Leopard Catches Impala, Loses it to Hyena, then Fights Back!
Watch the dramatic hunt where a Leopard makes a spectacular impala catch, then fights a hyena that tries to take it away.
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Once a year, every year, in July, there is a leopardess that comes to a waterhole named De Laporte. This waterhole is a mere 6km from the Skukuza camp in the Kruger National Park. She is famous because, over the years, she has perfected taking advantage of the thirsty and un-alert animals for her hunting.
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The De Laporte Leopard, for 3 days, every day, lay and waited for the perfect opportunity. Finally, on day 3, two impalas approached her while she was performing a perfect ambush. She jumped on one impala with one intense pounce, catching it mid-air, but her claim on the impala was challenged by a rival hyena.
This captivating sighting was captured by Gerrie Smit, 63-year-old, Field Ranger for Kruger Gateway Safaris, while on a game drive with his wife, on the H1-1, at De Laporte waterhole, in the Kruger National Park.
Gerrie tells LatestSightings.com the story: “It was a leisurely Sunday morning drive, we stopped at the De Laporte waterhole to see if we could spot the famous leopard that is often seen in the area - but we did not expect to see a battle there as well!”
“She was hiding in the grass, patiently waiting on two impalas that were approaching her, as the one impala got close enough she pounced on the opportunity and went for the kill.”
“Unfortunately other predators were in the area and her kill was soon stolen by a spotted hyena. This female leopard was not giving up on her hard-earned kill and she kept fighting the hyena until they both left with a piece of meat”.
“I know people say it often but it truly was a once-in-a-lifetime sighting. We were at the right place at the right time!”
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Why did the Hyena leave after getting it's hands on the kill ? I hope the leopard got her meal away safely 🙏
Yeah.. noticed it
For real
Spot at the spot...leopard has spots. I see what you are doing.
I don't think you know what "Tinged" means
I may as well write this on every nature video: Being an impala has to be the most terrifying existence on the planet.
Zebra’s are the most dangered and hunted preys
Their populations are huge! Very few get eaten by wild predators.
They're up there but I think baby moose have it the worst. Check out some vids of them being eaten alive by bears and you'll see what I mean. Hope you're not squeamish.
One of my favorite animal interactions. The Hyena and Leopard. Every time you see both animals together, you know you are in for something unique or special.
Yeah, Hyena and Leopard have the most interesting interactions!
@@rebeltvr6046 Agreed.
S S, both are falling love with each other...
Leopard didn't fight back😁😁 Hyena himself left after having his supper ☺️☺️
Spotted Hyena is huge! No wonder the leopard is cautious.
a big female! the girls are bigger than the males in a spotted hyena clan, also the boss! unusual in a mammal society, hyenas have a lot of bizarre qualities, I love them 😊
Yeah I was a little surprised a huge thing was
Hyena can sustain more damage than leopard
@@sentenza3290 It depends. They’re of similar size and strength. The leopard is more athletic. They hyena has a stronger bite force. But a male leopard is much larger than a female leopard, but with hyenas, the females are slightly bigger, so it really depends on whether they are male or female and other factors
I'm pretty sure it was more worried about it having friends nearby
Hyena to the leopard : I left you some... 😋
Hyena wasn’t even fussed at that stage, it had eaten most of it
After that incredible, acrobatic jump to bring the impala down, it would have been really tragic if she hadn't gotten any of it. Luckily, there was only 1 hyena and not an entire pack.
Exactly
Yeah
I think these 2 are buddies at this stage 😄
Hyena had filled up by then, leopards need to be aggressive a bit towards hyenas.
@@HenryDube72 leopard is no match for a hyena, hyena is only afraid of lions.
Wow those hyenas are huge compared to the leopard
They're the second-largest predator in Africa after lions.
That's a female leopard male leopards are bigger.
That whole sighting was incredible. Thanks for sharing.
Impalas are like moving cheese burgers for Carnivorous. Almost everyone has them on their menu. Impalas are not getting old surely.
Haha love that reference
Only way they'll ever get old is if they live in a zoo lol
forever young
Their populations are huge! Very few get eaten by wild predators.
