the 7th of October, he witnessed this incredible sighting at Ngobeni Loop in the H14 which is a spot quite famous for its leopards. Alberto tells LatestSightings.com about this sighting: “This afternoon was no different than any other late afternoon drives in the Kruger. Usually, when I have no guests, I take a drive-by myself and try my luck to see if I can find some exciting sightings.
On this specific day, I tried my luck once again and sure enough, it paid off!”
“I arrived at this waterhole and spotted a crocodile feasting on a carcass in the water. But out of nowhere, a leopard appeared spotted the potential free meal. He immediately started approaching the water where the crocodile was.”
“I stayed and watched as the hungry leopard tried to take the meal from the croc repeatedly. The croc had none of it though and protected the meal by lashing out at the leopard with snapping jaws each time it came close enough to almost become a meal itself. I’ve seen a similar situation before, but never anything as intense as this.”
“I was the only person at this spot at the time, hence, it made this an unbelievable experience, it was like an exclusive performance for a sole audience. The sighting ended when I had to leave since the gates were about to close. This was the most amazing interaction with these two animals I’ve ever seen.”
“I love the Kruger, and I hope to see more people having similar and even better sightings to share. When you’re in the Kruger and you get to a sighting like this, enjoy it while it lasts, because you never know if you will ever see anything like that again.”
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Love how people are like "The jaguar could've easily killed the croc...", do they realise that the croc is not a caiman and is in the water? Jaguar got no chance to get that meal and get out alive there.
Yah they forget to mention a jag was killed in mexico by a morlets croc
@@thomashamilton2761 is their a link, I’m not a jaguars fan but I’m a croc fan I love crocs and I wanna see it kill a Jaguar
@@margaritoguzman5312 Won‘t happen. Morelet‘s croc is just food for the jaguar
www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/download/34851/34475
@@ali10833
Jaguars take caimans, which are much smaller. Even lions aren’t grabbing big crocs, so how can a jaguar grab one. The larger crocs hides are so thick that even lion claws scratching on them do little damage (as some videos, like a croc walking up to lions and sharing/stealing their food) show. The croc couldn’t push off the lions, but the lions couldn’t push off the croc.
@@ali10833 In less than a split second that jaguar is in the crocs mouth as its next meal.
Lol..you notice how the Croc keeps pushing the food deeper in the water, knowing that the leopard don’t wanna go in there that deep lol
I feel that leopards have the fastest response time among all the big cats. Not just in this video but I have realized the same from other videos too. Maybe leopards can anticipate better which enables them to have longer time to respond
LEOPARD 🐆 IS SO FREAKIN GOOD LOOKIN, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE 🐆 ❤️
I would that leopard; I just want to stroke it, stick my
Yeah to bad humans exist we almost make them disappear
Is it prettier than a jaguar?
@@heyitsmedammit
No, same'o.
When interviewed after the incident the crocodile said: A reptile can't relax with his hard earned feast, without getting hassled by some spotted feline beast. The leopard declined an interview.
hahahaaaa
Wtf 😂😂😂😭
Oh lol your thought ...
😂
😂😂😂
"What part of STAY AWAY FROM MY FOOD don't you understand?"
🤣😂
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the STAY AWAY part
Leopard: Come on crock just one bite, you will have plenty left.
Crock: NO. IT'S ALL MINE! MY PRECIOUS!
The lord of the river
@@MrLuis85698 hippos be like:👀
Westsider Metalhead *croc
Nope, its all my food and you can be added to the food too haha!
@@adhominemm Real lord of rivers is Gustave the man eating crocodile and also the only croc on Earth whom hippos feared.
Croc: believe me... i can keep this up for 2 weeks... can you?
Too true.
lol, no. the croc tires fast and those charges take up a lot of energy
@@hazardeur
Well obviously we don’t mean it literally. 🤪🤪
@@amosdraak3536 neither did I. My point was that just in terms of "keeping this up", the cat has the advantage. You got it now?
