Snow Leopard Hunting | Planet Earth | BBC Earth
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On the treacherous slopes of the Himalayas, no hunter other than the Snow Leopard would have a chance of catching such agile prey as the Markhor. Subscribe: bit.ly/BBCEarthSub
Taken From Planet Earth Series 1, Episode 2.
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"They call the snow leopard the ghost cat. Never lets itself be seen. Beautiful things don't ask for attention."
juggernaut4799 great movie
Secret life of Walter Mitty
Most wild cats do this
MAURO OooO he means they can hide the best out of all the cats
One of my favorite lines from one of my favorite films.
The way cats move is jus a masterpiece. They just hella smooth. That chase down was a piece of art.
Cat flows like water down those cliffs.
shit even the goat was flying smooth.
@@stephenrusso6019 I wasn’t looking at the goat but ima re watch
Yeah he was halling ass
@@tyronebrown2246 yeah that whole scene was dope.
He’s looking at the end like: “damn they really caught me lacking in 4K”
I felt bad for him/her 😂
They said at the start is a female
🤣
8k*
@@deennice6035 no one cares
"Shifu taught you well... But he didn't teach you everything." 😂😂😂😂
Exactly
@@mrtrunxx DAI TENSHI
SHINOBI NIJI HOSHI NINJA GAIDEN ONIMUSHA NIHO
"All I see is a broken promise"
"Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary".
Rashid Gaylon i thought about that tai as I saw the leopard
This proves Tai could beat Kai in a battle.
@@yugoslavian6641 no
Popthiccle it was a joke. He was hunting the animal Kai is based off of.
@@yugoslavian6641 ik but kai defaeted tai lung
Imagine how happy the camera people must have been to find an event like this. Insane
@@VinodkumarBhandari-vq9vt ok so?
@@ethan9553 I'm assuming deleted comment was someone being shitty?
@@jessiechen125 nah he just said something about the camera people not physically being there and it was filmed from a drone
@@ethan9553 how did what he say a bad thing?
@@jayantjha3128 he said that that vibod kumar is a chutiya...and he is
It's actually like some kind of fantasy land on earth. Incredibly beautiful mountains. A animal so incredibly majestic and so rare that you could probably count the number of people who has actually seen one. And then you have the Rams with their big and strong curved hornes that make them look like the king of goats or something. And both of these animals scale the mountain in a way that shouldn't be possible! I love it!!!
Nowadays snow leopards have become a fair bit easier to see now that Hemis National Park (where Planet Earth II filmed them) is a reliable place to find them (though even there it takes much effort).
Literally so beautiful. I’m so glad you see the beauty in this too!
Yup God is great
ITS like Narnia
…and this poem you just wrote Would have been impossible if not about snow leopards and mountains goats
Alternate title : Tai lung looking for the dragon warrior.
😂😂
Or..tai lung on hunt in PO's village
😂😂@@disliketheclickbaits8858
I knew they are incredible climbers, but running at full speed on a nearly vertical cliff…WOW
Oceania Times Its probably easier for them, im more impressed with the Markhor(dear) running so well on that plain.
NabNax *deer
full speed? wasnt even near full speed.. but yeah, it was amazingly fast.
My mind was blown... I was holding my desk thinking I was the one gonna fall down xDD!
They are majestic. The long tails. The fur.
The snow leopard has to be one of the most beautiful of the big cats! It's amazing how both the leopard and the goat can be so fast running down those almost vertical cliffs!
well they are found in pakistan
@@kastielangel. they're found in both jeez. Chill out. They're found across the parts of the Himalayas which includes India, Pakistan and can even be found further up north in the Taiga forest in rural russia
@@kastielangel. technical support, Dave speaking.
Well, to be fair going fast downhill is easy 😂 just the staying alive part of it is hard 🤔
Snow leopards are not included in the group of big cats
That agility, absolutely insane. Having that level of speed on top of the absolute poise of their movement is mindboggling.