That catch though
Fights back to get the scraps 😂
I swear I was expecting a legit tussle and take. Ha but she got ran off twice!
Leopard never fights. I knew the title of the video would be untrue.
That impala really did a Trust Fall right into the predator... I never seen a death of an animal that tried to make it look so gracefully lol
The amount of cars in the background is ridiculous
More people watching than at a movie theater! Lol
These 2 again!? This must be the 5th different video I've seen of them squabbling over food... the hyena is generally too powerful and wins the battle over the carcass, unless there is a big tree nearby... I like watching these 2...
A fully grown leopard can kill a hyena.
@@maxmudxareed1345 of course it can. . but we all know hyna doesn't like fighting one on one. Either it would just run or lure/call to his pack.
@@maxmudxareed1345 absolutely not, a leopard cannot kill a Hyena. Hyenas are both larger and stronger than Leopard. Only video of leopard killing a Hyena on KZhead is a tiny hyena cub 🤦🏻♂️
@@maxmudxareed1345 Highly Unlikely. Not even a fully grown male in his prime can do that. An Adult Hyaena has bone crunching Jaws. The only animals that can probably kill and Hyaena is lions and Wild Dog Packs.
@@ashdog236 lol... Research more...
Hyena made the carcass lighter to hoist up a tree
love the addition of the background (been hunting here for the last 3 days etc.) keep em coming, amazing video too btw!
I miss when this channel was called Kruger Sightings
I like when I don't know a new video is going to be dropped.. I enjoy surprises
Steady cam and a slowmo replay 😍
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
1:52 Hats off to the person who bought his S Class for Safari. We don't even take our S on pot hole ridden roads because and this dude went for safari in it.
Only noticed after you mentioned it. It was probably a spur of the moment thing. Like decided on the day or something.
I saw no fights back by the leopard 😕
Watch again
Leopards are solitary hunters. If they get even slightly injured it's over. They don't have a group to hunt for them when injured, so they try to avoid fights as much as possible.
Wonderful catch!
that leopard is so clever!!😀😀😁
Spectacular jump. Gold 🥇
Where exactly was the "fighting back"?
Wow if that was the hyena kill, the leopard would've never tried to chase the hyena away from the kill. But the leopard knows that "this impala belongs to me, I work hard for it"
Yeah, well, by the looks of it, he had to wait for the hyena to finish and go away to finally start eating that impala that belonged to him.
@@uafc1 Right...that Hyena was enormous compared to the Leopard
No i have seen leapard steal Hyenas kill , well hayena steal from one leopard and completely different leopard takes it back
@@walidsarwary No, you just would like that because Leopards are "cooler" than Hyenas. It doesn't work like that. Hyenas are stronger and Leopards can't afford getting injured, they need to hunt every day.
@@uafc1 i agree with you but some leopards did steal a kill from Hyena and this is a documented fact, but yes leopard most of the time avoid confronting Hyena. Even search on youtube leopard even hunt Hayena. Also most of the time Babons chase leopard but when leopard is hungry they hunt Baboon.
Damn, that leopard looked pissed off after the hyena took her kill
Wow, phenomenal catch.
That take down by the Leopard was gorgeous to see, oh my goodness.
Awesome, footage guys!
To all you people saying you hate hyenas bcause the steal food from other animals: why not just admit that you hate ALL predators? If you say you hate hyenas for stealing from other predators, but then say you like other predators, then you are LYING.
Lucky there was only one hyena, and it almost ate the whole thing by itself.
Lion prides take forever to eat their food but wild dog's and hyenas devour prey in a matter of minutes
Right.
@@pipedown1246 leopard climb trees with their kill and hyenas have to eat quickly in fear of lions.
@@Abdi-libaax in fear of other predators period not just lions, but also wild dogs and other hyenas. As a matter of fact that's what most animals do when they're by themselves eating. A lobe lion eating by itself eats fast also because he fears Predators like hyenas, wild dogs, and other lions.
@@pipedown1246 because their teeth is designed like that, dogs can rip flesh very fast because of its teeth structure, bigcats can't do that
Some people may feel bad for the impala but leopards and hyenas need to eat too
what cheeta...