@@hazardeur even a tired croc can take this cat down if it dared to set foot in its own territory.
Wow that leopard's reaction time was incredible. If you go to around the 1:00 mark and slow it down to .25x, the leopard sees a subtle movement by the croc and actually reacts before the croc attacks.
Every cats have fast reactions
Agree about that, even among cat family, leopard reflex is superb
You should find some videos of caracals dodging croc attacks! They look amazing!
Realistically the leopard was in no danger here at all. Its reactions are so much faster that it can safely try its luck. But obviously it wouldn't be stupid enough to stay in the water with a croc!
0:58
Title should be: Leopard tries to steal food from a Crocodile.
Peter Griffin you read it wrong
gold9er n it isn't lol
Yes
Peter Griffin if you can understand it, why change the title
@@blitzkurtz8375 well because I, and probably many others, came to this video expecting to see the crocodile attack the Leopard. "Attack" being used in the title. These were threats, I did not see any real attack here, they didn't even touch each other, nor did the crocodile chase after the leopard
Leopard at the end: ight, Imma head out
*proceed approaching camera man*
These wildlife interactions can be fascinating
Leopard : im not afraid of you..i just hate water
Funny you should say that as the crock was pushing the meal further into the water.
I love how youtube deletes comments with links to youtube videos now. Genius.
its a Scaredy Cat
Lepord: I'm going to take this from you.
Croc: Go find your own food lepord.
Incredible footage, the leopard sure is confidently nimble.
Hooray for KrugerSightings!!! I must say I got very worried when we didn't get a video yesterday. I hope all is well at HQ. Such a brave Leopard. Even lions are terrified to go near water for their food but for this particular cat it seems as though there's no problem at all. A stunning sighting!!
Croc to Leopard: YOU GET NOTHING!! GOOD DAY SIR!!!
omar10213245 🤣🤣
You got to respect the leopard effort. He tried to pull it. Lol 🤣
Hi Nadav,,I've seen a leopard teaching their young not to go near crocs; and it was one of the many lessons well taught and heeded.This leopard was foolhardy to even think it could bat its chances; and very lucky that the croc didn't get it;it was that close;and learnt that a croc will protect its kill and strike out.At least it slunk away to face another day; it got lucky.This was a brilliantly taken sighting..thanks for giving others the chance to see this encounter between two great predators.
Berburu babi hutan snjing fitbul
He wasn't lucky, he's alot faster and easily evaded the croc's attacks
hes not foolhardy u moron he is confident of his dodging skills
Two things I found interesting. First is that the croc brought it deeper into the water. Second the Leopard kept trying to coax the Croc onto land. Very fascinating
The leopard is trying to play smart where he knows he can be a feast too
Jaguar olsaydı defterini dürerdi bırakmıyor şu içe
@@34zk8387 Jaguar cant eat a crocodile Dumbo. It eats caimans
@@adithyanaren519 no it can eat crocodile
@@Abhishek-fl4gu U are deluded
@@adithyanaren519 kya
Best for the leopard to stick to the domain of land. Don't mess with a Crocodile in water, that's the domain it rules.
@@Quinny_ThirdTimes Calm down.
No actually leopard can swim excellently, often going to the waters to hunt for fish
A jaguar would dive in and pull that croc to land
Jaguar eats crocodiles like cakes
@Zain Paz: Possibly your comment is right.
Curiosity almost killed this cat
You mean hunger
If that was a jaguar story would be different.
@vegitto blue caimen and cro are different but jaguar can kill his own size but he won't able to kill 11 feet cro in the water cro are more savage than caimen.
