Have you ever seen a female leopard taking care of her prey’s baby? It’s the most incredible live scene I’ve watched on NGC...
She was about to dig in her dinner, a dead long tailed grey monkey, when she saw movement next to the body. As a tiny baby monkey appeared from its dead mother’s embrace, stumbling in front of her, she took several inches backwards. For a moment, she only watched it with her ear straightened out, and maybe with some thinking, “Where the hell do this furry thing comes from?” *LOL*…(I myself have no idea how the baby could still hang on to its mother while the big cat was killing and dragging its mother up to a tree).
She had many chances to kill that fragile baby actually, but don’t know why, her parenting instinct raised. She stood over it just like a mother care for her child.
One time, the baby was about to fall off the tree. Amazing how the hungry leopard did serial of heroism. At first, she tried to hold the baby with her front leg. As she couldn’t pull it up, she then moved down to the lower branch, bite the baby’s tail and pulled it. However, the harder she tried, the baby became more frightened and held the branch even tighter, with both feet still off the ground.
She wouldn’t give up that fast, so once again she climbed the upper branch, stretched her body reaching the baby’s neck. With one bite, she finally made it, the baby was back on the branch again. (I can’t forget how she licked the baby’s fur afterward, like she was very contented at that time.)The scene was over when it finally sleeps in her embrace ‘til sun rise…
What a touching scene, huh? Still can’t believe she did it to her prey’s baby!! While there are many cases of child abuse out there… Leopard is apparently more human…
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