A snow leopard's tail is probably the most beautiful tail in Animal kingdom.
This is incredible. Ten years ago, we didn't have footage like this. This is a privilege and a blessing.
This was from.2006
This is litteraly 14 years old?
@@bylu6712 started production even before that since 2000 for 5 years worth of documentation
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Did u just born?
Running full speed on a vertical cliff : no problem Water : nope too dangerous Lol
cats they are the same
To be fair he would probably die from the cold if he jumped into the water. It would drench his coat and leave him without any warmth.
It's not that it's too dangerous but that it's too much of a hassle. She'd have to jump into the water, possibly getting hurt, swim in cold water to catch the animal which would be very difficult, also because her fur would get heavy from water, and even if she ends up catching the animal, she'd have to trek back to the lair up the mountain with little energy left. It's just not worth it.
Kitty don't like dah watttterrrr😂
Altair would agree,n proud
while humans use harness to climb on the mountain, these snow leopard just walking, running, jumping and hunting as if their paws are magnets attaching to the rocks of the mountain. this is just so amazing!!!
Snow leopard: look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
And what about goat?
@@syedsajjadali4220 Exactly. It's an awful lot easier to run down a mountain if you've got soft, padded paws than it is with stiff legs and hooves!!
@@syedsajjadali4220 markhor
Humans>>snow leopards
Ah, I'm glad Shifu sent you. I was beginning to think I had been forgotten. Fly back there and tell them... the *REAL* Dragon Warrior is coming home.
SNOW LEOPARDS are really RARE animal. For catching him in camera these channels need to struggle hard for lot many days and that in snow sliprie area. Good job 👍
And I bet that you have 2< dad’s
It gets difference in zoo and in wildlife zone
@@durgeshpatil18 that's two or less dads u used the less than symbol I hope u know that
ap net par bhi search karo pakistan my Pay jaty han
This leopard lives in Pakistan
I love animals. But the snow leopard is, for me, the most beautiful animal of all.
I agree fully
Me too.
No way 😡😡
Yeah I used to say I liked the snow leopard but it was always a tiger for me. After seeing this though I’m shook. The paws are enormous and it’s so proportionate and the tail is amazing. And the way it treated it’s cub so delicately but then runs down that steep terrain......
What about tigers?
This video is from the original Planet Earth series, published 15 years ago, but to date it is still unquestionably the most phenomenal wildlife chase footage I've ever seen! From 2:46 to 2:56 the snow leopard descends about 1000 feet down a sheer face, in complete control!
I think that 1000 feet is a bit of a stretch
have u seen the nat geo one??
@@ravinderdasila9334 You mean a different documentary about a different snow leopard?
@@cnelsonlv99 yes this nat geo one: kzhead.info/sun/gceLmcp8oKaIoY0/bejne.html
@@ravinderdasila9334 I think I've seen it, but worth re-watching. Thanks!
i still come back to this video after years to show people the absolute beauty and finesse of snow leopards.. still gives me shivers. never breaks eye contact yet each movement remains entirely precise and calculated
Damn that leopard blends in nicely with the rocks
What snow leopard
สานค
@@naziklerffeter3058 สารดี
*Know-it-all mode on* That's why they are called "ghost cats". *Know-it-all mode off*
They blend with snow also only on a bright day you can see snow leopard beautiful
The speed and dexterity of the snow leopard blows my mind every time!
Michael Brown You should be admiring the goat that got away. If you were on that mountain you could use its escape as inspiration 😂
Yes and they were running that speed on a rocky mountain side too!! Loll
First time ever filmed... what do you mean every time
Those leopards have an almost obscure beauty. Out of this world. Majestic beyond apprehension. The fur. The long tails.
Who says dexterity tho? honestly, is your name Dexter? I'm guessing you are a self promoter
It's beautiful how Nature balances itself by creating a cat that can move on mountains so quick and swiftly that it can catch an animal that's also so great at climbing those mountains. Such Beautiful Gods design.