@Dana William lmao ud lose leopards only seen taken young dehydrated Crocs under 5 ft and only been done twice other than that Crocs kill adult leopards all the time and know part of Nile crocs diet and by the way jags only swim waters inhabited by yacrae caiman only getting around 6ft and a fish eater in the pantenel due to people wiping out black caimans and the smaller weaker caiman species jags don't swim in Mexico due to American crocodiles and a proven fact shit in the early 60s American alligators were documented killing jaguars and been documented 3 times but man wiped out jaguars from the us but what I'm saying is a jag would get its soul raped by an adult Nile croc any big cat against a 18to 20 ft Nile or salt water croc i know for a fact the croc wins easily only a polar bear or a grizzly make it interesting
That is not a curious cat,that is a hungry cat.. i bet, if on land, the croc doesnt has a chance
Another excellent and rare video. I was worried yesterday why video is not come.thanks for posting a beautiful video for us
The croc was smart.. every time he lunged he withdrew back into the water. He never allowed the leopard a chance to attack.
Croc: me and my fries
Leopard: homie that wants to borrow "a" fry
The leopard is like come on just give me a piece than😂
Leopard: I dragged a sleeping defenceless dog down a flight of stairs.
Crocodile: you think you're going to do that to me
Mr. Scattolin gets full marks for not saying a word for 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Well done!
"Crocodile attacks a leopard" is kind of an overstatement. In other words the title is a bit misleading because in my opinion the crocodile technically didnt "attack" the leopard. It kinda just scared it off/intimidated it. No hate btw, nice video overall.
Agreed. That was not an attack at all...
Agreed. Attack is when someone does something violent first which is different from defence which is what the crock is doing.
@Da Funky Zookeeper nanii? lol
@Kozmikōcēlōtl basically, yeah.
@Kozmikōcēlōtl Not gonna pretend like i know a ton about the topic but i have seen a video of a jaguar that killed a caiman before, pretty fascinating sighting
Man I love nature!
A true opportunist at heart - thanks for sharing.
He should call his cousin the Jaguar.
If it came the crocodile fall in danger
What the Jaguar gonna do?It stands no chance against a Nile crocodile even if they both teamed.Nile crocodile is big and powerful af.Don’t mistaken it for the much smaller caiman.
@@godoftitsandwine7438 why not he jumps in a water and crocodile chase him and then leopard steal a prey
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That cousin will have leopard as a starter for his meal first lol
Everybody's got a hungry heart.
Shoulders, fangs, spots and more...wow! This beautiful leopard's frustration is palpable. He'll have to reserve a table somewhere else tonight.
Crocodile: come here ill have 2 meals lets go!
😲 WOW! Fantastic footage Alberto Scattolin. 👌 What a lucky moment that was!
Croc: While you're at it check out my TH-cam channel
Leopard: You have a channel, what type of content?
Croc: Adventure. I tried balancing a Cheetah on my snout once, but it fell and bruised it's head on my teeth. I dragged it in the water quick to wash the blood off, stuff like that.
Leopard: Ohhhhhhh, ok, Imma head out.
the crocodile was like I've got canine too
They don't have canines
Beautiful environment! Fascinating interaction!
That Leopard was in denial, Like "F"it I'm hungry...
He is persistent I give him that.
@Mo Di Your mom
This is the kinda content am subbed for👏🏾👏🏾well done.
Big cat find feast elsewhere or else you will be added to my daily bread 🤣🤣🤣
Crocodile 🐊: Stay the fuck away from my food!
Leopard 🐆: IM HUNGRY YOU NEED TO SHARE
After 03:06 Leopard probably hears an incoming lion and drops the idea of stealing meat from Croc.
You are right.
This leopard really needed to give up early 😂
that cat is not as stupid as many people might think ... it was careful enough not get too close while trying to provoke the croc to make a fatal mistake and get out of the water
A jaguar would have thought - what the hell, I'll eat you, instead.
🤣🤣🤣
That's crocodile,not a caiman🤣
@@Saurav650 - did you see its size - it would not have mattered. Black caimans get quite large. A jaguar would kick any leopards ass any day of any week. Crocs would fear them, too.
@@deloachapproach4273 In terms of Strength jaguar has upper hand,but leopard is more adaptable and it's hunts prey bigger than Jaguar.The fight between Jaguar and leopard will be fair just like a fight between Lion and tiger.
