These animals hunt a lot of the time up into the mountains for goats and I have seen a few photos with them up in the air looking if they are floating up with no support, what they are doing apparently is making their prey fall down the mountainside and die in the impact so they don't have to kill them.
The predator was spotted stalking the spiky rodent in Kruger National Park in South Africa before it decided to attack - a decision it would later regret. The bizarre battle, which lasted an hour and half, saw the determined leopard take several breaks to remove spines from its paws and lick its wounds, while the brave porcupine refused to back down and simply stood in place defiantly as if to tease its opponent. The leopard eventually admitted defeat and the pair appeared to call a truce, slinking away together as unlikely partners.
Ouch!
This must have gone on for hours as the video starts to show the road in the dark!
The fight was paused several times as the leopard pulled back to tend to its wound, pulling the spines out with its teeth and licking the wounds clean
Moment angry male elephant knocks over massive bull sculpture after mistaking it for love rival
Tourists spotted the male elephant searching for food near the tourist centre in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Hilarious footage then shows the animal discovering a large sculpture of an elephant and he appears to become confused by its likeness. The elephant then holds a tense stand off with the artwork for a few moments before charging at the inanimate object and knocking it on its side. Thinking it was victorious over the sculpture, the jumbo walks away triumphantly towards the forest while park rangers looked on from a distance.
oops!
The elephant can been seen staring down the artwork for a few moments before charging at the inanimate object and knocking it on its side
By BELINDA CLEARY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHED: 16:50 AEST, 25 August 2021 | UPDATED: 17:51 AEST, 25 August 2021
The 'lions' roars' which have been heard echoing through the northern parts of Sydney early in the morning and at dusk have been explained by staff at Taronga Zoo.
Sydney residents, especially those living in Neutral Bay, Mosman and Cremorne on the North Shore have been reporting 'roars' on their sunrise and sunset walks over the past few weeks.
And it turns out they are right, with the noise a combination of two of the big cats Ato and Maya, becoming closer intimately and a significant reduction in the city's noise pollution following covid lockdown.
The lions' roars which have been heard echoing through the city early in the morning and at dusk have been explained by staff at Taronga Zoo (Ato the male lion is pictured)
The mating calls are still quite subdued, an excited member of zoo staff said on Facebook.
'Recently, we have been hearing the lions roaring a lot in the late afternoon. It seems like more than in past times. Is it because it's mating season?,' she asked.
The news generated some excitement among residents in the neighbourhood group with some hoping there would soon be lion cubs at the zoo.
Others were relieved they weren't the only people hearing the lions' passionate roars.
'OMG I've been hearing it on Florence Street, all last week especially. I thought I was hearing things,' one mum said.
And it turns out they are right, with the noise a combination of two of the big cats Ato and Maya (pictured), becoming closer intimately and a significant reduction in the city's noise pollution following covid lockdown
Others have heard the vocal lions whilst at the nearby Robertson Point light house and Cremorne walk.
'We hear the lions every afternoon. Cremorne Point is the bomb,' one person said.
And people aren't just hearing the lions, others are reporting hearing monkeys and elephants too due to the reduction in noise pollution in the area.
Lions' roars can be heard up to eight kilometres away in the wild, which explains why so many Sydneysiders have reported the new activity.
Faster deliveries!
Farmers used guide ropes to help bring the cows to land safely, before moving them into trailers. Pictured: A cow is transported by a helicopter
Bizarre moment injured cows are AIRLIFTED by helicopter to new meadow in the Swiss Alps | Daily Mail Online Farmer Jonas Arnold explained reasons for transporting the cows by chopper (above) include some pastures being difficult to reach by car, and cows being unable to walk while injured
The injured cows were suspended by a length of cable using a mesh harness and they were photographed dangling from a chopper as they took to the skies
Poor family, this is horrific.
The 65-pound mountain lion came across the boy outside his home and 'dragged him about 45 yards,' officials said. His mom heard the commotion and ran outside to fight the animal off.
A bear is travelling in style, being driven around a Russian city by its human companion. Toptyzhka, a Himalayan bear, rides shotgun as Veronika Dichka (pictured with Toptyzhka), 24, drives it around the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. Dichka says she never uses a cage when travelling with Toptyzhka, who sits in the passenger's seat as she drives. 'While travelling in the car, Toptyzhka behaves quite calmly, although he sometimes loves to play with the seat belt by pulling it out,' she said. 'He is an inquisitive bear and the main thing he was interested in was the steering wheel. 'He was also having a great time turning on and off the light with his nose,' Dichka said, adding that Toptyzkha 'always has a positive attitude towards car trips because of his curious nature.'
In this incredible image – highly commended in the Behaviour: Birds category – taken in southern California by American photographer Jack Zhi, a juvenile white-tailed kite reaches to grab a live mouse from the clutches of its hovering father during a ‘training session’. A more experienced bird would have approached from behind (it’s easier to coordinate a mid-air transfer if you are both moving in the same direction), but this cinnamon streaked youngster had been flying for just two days and still had much to learn, the NHM says. It continues: ‘It must master aerial food exchange until it is capable of hunting for itself (typically by hovering, then dropping down to grab mainly small mammals). Later, it needs to perform aerial courtship rituals (where a male offers prey to a female). To get the shot, Jack had to abandon his tripod, grab his camera and run. The result was the highlight of three years’ work – the action and the conditions came together perfectly. Meanwhile, the fledgling missed but then circled around and seized the (still alive) mouse’
Brilliant photo ...
I liked this one from the competition too, so unusual ...
Ghost fungus on a dead tree in a Queensland rainforest.
Photograph by Juergen Freund.
Sri Lanka reports rare birth of elephant twins in orphanage
They are the first elephant twins born in captivity in Sri Lanka since 1941, according to elephant expert Jayantha Jayewardene.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/sri-lanka-reports-rare-birth-of-baby-elephant-twins/100426858
I find this hard to swallow.
Cats are falling ill with life-threatening STRESS as owners spend longer at home and damage felines' daily regimes, vets warn
As coronavirus took hold early last year and the government told people to stay home for work and school, our pets started to get more attention than ever.