Evolution u mean
The speed at which they both cross the mountain is simply breathtaking.
So THIS is the leopard that acted in Kung Fu Panda..
Yes 😂
Real snow leopard vs panda will be brutal murder.
@@fourthright of the panda ?
@@kianchampion9581 of course of the panda
Yeeeeees?
So fluffy
Sentinel of Silence I know.. and they use their fluffy tail as a blanky!
people do use fury creatures for blankets, rugs, coats and lots of other things
Yet,so *Deadly*
They need to be, to survive about half a million degrees below zero in winter
yeah "so fluffy".. thats what you got from this video. you must have a great mind.
"She greets her one year old cub" Um, that is a grown ass MAN.
Only looks like this
In places like these,it takes long to learn real hunting.Besides, it's still difficult for him to bite frozen meat so in case meat is frozen,she must help him
58S.UAE.AXX.AR4.
Snow leopard looks like a clean and hygienic dude...almost CGI
They seem so regal and eloquent in their movement, i feel like if they could recite Shakespeare.
I'm not quite so sure, because, well, they're leopards. Even if they could recite Shakespeare, I'd imagine they would not care in the slightest.
Regal is the right word!
Potato Power they don't mean they could actually do it
Arexandr Wyndsyr Agreed
GabrielKnightz elegant purrhaps?
Everything is perfect in this video. The animals, landscape, footage, music, narration.. Congratz Bbc
Shout out to the camera man and narrator
the musical sequence when the leopard starts running is beautiful
@@ephraimpinckney8209 :雙槍
Those snow leopards have legitimately got to be some of the most majestic animals alive. They look insanely noble and shit with their thick shaggy fur as well as the long tails.
@@heyheyheyheyheyhey76 you have no idea how derpy they are in zoos
1:30 That tail ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I absolutely adore Felines, they’re so graceful and beautiful yet immense and menacing. Leopards are right up there on my list of felines and I absolutely adore the way they look and carry themselves. Beautiful creatures. Snow leopards have been my favorite creatures since I was a little child.
“He’s a panda. You’re a panda!”- Tai Lung
R SKADOOSH 👌🏼
Pitu
I was pleasantly surprised that tai lung do have sturdy and stout body of an actual snow leopard. I thought it was just an artistic design to show his character
Europanda
😄😘
these videos are a real dilemma for me. i never want the prey to die, but I also don't want the predators to starve. the struggles of an animal lover
timas Join the party. This planet has finite resources. someone has to die in order for someone to live. that's why there is a food chain, and job competitions, and that is also why the older generation has to die off so a younger generation can be born and live. NONE of us matters in the grand scheme of things. And I hear death IS permanent.
I feel the same way. My passion in life is tracking animals and filming them here in Canada and last week a baby white tail deer i've known since its birth got killed by a female coyote that has one eye who i spent 5 years getting her to trust me around her. So when i came apon the kill i was crushed and happy at the same time.
In this case, the predator went hungry and the baby goat might die as with took some serious bites to the rear.
timas Get a job you damn hippie.
The American Patriot ok will do thnx dewd
0:50 a snow leopard, ghost of the Himalayas. Dreaded apex predator. *Stretches and yawns like Garfield*
Cat has to cat.
Only two words can describe the snow leopard. Breathtaking.
Snow leopards looks so fluffy and cuddly. But i'm scared they will crush my wind pipe while cuddling. Lol
LOL
Same. I want to hug a bear but the bear could rip me in half like in deadpool 2.
@@ruhulruy9121 but then i would come off as hostile xD (on PC so can't use emojis) . i think bears a cute animals, very fluffy. like a very very big dog, like a husky that's taken some serious steroids.