@@Saurav650 - black caiman grow to weigh over 400 kg, and are awesome predators in their own right, yet the jaguar hunts them regularly. Leopards subsist mainly on warthog and deer, along with a variety of small animals. A Siberian Tiger is able to kill lion. In both case it proves size does matter, which is why boxing has weight classes. A puma and a leopard would be a better match. Have a good day.
Leopard is like, come on out of the water Mr Croc and then we'll see what's what pal, but he was clever enough to know that in the water the croc would have the advantage so left to fight another day. His bigger cousin Mr Cougar might have fancied his chances on land and in the water against that croc!
If this was the crocodile Gustave...this cat would of been a memory....
Dana William yeah tru...
"Fuck off of my own yard" -Crocodile
Croc is like oh look a 2 for one deal. Here kitty kitty kitty.....m
"Maybe if I crouch down - Oh sh*t, he saw me! Ok, maybe if I crouch down and try the *exact* same thing repeatedly..."
Like 23 times....🤣🤣
But I’ve seen Jaguars on TH-cam do it- Mr. Leopard
But the only thing is jaguar killed a ciaman not the crocodile.
when you see that type of footage there's probably some film crew and photographers putting the crocs half asleep and defenseless by shooting them up with tranquilizers. i mean i would probably do it too if it was my job and no one would find out
Channing Laurens Absolutly not, jaguars are fully capable of killing CAIMANS which are the only crocodilians in south america, a jaguar would stand no chance against a nile crocodile which is by far larger than a caiman
Black Wolf... you're right! 😁
Only Lions and Tigers are capable of killing adult Crocodiles as has been observed. A Leopard and Jaguar would not be able.
Leopard is scared of crocodile, even hippo is scared of Gustave lol
Leopard: "I'm gonna steal a meal........whoops, nope!
"I'll take it this time........err maybe not!"
"It sure looks appetising, just one little bite......nope, not yet!
"AWW c'mon Croc you're mean!"
😂
Ya‘ll talking about how badass the croc is...but the actual boss is the leopard. Sure it has no chance against a nile crocodile and that‘s not what I mean, but damn look at the speed, agility and those REFLEXES! Damn he jumps away 2 meters before the crocodile moves more than a centimeter
crocs are just cooler in general because their close cousins with dinosaurs and birds
tech_shield69 Crocodilians are their own thing..I don‘t see how they are closer to birds?
@@thedogman7846 relatives
tech_shield69 Crocodilians....relatives with birds? ehm
tech_shield69 Sure they had a comon ancestor waaay back from which dinosaurs and crocodiles evolved and later birds from dinosaurs but that was like 240 million years ago, I wouldn‘t really call them „relatives“
Leopard playing Russian roulette with crocodile. If the leopard had slipped, the crocodile would have had him.
@Easy cycling "...fantasy Island?" Why do you say that?
Such an amazing scene!
The croc was just like “oh dang ima about to get a meal for me and my homies”
Nature at its best..... great footage
I agree. Definitely nature at its best!
A natureza é exuberante, vemos claramente o instituto de sobrevivência em ação
Leopard's are more Bold then a Lion would be. I guess when you are a Solitary Hunter - you have to take greater risk's? I also saw another video, where the Leopard steals food . . . right out of the Croc's mouth (even more insane). This was great footage.
I love these kinds of content 😊
Glad you liked it
Kruger Sightings too much clickbait !
"You're right, you're right, I give up!.... NO I DONT!!... Yes I do, yes I do, you're right, I give up..." :-p
When you haven’t eaten in so darn long
I think it's kind of cool that the croc recognized that the leopard was a predator within seconds of its approach.
