How Leopards Hunt

• Leopards must be within 5-10 meters to catch their prey. 

• They either stalk and pounce or make a quick running dash toward the animal. 

Snarling leopard fromApril 13 2013, S28 $kms from Crocodile Bridge 

• Leopards are very opportunistic and only have 50% hunt success rate. 

• They are the only animal that uses gravity hunting: sinking a killing bite to back of their prey's neck or throat or skull.

• Leopards will feed on a carcass for up to 4 days. They plucks the animal's fur or bird's feathers before eating it.

• They are outranked only by Hyena when it comes to the ability to eat rotting meat.

About to pounce, from 24 Sep 2010, S3, 2kms west of H11

• Leopards will normally de gut prey before eat. They will usually cover it up or bury the gut so not to attract other predators or scavengers.

• A single leopard will eats +- 60 animals a year. That is the equivalent of 1000 – 1200kg of meat.