Published 18:20 IST, February 5th 2020
WATCH: Hungry leopard steals food from the jaws of a huge crocodile
A video has surfaced on the internet which shows a hungry leopard risking its life to steal food from the jaws of a huge crocodile, captured at Zambia.
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A video has surfaced on internet which shows a hungry leopard risking its life to steal food from jaws of a huge crocodile. iconic moment was captured at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia during night by wildlife filmmaker Nicole Dangoor near Mufuwe Lodge. Through video, wild cat can be seen approaching near crocodile which appears to be asleep on a grassy patch with some antelope meat inside its mouth. leopard can be seen lightly hitting crocodile with its paws at antelope meat clenched inside crocodile's teeth.
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Leopard paws crocodile: Watch
Simultaneously, crocodile opens its eyes and remains silent. After a few seconds of pawing leopard mans to pull out a piece of meat from between reptile's teeth. As cat grabs meat from crocodile's mouth, crocodile opens its eyes but does t make any violent movements. At end of video, leopard can be seen walking around with a huge chunk of meat in its mouth. wildlife filmmaker, Dangoor said he was scared for leopard as he was almost inside crocodile's mouth.
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filmmaker ded that leopard was almost nearer to crocodile's mouth but it was very careful. At end, leopard mand to grab a piece of and walks away. He ded that leopard took risk to grab meat from crocodile's mouth as it was scared of crocodile.
Users react over video
Bushcamp Company shared video on YouTube with a caption, "This leopard kws what it wants, and doesn't hesitate to brazenly take food right out of a croc's mouth!". Reacting to it, a user wrote, "Amazing, nature is full of surprises." second user wrote, "Oh my!!!! Amazing foot Nicole". third user wrote, "Wow! Amazing sighting! Thanks for sharing!". Ar user wrote, "Brave". Ar user ded, "I got scared for animal".
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18:20 IST, February 5th 2020