Not a predator but a competitor it knew the leopard was gonna try something
Leopard: Can we at least discuss it? so uncivilized! Croc:Do YOU UNDERSTAND THE TEEEETH COMIN FROM MY MOUTH!!!???? Leopard: I understand but, u Do know that's my favorite u got there, just a tiny...(mouth waterin)
The only big cat I’ve seen take a croc one on one is a tiger. I believe her name was Matcli. I know someone is going to say it was only a Mugger croc. But I believe a grown tiger jumping on a Nile croc Especially in land would be hard to handle...
Matcli killed a dried out mugger crocodile
It took 3 hours before it could kill the dehydrated croc
Anyone remember that scene in The Simpsons where Jasper gets his beard caught in the pencil sharpener?
That leopard is Grampa Simpson.
CRAZY, THEY BOTH COULD CRUSH EACH OTHERS SKULL
KAROON BOOMIE nah sorry mate, leopards can’t kill crocs, your thinking of caimans and jaguars
"No, you were not invited to dinner".
If the croc had played it cool he could've had some leopard for dessert
There's a video of a cheetah escaping a croc in the water. Leopards are much stronger than cheetahs
Nah,the leopards are the one getting a croc if it playing cool.it seems to trick the croc into coming on land where it can be killed easily.
The croc can’t be tricked on land and even if it did it wouldn’t be an easy meal
@@anakinskywalker2707 hahahaha no a crocodile destroys a leopard
✍🏽 And the rivalry 🐱 vs 🐊 continues ▪️
The crocs like bro are you kidding me 🤔🤣
Awesome sightseeing haha
A jaguar would have made a croc-meal that day.
Not really jaguars hunt small Caiman crocs they can fall prey to large Nile crocs or even anacondas
@@ivyngarner8905 Not at all. Jags kill Orinoco Crocs, they're the same size and aggression of a nile crocodile. And anacondas run from Jags all the time. You really sound dumb with your comment honestly, because all you have to do is search in TH-cam: the Jaguar kills all the animals you mentioned with ease, even the enormous black caiman. Jaguars can see underwater and have the swimming capabilities of an otter, there is no reptile that can survive a minute with a jaguar.
haha your so wrong, a Nile croc will eat a jaguar and it's been proven that anacondas eat Jaguars at some point as there are hard evidence to back it up such as remains from digestion, a jaguar does usually hunt caimans as there are many reports showing crocodiles ripping apart leopards and Jaguars even Nile crocs go toe to toe with lions even on land, you never actually see a lion killing a croc, a jaguar doesnt stand a chance against a full grown nile, research up boys
Dude Jaguars hunt caimen which are smaller than Jaguar itself lol, those Caimens are like the size of monitor lizards and u are comparing with it to Crocs.
That Kitty's gonna have to make an honest living.
That leopard 🐆did not want to give up
Video : Crocodile tells leopard to stay away from its food
Comments : iF iT wAs a jAgUaR, cRoC wOuLd bE iN hIs mOuTh!
It's "charging" at best. They never come close to any physical contact.
If it was a jaguar, the croc would become his food too.
I wouldn't put a South American Jaguar into an African river with African Nile crocodiles - Jaguar kill Caiman which don't grow as big.
@@fablewalls I read that Nile croc has a more powerful bite than jaguar indeed. However, the big cat is faster. Between these two, I would say if the croc bite first, jaguar is gone. But the chance this could happen is almost zero. You won’t see any large feline being bitten by crocs. I think 🤔
@@adnarim2008 - sadly there are plenty of videos where full grown adult cats are taken by Nile crocodiles.
It would have to be a large male croc like "Gustave" in Burundi who has been recorded as killing smaller hippopotamus.
@@fablewalls Nor are they as aggressive...
@@fablewalls there arent videos
I'd make a leopard wallet and some crocodile shoes out of both of them
Crocodile: Me
Leopard: someone who takes my food away
lol If it was a Jaguar, it would into the water and would kick the croc ass
You and I know, but no one else seems to.
That's a croc not a gator.
