In a sure sign that Kruger National Park in South Africa is angling to be the World Wrestling Federation of game reserves, yet another unlikely and brutal animal match-up has been caught on film. In this series of photos, a leopard ambushes a crocodile. A protracted struggle ensues but it's pretty clear who ultimately comes out on top. While crocodiles have been witnessed attacking leopards in the past, this is the first known encounter that began the other way around. Cut and pasted just for you from the pages of The Telegraph, check this out:
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This encounter is bound to remind readers of the ever popular Battle at Kruger. Thanks once again to Kevin Z of The Other 95% and Deep Sea News for bringing this to our attention.
Comments
Is that cool or what?
Posted by: Phil | July 21, 2008 3:50 PM
FINISH HIM.
Posted by: Zelly | July 21, 2008 4:07 PM
Is it too late to place a bet?
Posted by: Romeo Vitelli | July 21, 2008 5:20 PM
That's wicked!
Posted by: Mari | July 21, 2008 5:58 PM
Leopard Wins. Fatality.
Posted by: Siddharth | July 22, 2008 1:56 AM
And the moral of the story is always pack a leopard when visiting croc-infested waters, right?
Seriously, this is a very cool recording of animal behavior.
Posted by: Liesele | July 22, 2008 8:14 AM
The chair! Give him the chair!
Posted by: chris | July 22, 2008 12:44 PM
Oh, that's nothing! I've seen ladies do a lot worse for new shoes.
Posted by: julia | July 31, 2008 4:56 PM
The chair! Give him the chair
Posted by: netlog | January 18, 2009 5:51 PM
FINISH HIM.
Posted by: ilahi dinle | February 15, 2009 10:33 AM
thank you.
Posted by: aşk şiirleri | April 6, 2009 10:10 AM
And the moral of the story is always pack a leopard when visiting croc-infested waters, right?
Posted by: Tül Perde | September 23, 2009 10:35 AM
his encounter is bound to remind readers of the
Posted by: iyimi | July 1, 2010 10:50 AM
moral of the story is always pack a leopard when
Posted by: tatil yerleri | July 1, 2010 10:52 AM
his encounter is bound to remind readers of the ever popular
Posted by: araba | July 12, 2010 4:35 AM
MBT shoes to wear only the rows of cold, rotation step foot in front of moving to do is build a launch interval, the hip flexor is stretched a little shop. Temper and stretch muscles to change arbitrarily effective joint stability
Posted by: cappadocia | July 12, 2010 3:18 PM
I've also seen students become advocates for causes after years of projects on similar topics. Now if I could ever get around to making a pre-printed card with three targets to help differentiate between accuracy and precision then I'd be set
Posted by: tatiller | July 12, 2010 3:28 PM
I've also seen students become advocates for causes after years of projects on similar topics. Now if I could ever get around to making a pre-printed card with three targets to help differentiate between accuracy and precision then I'd be set
Posted by: health | July 12, 2010 3:31 PM
I've also seen students become advocates for causes after years of projects on similar topics. Now if I could ever get around to making a pre-printed card with three targets to help differentiate between accuracy and precision then I'd be set
Posted by: tatil | August 14, 2010 5:38 AM
And the moral of the story is always pack a leopard when visiting croc-infested waters, right?
Posted by: örgü | August 14, 2010 5:52 AM
moral of the story is always pack a leopard when
Posted by: ilahi sözleri | August 24, 2010 4:30 AM
And the moral of the story is always pack a leopard when visiting croc-infested waters, right?
Posted by: mehmet | August 24, 2010 4:35 AM
çok güzel bı görüntü
Posted by: Evden Eve Nakliyat | April 22, 2011 3:49 AM
bunlar kavga edince kim bunları ayrır şimdi
Posted by: NAKLİYAT | April 22, 2011 3:52 AM
mazot zamın yüzünden galiba kavgaları
Posted by: Evden Eve Nakliyat Fiyatları | April 22, 2011 3:54 AM
nd the moral of the story is always pack a leopard when visiting croc-infested waters, right?