@@Mayrik92 oop lol I meant lepoard
Please, they should go and eat grass. *Hiss
@@youme1414 lol true tho-
Amazing thanks. ❤️
Wow surprised to see them both go for each-other. Feel like I rarely see lone Hyena's prepared to fight.
Lone hyenas fight leopards off of kills all the time. It’s actually more rare that the leopard fought back
@@saikou135 Kills all the time? That is false
@@edgeshot_the_4th_pro883 Obviously hyperbole. I shouldn't have to clarify that for you
Subtitles informative, good size, good placement, not too many. Good job. Viewers reasonably respectful. Shot in side mirror of human convoy just makes me sigh, but...no tourists = no fees = no park upkeep, etc. So it goes.
Geez I didn't know how much bigger Hyenas are compared to Leopards until now. No wonder why Leopards usually don't bother them.
Sometimes you've got to swallow your pride, and do what's needed...
Hyena is winner from Scotland
Hyenas and bullying Leopards. 😂 It left with a belly full and left the leopard bones.
The beautiful nature god created where life thrives on pain and death!
The leopard said “I worked to hard for this”
Was not going off easy.
Doesn't matter, big brother is after you.
The big female hyena like this one, doesn't give a shit, these animals all steal from each other, hyenas catch over 85+% of their own food
@@NannupTiger I didn’t watch the whole video
Heart breaking...at least we know who spotted the cat.🍁
If that was a male lion that hyena wouldn't dare try to steal his kill.
Yeah, ya think?
Yeah and if a hippo came it would bite the male lions head of, what's your point?
@@magmasharkzz1394 if it was a rhino or elephent that hippo would be like a joke
@@thebesthakim6825 and if there were poachers around, that rhino or elephant wouldn't even stand a chance. So what's your point?
@@optimusprime5794 and if there was a Spinosaurus the poacher wouldnt stand a chance. And if there was an asteroid the Spinosaurus wouldnt stand a chance.
Hyenas gotta be the most Interesting and disrespectful animal I've ever seen lol they're true hell raisers 😆
Is this same leopard & hyena stealing each other in KZhead
That was one tenacious lady … I wonder if an adult male leopard would have held its ground to its laughing adversary?
@Animal fights lmao no there isn’t, it’s the other way around 😂😂😂
Another day when an impala becomes the meal
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Does this happen with our other videos?
@@Latestsightings This is the first time this has happened. I can see the video on the channel now though. Not sure if there's a delay on KZhead updating the video list on your channel or what the reason was.
To an drowning from Lion t Ena'; not sure who will be winner,but what's a defo cert,is that ...the implala always gets it . ZEBRA must b really thankful; he lives t fight another...HR or so ...
Hyena has only one job, the other works hard and enjoys it
What a plot twist!
Just another day in the African Savannah😊
Good
Why did the impala charge into the leopard?
lucky
La forma como lo atrapó 🙂
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The hyena didn't leave much for the poor leopard
First you got the lions that are the sworn enemies of hyenas, and now it's leopard vs hyena.
Hyena's f**k with everyone
@Mimi Kyuki yep, that's right. I almost forgot about that. That's why the cheetahs has to eat really fast so no predator would steal their catch/prey.
@Mimi Kyuki big cats annoy each other leopards will try to bully and steal from cheetahs and lions will do that to every other predator in africa except for maybe a large nile crocodile
@Mimi Kyuki Lions harass all the animals, including Hyenas so it’s not like Cats don’t do this too, Leopard also kills Cheetah so 🤷🏻♂️
Hiens is power of libord tiger very strong bady
Why did the hyena leave the kill?
This is a first for me and I am sure for most people to see a leopard getting a kill without running even a single step. It's like seeing a goal scored in the very first seconds of a football match, which rarely happens.
There is or was a video from probably a decade ago of a leopard that caught one impala and then another a second later same type of moves
Why did the Hyena draw back from the carcass? Also, did this leopard manage to take it away from this spot and eat peacefully? Hope so!
Lions might move in.
it was probably full
That Hyena caught wind of something and left....probably Lions.
