Leopard vs. Crock - who wins...? y' gotta see..
August 11, 2009 12:55 AM   Subscribe

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posted by vvurdsmyth (7 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Pretty weak stuff. A short telegraph post with a few blurry pictures. -- vacapinta



 
I am now satisfied in my belief that these events actually happened.
posted by knowles at 12:58 AM on August 11, 2009


Wicked pics, thanks. Also, the incredulous "Why did the leopard do it?" stuff really sounds like the query of a person who's never owned a housecat. Obviously that leopard had just used the litterbox and was doing his 11pm victory lap around the apartment.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 12:59 AM on August 11, 2009 [2 favorites]


There's no proof the encounter was violent; typical human projection of our own aggressive natures onto peace-loving top predators.
It's quite clear from the photographs that this was a particularly passionate inter-species date; the red around the crocodile's jaws in the last picture will be where she's spilled her wine in the thrill of the embrace. I'm sure we all have similar sets of images from our own romantic pasts.
posted by Abiezer at 1:03 AM on August 11, 2009


Meh, it was kind of small for a crocodile.
posted by delmoi at 1:11 AM on August 11, 2009


I've heard of tigers (much larger) doing this but not leopards (which are pretty small for big cats). Pretty amazing stuff, but I'm still not as surprised as the experts quoted in the article. Leopards are cunning predators, must have been hungry.
posted by IvoShandor at 1:15 AM on August 11, 2009


This thread is useless without.... oh, I see what you did there.
posted by mek at 1:15 AM on August 11, 2009


In pre-PETA days, that would have been a coat wrestling a handbag and shoes.
posted by Cranberry at 1:30 AM on August 11, 2009


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