Experts agree that there is a certain etiquette when it comes to lion hunting. It is widely believed that they are happy to cooperate during the hunt, as this increases their chances of success. Male lions hunt alone or in pairs or small groups. Lionesses tend to take pride in their hunting and are usually the ones who do most of the hunting while the male sits and watches. Lions are not good at sharing what they eat, and once the prey is captured, fights break out. Usually, the lioness will let the male eat first. Then they were fed and finally the cubs started. However, the lioness in this video apparently didn’t get the memo! Or is there something else going on here?
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lioness and lioness fighting for leopard
The clip begins with a male lion attacking a leopard lying on its back in long grass. Lions are larger, a head taller than the smaller and slender leopards. The rest of the pride was walking around watching the action. A lioness then pounces on the lion, pushing him back away from the leopard. When the male lion fled, she turned sharply and gave a warning roar to the two lionesses. We can’t see what happened to the leopard!
lion and leopard relationship
Both lions and leopards are top predators at the top of the food chain. Usually, lions don’t eat leopards. Catching them is too much trouble, and their meat is not that nutritious for lions. Hunting large herbivores like buffalo or zebras is a much better plan. However, if lions are hungry, they are ready to eat leopards.
However, the two species compete with each other, so conflicts may arise. If the leopard has just grabbed some prey, the lion may try to wrest it from them and eat it themselves. Understandably, Leopard might not be too happy about this. This could also explain the conflict between the lions. They often fight over food!
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