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Fight back? That looks like Attempted suicide
Do hyenas tend to steal and scavenge more than hunting in kruger ranther than they hunt a lot like in Maasai mara and Okavango?
I meant hyenas hunt a lot in maasai mara and okovango
High population density of leopards in Kruger, more chances of an easy meal for a lurking hyena.
Spotted hyena hunt around 50-95% of their prey. So, I'd say that the ones in Kruger do still hunt at LEAST 50% of the time.
Spotted Hyenas are always hungry, all predators are really and will always try to bully or share a meal with a Leopard cos it’s a free meal without burning any precious calories, male Lion are the best at this art form of free meals (size matters) 😄
Poor leopard .......
Hardlife of Impala
I have the same facial expression as that Hyena once a month ..
It's like scoring the most bycyle goal ever and then VAR kicks in
to any morons who say 'hyenas are bad, oh look at that hyena', any dominant predator whether it be a lion or crocodile would have done the same thing. Dont be biased, this is nature
that's a big ass hyena even for female hyenas standar. I've seen shorter hyenas giving fights to lioness this one can totally one on one to a lioness.
Not even close to being able to do that, lioness on average weight 250-300lbs, hyenas on average 100-140lbs, so even for a big hyena it probably weighed no more than 170lb
The biggest hyena was almost the size of a lioness
@@AthleticEducation you might find it unbelievable but large female Hyena does in fact fight 1V1 with Lioness, research stuff before commenting dude - kzhead.info/sun/irlulNBrsZ2qgmg/bejne.html
@@ashdog236 already saw this video dude, that wasn’t a fight, not only that the lioness is clearly much bigger than hyena, also very easy to see that lioness was more powerful than the hyena as she grabbed onto her a few times to try to get her away from the warthog.
@@AthleticEducation lol “it wasn’t a fight” and then you go on to describe a fight. Yes, Lioness is very strong, that’s the whole point but you’re ignoring the fact that the Hyena was designed to take that damage while only praising the Lioness strength shows you’re just a big cat fanboy. Someone’s who’s unbiased would say “Wow, Lions are so powerful but Hyenas can take so much damage and are so strong too”, you only praise the Lions strengths. Even though Lioness is bigger and stronger, she still can’t kill the Hyena, a male Lion would 🤷🏻♂️. You know what I’m saying, you downplay a Hyena like it’s a fragile little Jackal or Cheetah 😂
Why afraid the lepard??
Luks like this is happening at city centre
the car invasion... ridiculous!!!! @01:52
Leopard does all the work but end licking table scraps.
Hyenas are hunters .they are mostly scavenger bullies .
Spotted hyena around 50-95% of their prey, and lions steal from hyenas more often than hyenas steal from lions. Who are the "scavenger bullies", again? Oh yes: lions.
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How ironic that the impala had its head down with its horns pointed at the leopard where it potentially could have inflicted damage and gotten away yet instead last minute jumps and becomes vulnerable.
1:53 how many motors? Busier than Tesco’s car park
Thats how it is in kruger and the mara. Tourist magnets. There are other parks in africa with plenty of wildlife but hardly any tourists.
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Leopards are in a different league. They are agile, extremely precise, elusive, and powerful. They really make lions look like fools.
So powerful that it cant defend its food against one hyena.
@@TheJwwinter Not in terms of brute force, but leopards are really versatile survivors in a changing world. Cant think of any other large predator that adapt as well as they do. Multi talented animals. Thats why you find them all across africa and asia, even coming into cities!
They’re amazing but they don’t make lions look like fools. Where did that come from? Why must people always try to bring down one big cat to uplift another.
that hyena looks huge - I guess that's why he can be out on his own without the pack
Was that impala trying to commit suicide? It ran straight into the leopard.
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It's a young léopard beczuse
i really have a deep hatred towards hyenas
hyena puppies are cute though.
@@gimabihc2854 yeah
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Hyena the hyena would mad
The pedators are the luckiest ones cuz the other predators wont attack them and are these guys talkin in afrikaans
You realize Africa is a continent. That's like asking if somebody is talking Asia or Europe.
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