Crocs>Jag
Felipe Martins big facts, Jaguar would have had 2 meals 😂😂😂
If that was a caiman which it’s not it’s a crocodile
Young croc < Jaguar
Be smart Mr Leopard don’t become Crocodile Dinner tryna steal his dinner
I'm surprised the crocodile didn't wait until it got closer but the leopard is smart.
@Uh Oh true
@Uh Oh actually that describes the leopard more accurately for one there solo hunters so an injury could potentially stop them from hunting if serious enough and crocs can recover easier from serious wounds then a leopard can in a fight I would go with the croc over a leopard.
When you're hungry, is not you.😂😂
Close but not quite of anything, though.
Lmao
The crocodile is like, boy don't provoke me while in water I'm the king here. Leopard said, i give up but let me not see yu anywhere in land,yu be my lunch.
Leopards can't kill a nile croc in land nor can lions.
This video reminds me of the one I saw years ago. Same situation. A carcass was in the water guarded by a crocodile, and a huge tiger was trying to get up the courage to go in and get it, knowing the croc was there. Moments later, the tiger jumped in, and pulled the carcass to land. Crocodile was not happy, he started snapping at the tiger, while the tiger was already on land. Crocodile's have a lot of respect for cats the size of Tigers. He should have challenged the tiger as soon as it jumped into the water, like this croc here did.
A Jaguar would have jumped right in. Ignored the carcass and had the croc for lunch!!😁😁
davo the great Facts 😀
@Jayasimha Y Great point
@Jayasimha Y Great point
Jaguars kill Caiman Crocs. A Jaguar vs a Nile Crocodile would end very differently
@Jayasimha Y that is true. I have seen it too. I have followed Lions for over a decade. What i was saying is that u cannot compare a caimans croc to a Nile Croc or Saltwater Croc. They are on another level
Tiger is the suitable guy for the job. Jaguar as well would've gone straight into the water.
Yeah let them come try lol this is the Nile crocodile not a ciaman. The leopard is smart not to go inside the water.
@@Abdi-libaax yea Niles are multiple times caiman size
works out differently
@@thor1102 a jaguar os the best candidate
@@fillfinish7302 well tigers have atleast probably some experience with comparable size like saltwater croc
Jaguar underestimates likely as he only knows smaller species
@@thor1102 no they don't and there are no crocodiles in India that are as big as Nile or Saltwater crocs
Crocodile is like " i am not a caiman bitch"
If its a jaguar he can steal even that crocs hahaha 😅
Nope can,t it's Nile Croc not Caiman
Kinda was waiting to see a croc take down a big cat, never seen a video like that before, some get close but doesnt quite get it
This was super close to that. But luckily this Leopard knew not to take it further.
@@Latestsightings But it wasn't the biggest of crocs, if the croc had left the water do you think the leopard could've taken him?
etikkboksen depends on how desperate that leopard is for food. Even a small croc is a formidable challenge for a 100 pound leopard and can easily injure it...leopards don’t have enough stamina for a prolonged fight. Btw crocs have occasionally been found with lion claws in their stomachs- no one is safe in the water!
@@ghoti41628 Well, I'm not sure about the stamina thing, they take on warthogs and some of those battles can last for quite a long time. I can't see a smaller croc on land could do much damage (when on land that is) to the super agile leopard I'd assume it will get on top of its back, similar to how jaguars and tigers do it. But I don't know, that's why I put the question to the channel.
In the water is a different story of course.
Imagine that was a Tiger instead of a leopard...🤔 who would get the meal?
Still croc. Nile crocs are way too strong and big.
@@AbcDefg-br6ql agreed but to take on a Tiger the Nile Croc have to be atleast 15 feet
@@josephgold208 hmm nope. Croc don't help friends like mammals until their friends already had the prey in kill zone. They won't help friends that is fighting with another super predator
superior 7 They don’t do that much, but they will definitely kill the leopard when it tries to go into water for food and territorial reasons.
Leopard :☹️
Croc :😆
Fantastic Footage! Damn!