Seriously, this is a very cool recording of animal behavior.
Posted by: Cene Estetik | May 2, 2011 9:59 AM
the expand button appeared as u said but the same problem already exist … only the included part is appearing and no intersection happen.
Posted by: av tüfekleri | June 17, 2011 4:30 PM
Trust me, it is good, I played it over a year ago on the 360. Sony is done, and if it wasn't for that utter piece of garbage called the Wii, it would destroy Sony for good in the gaming business.
Posted by: otomatik av tüfekleri | June 17, 2011 4:32 PM
Very tors of course, but the smart play is to stay the heck away from anything this brilliant in nature... ESPECIALLY small ones.
Posted by: açılır çatı | June 17, 2011 4:36 PM
Hyperrealistic Sculptures seems how much hardwork and there in thier works.
Posted by: kıyma makinası | June 18, 2011 3:50 AM
Although they dropped the ball on naming the 'Common Hairy Crab.' I don't know how you can look at something like that and make that judgement--IT'S HAIRY. And TERRIFYING.
Posted by: köfte makinası | June 18, 2011 5:49 AM
I kind of wish I could go into biology just so I could discover something and give it an apropos name, like they did with the Vampire Squid from Hell. Now THAT'S accurate.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 18, 2011 5:53 AM
Calling them new and calling this a discover would be like if I went to New Mexico and then claimed to have discovered a previously unknown new world.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 18, 2011 5:59 AM
Yeah, Dave H. How dare people read a blog post purely for enjoyment's sake.
Posted by: hamburger makinası | June 18, 2011 6:08 AM
The anti-Japanese comments here are pretty damned offensive.
Posted by: kuşbaşı makinası | June 18, 2011 6:14 AM
Shandooga - you're such a troll. With the utter miscomprehension of biology and evolutionary theory you've displayed over the years, is there really any call for you be on science blogs when you know that no one here will agree with you or appreciate your misguided ID/creationist arguments.
Posted by: kuşbaşı doğrama makinası | June 18, 2011 2:14 PM
Absolutley amazing. The diversity is incredible. Mother Earth is truly fantastic. If man werent such a pillager, this planet could go on for millenia.
Posted by: epoksi zemin kaplama | June 18, 2011 2:21 PM
Oh, and for the idiot who thought the locals already knew about these creatures. I highly doubt they were aware of creatures found 150 meters under the water offshore.
Posted by: kemik kesme | June 18, 2011 2:32 PM
Sean, shame on you for the LOBSTAAAAA song that is now stuck in my head. But I think that was in my Karma (from last time I mentioned the Rock Lobsta.
Posted by: kemik testeresi | June 18, 2011 2:39 PM
Pigletta would be a good name. Po Boy (as in the swamich) would be a good name for a boy pig. Maybe I could train them to hop in and run around in a hogey bun.
Posted by: yılmazlar et | June 18, 2011 2:49 PM
I hate capers too! And I hate anybody who's willing to have anything to do with them. And while I'm at it, I suggest we take down the Bleiman brothers for providing a forum for their mention.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 18, 2011 2:59 PM
I moved to New Mexico 6 years ago and it really is a bit like [quote: Bill Bennett] a "previously unknown new world," at least to someone from Connecticut.
Posted by: çankırı | June 18, 2011 3:01 PM
I was just informed by a friend of mine (who immediately called the English farm upon reading our post) that there is currently a two year waiting list to purchase a mini pig. We need a way to produce them faster. Now I know that puppy farms are evil places, but in this case, a mini pig factory might be appropriate...I'm just saying.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 18, 2011 3:07 PM
Although they dropped the ball on naming the 'Common Hairy Crab.' I don't know how you can look at something like that and make that judgement--IT'S HAIRY. And TERRIFYING.
Posted by: kürtçe müzik dinle | July 23, 2011 4:26 PM
Pigletta would be a good name. Po Boy (as in the swamich) would be a good name for a boy pig. Maybe I could train them to hop in and run around in a hogey bun
Posted by: inayet semerkaş | September 3, 2011 12:13 PM