Ruhul Ruy idiot
*eat your wind pipe
I have always been obsessed with snow leopards. They are by far the most beautiful of all the cats to me. That tail 😯
The linx is the most beautifull Of all
@@deantroy5936 Garfield
Dean troy - I just saw this and I am thoroughly offended. 😂
kzhead.info/sun/m72aqtioeIuhraM/bejne.html
Tremain Bowman creep
0:52 Snow leopard: “stretching” Me: OHH BIG STRETCH🥰😍
I saw a snow leapord in Naltar valley of Pakistan. It was young who fell from mountain and could not join his mother, so authorities kept him. What a beautiful creature it was.
That tail though...........
Supersaiyan
And here I thought Priscilla’s tail was the best.
tab let you know what they say about long tails....
2:07
@Patrick Bateman impressive,very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's tail
Their tail looks so fluffy, wanna hug them so bad
andre1442 I-
@zik zik Don't be silly, they won't bite you're head off. They'll simply clinch you in their paws and slash with their feet, and the more you struggle to break free the more slashing they do.
They actually use those tails as makeshift blankets to keep themselves warm (because they’re so big and fluffy)
Me too
You can but only once.
Almost 450 snow leapords are in Pakistan. We should safe these beautiful spieces❤
Need to look after them
Its from afghanistan 🤦🏿♂️
@Ahmad Mohsin 😂😂 no
I watched a behind the scenes, it took months and months for that cameraman to even see a snow leopard. That whole Planet Earth series took like 5 years to film.
That is mind blowing😳
Wow😮😮❤
Extremely beautiful animal 😍
Their fur. The long tails. Majestic creatures.
This is Pakistan northern areas animals
Agreed m-lord
bouth you arogant nimfoman.. antylopa as well
Yes yes yes yes! They are sooooo beautiful i know! OwO i love Them!!!
The snow leopard moves like water on the cliffs. So mesmerizing. Goddamn, they are just beautiful.
And that cameraman was incredible to follow it all so well, too.
“Shifu taught you well. But he didn’t teach you everything.”
Wow! I have never seen a Snow Leopard in action like this! What a magestic beast! Absolutely stunning!
Hats off to the dedication of the crew..snow leapords are extremely rare(on the verge of extinction)..getting a glimpse itself is a huge achievement..they have made an awesome video..god bless them..
For real. Snow leopards are like the shiny Pokemon of the feline family, you can _eventually_ find one...but it's going to take quite awhile even sitting along the known paths that snow leopards travel through.
I have seen 1 in ladakh India
That escape sequence was Hollywood movie worthy
Suyash J lll
..c
This is Pakistan baby
Snow leopards such impressive animals. This is why we need to protect wildlife as much as possible, for moments like this.
She is simply MESMERIZING!
Me: must start studying i have a quiz tomorrow Also Me: watching animal videos for 1.5 hours
Me too. LOL
Tomorrow i have an exam leeeel
Why are we doing this 😂 we need help!
Lol same here
Daily ...my habbit
What I find really unbelievable is that David Attenborough is still alive 😆😆 I was a small kid when I started to look his documentaries . Now I'm 43 . Even back then he was already a gray older men 😄 I wish him all the best he gave us so plenty!
@@priyanshumishra5873 r u Indian?
And three years on from your comment nothing has changed. He's still with us, thank God!
"Shifu taught you Well, but he didn't teach you everything..."
I am not sure why but I always liked snow leopards, they are majestic.
They look like CGI creatures, most beautiful of all the cats.
what a time comes, real animals are being called CGI
@@phralma1000BC what at time has come when most people are retarded
When watching CGI: " that looks real" Watching actually beautiful reality: " that's looks like CGI "
An Albino Tiger looks more gorgeous by a major gap.
@@no-fv6iq no they don't most albino animals are blind
That piano is beautiful with this scene. I love how sophisticated BBC producers are.
Hi
Caner Erten hows it going friend 😀
Anybody know who composed the music?/where I can find it
Nothing can chase these agile markhors on such steep killer mountains but these elusive Snow leopards..what an amazing clip..
