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While hunting humped pigs, leopards are dragged back to their nests by their prey (Video: Lastest Sightings).
In nature, leopards are comprehensive hunters, possessing both speed, cunning, and strength to suppress enemies. However, it is not always easy for leopards to defeat their prey.
In the video shared above, it can be seen that the leopard had a lot of difficulty confronting a humped pig to get his first meal of the day.
Stephanie McClendon, who recorded the video, said that the leopard stalked from behind the humped pig and rushed forward before the prey could even realize it.
“The leopard bit as hard as it could into its prey’s throat, and tried to create a deadly grip,” McClendon recounted. “But this is one of the most stubborn humped pigs I have ever seen. It does not give in easily.”
According to witnesses, the pig was attacked at a mound only about 2 meters from its nest. While the leopard tried to pull its prey away, the pig used all its strength to move towards the cave entrance, trying to escape.
“Apparently, the pig somehow maintained its sanity, and knew the best thing to do was to return home,” McClendon said. “At first, I thought the warty pig would soon give in, because it had been bitten in the throat. But this animal is unbelievable.”
Leopards cannot win against their prey in a life-and-death fight (Photo from clip).
Despite the intense battle, the warty pig did not show any signs of exhaustion. It even overwhelms leopards in a battle of nerves, and pulls the enemy back towards its nest.
The leopard, knowing that he was in a “losing position”, tried to spread his hind legs wide and pressed them into the sand like an anchor, while using all his strength to hold the prey back.