It is no coincidence that leopards are the most successful predators in the big cat family.

The life of predatory animals in the wild natural world has never been easy. To survive, in addition to hunting, they also have to fight to protect their territory as well as compete for food sources with other competitors.

In Africa, one of the most “notorious” predators is called the leopard. They are one of four big cats in the genus Panthera, along with lions, tigers and jaguars.

Among the four largest species in the cat family (tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard), although the leopard is the species with the lowest strength index, it is the top in terms of hunting rate. .

Leopards have a unique body structure, suitable for extremely high acceleration. According to scientists’ calculations, this animal can reach a maximum speed of up to 120 km/h, its stride when sprinting is up to 8 m and it can reach a speed of 95 km/h in just 4 steps. run.

In addition, leopards also have very good eyesight with a vision of more than 200 degrees, allowing them to easily estimate the distance from their prey as well as detect any dangers lurking around. However, at night, leopard eyes are very bad, so they focus on hunting during the day, even in the midday sun.

Thanks to these advantages, leopards have become one of the animals with the greatest hunting success in Africa.

It took Ivan Glaser all morning to witness the entire hunt of the animal with almost the highest hunting efficiency in South Africa.

That day, Glaser’s group encountered a large male leopard named Shujaa hunting in the early morning. Witnessing firsthand the leopard’s hunting journey is not as easy as it seems on TV. It took a lot of time, but the leopard still hasn’t found the target of its attack. With a hungry stomach, the leopard finally crawled into a dry ditch to relax and rest.

The tour guide encouraged Glaser not to worry, because this ditch is a favorite place for wildebeest and other herbivores to come to drink water. Therefore, the leopard just needs to wait patiently and it will find food no matter what.

Indeed, after 3 hours of waiting, a huge herd of wildebeest, about more than 100 individuals, ran across the ditch. They marched without paying any attention to the leopard. Suddenly, Shujaa ran to hide behind the grass, his eyes watching the herd of “food” running past.

James, the tour guide, said that perhaps the leopard was waiting for a young wildebeest before attacking. Indeed, what happened next happened so quickly that Glaser couldn’t believe it. In less than 1 second, Shujaa found a young antelope, jumped on its back and took it down.