The background music was perfect
🇹🇷🇹🇷
its amazing that as young as that goat is, it knows where safety is and that the leopard won't come in the water. That goat is the G.O.A.T.
yeah too hard to tackle..... like messi..😂😂😂😂
@@akilamir8120 hes always a prey to the big cats
@@bruv4934 yeah!!! Don't think me I am a Messi fan.. I m his hater ..I want Lion Ibrahimovic to attack those GOATs in Barcelona...
Goat lucky it's not a JAGUAR, Jaguar will go into the water, no problem !
goat of all time
Cameraman is struggling to keep up with both animals they're just too fast. Simply amazing
Snow leopards are such a comfort animal 🩷
The scene of Ben Stiller and Sean Penn with the Snow Leopard was so beautiful and metaphorical.
The camouflage is unbelievable!!! For a good moment when the camera pans to the cub, I could barely see it sleeping there! Gorgeous
When Attenborough first starts talking… You know it’s gonna get real.
Sir David!
Survival instincts of herbivores are always underrated
9°SYS.DEF.
A perfect match. David Attenborough narrating this majestic chase scene.
Amazing how she knew she had to let go just before falling in the water. Both are amazing Mountaineers but the chase from the Cat! Mesmerizing!
Tai Lung The Snow Leopard From Kung Fu Panda
Thats exactly what I thought seeing her instantly
I knew it was familiar
I was looking if someone have commented 😅
Right Kung Fu Panda 1 movie i watch too
Another trivia for you: all the animals of the Furious Five are each a type of the popular fighting styles of Kung fu.
Being that agile on a near vertical cliff...😮 unreal.
Amazing! The wild life is so beautiful. Hats off to the crew for filming this.
In Pakistan, these beautiful animals are called "Guldaar" by the local people; which literally translates to "the one with the floral patterns".. such a poetic name for such a fierce predator :)
Jancy Varghese You both Pakistani and Indian are too much of being ultranationalist. Get the fact dude! China has the most population of Snow Leopards with estimated population around 2,000 - 2,500 in Tibet and Xinjiang while India has 200 - 600 of them and Pakistan has 200 - 420 of Snow Leopards.
I hate ultranationalist. These morons can’t enjoy even the simplest of things without creating a fake sense of nationalism. Such fools
Alfino Bainar Setya hahaha
@@alfisetya3629 Yup. Both these guys need to shut up & make efforts to preserve these beautiful beings instead of fighting.
The Pakistani guy just made a nice comment first and the Indian unfortunately had to brag. Smh. The rest put the Pakistani that commented nicely first with the bragging Indian. Smh. Tell me how it is fair. Muneeb's comment was nice and informational.
These leopards are such surrealistic animals. I feel I'm watching an animated movie.
exactly how i feel. they are so amazing and the way they move and look around. it seriously looks like animation haha. yeah.. they are just amazing..
Hey guys i found out that snow leopards aren't really leopards all there more closely related to tigers than anything. Actual leopards are more closely related to lions
Well your not... so... maybe try Dreamworks Madagascar 2 Escape from Africa
Ren Cockwell both these animals are in Pakistan my beautiful and peaceful country. 🇵🇰
The animated movie is kung fu panda
The Snow leopard is just an incredible beauty! Dont want to miss the sight even for a second
Wow. This gave me chills. What 2 magnificent creatures. ❤️
One of the fluffiest tail i've ever seen, on one of the most terrifying hunter in nature
That tail is used for balancing..
Ik houdt niet van katten maar de sneeuw luipaard 1. Jaguars 2 en hondachtigen Afrikaanse wilde hond 1
@@soumiksamanta1376 Yes, we have functioning hearing.
The chasing scene was magnificent, the way this feline moves through the rocks at that speed and with such beauty and elegance!
Can we all just give a round of applause to the camera person who kept track of that insane chase!?
He probably was controlling a drone
Wow! They're so much chonkier then i expected. They look so super damn fluffy! What a privilege for this footage
"Beautiful things don't ask for attention" - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The ghost cat.
"Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary." Snow Leopard reminds me of Tai Lung from Kung Fu Panda 😂
Watched Walter Mitty last night and just had to watch a few snow leopard clips I think people forget this shot is probably 50000x zoom the sheer scale of the mountains these cats hunt in is just incomprehensible truly magnificent animals
The camera man was probably so excited ! Never before seen photography
They are so cute.
I wonder how the babies look like xD
Rexyadillah Umboh Here's a link to a website (snow leopard trust) to show you what a baby snow leopard looks like. www.snowleopard.org/snow-leopard-facts/life-cycle/
Snow leopards left in the whole world 5,060 - 7,220 Good job humanity
Really? That's surprising.
Yeah that's right, everything's our fault.
Devektra How's that surprising? A lot more animals are extremely endangered and will eradicated soon
you too
+Chris Blablabla oh I thought you were saying the numbers increased!
Amazing hunter, running at top speed to catch prey on steep rocky outcrops is a balancing act that's almost unbelievable.
They are UNBELIEVABLY well camouflaged!
i love how all these animals lives in different habitats. I can live in the savannah like a lion, I can live in the jungle like a tiger. but these cliffs or whatever these snow leaopard lives at is marvelous! just an amazing sight to see them maneuver through the rocks.
Facts
Life is different and varied in earth .humans too have a right to live varied lifestyles with varied belief systems rather than all humans confirming to any one system
Snow leapords are only found in Himalayas and central Asian mountains.
Afghanistan
Great observation.
It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!..
anj efelowareees despicable me! My fav line!
The long tails. The typical long and agile cat bodies. The fur. Majestic animals.
Despicable me
2:25 that chase down was too smooth to be real this reminds me of that kung fu panda villain tai lung he was a cartoon tiger and he moved like this. The way the cats move is just ridiculous they flow like water she almost glided down that cliff. Truly beautiful
Tai lung was based off of a real-life snow leopard
@@ZUBZ_8 wasn't he a tiger?
I have seen so many "First" snow leopard videos now that I don't even know which one actually is the First.
Sukrit Chaudhary This is the first.
If Mr. Attenborough says this one is the first, then so it is. To be fair, he could be lying through his teeth and I still would believe him. ))
He says it's the first intimate snow leopard moment captured on film. It means he was talking about the mother caressing its child. So basically no snow leopard had been captured on film being cute and all. -_-
That's not what he means by the word intimate. He means up close, in the wild. A proper observation. This footage aired over 10 years ago
I know what it means, I was joking. But in hindsight I can see how that is difficult to read so I've added a smiley lol
The mighty Himalayas. Northern Areas of Pakistan 🇵🇰....
Alhamdulilah
For an animal photographer, a shot like this could take a decade to prepare.
1:07 When you could see just the little cub’s booty, I momentarily did a double take in surprise to check if rocks had magically started taking on snow leopard spots to further camouflage them.
Same! I was so enchanted with watching the mother I didn't even notice the cub until she greeted him. Fantastic camouflage
Snow Leopards are so fluffy and cute 😂💕
Bo bydarling
Imagine humans running on that same cliff-- cranium split into two , some 203 bones crushed and shattered, followed by coma for a decade. Scary.
No coma, you’ve just become a sumptuous meal for a hungry Leopard.
@@uncontrollable343 snow leopards aren't leopards, they're closer to tigers. and snow leopards aren't aggressive towards humans, they run away in the sight of us even if they're feasting.
@@uncontrollable343 Snow leopards dont care about humans,you have to be very unlucky to be attacked or killed by one
parents: "don't play on the stairs" meanwhile, markhor fighting to the death on nearly vertical cliffs
Snow leopard is as much a piece of art as ever could be … but what about the mountain goats, they just mesmerize me going downhill at that pace, at that angle, with hooves on 🙏🏼
OMG these cats a amazing thanks to the camera crew for going out there way to bring us this