Male lions are a species with unrivaled strength, but on the contrary, their weight prevents them from gaining an advantage in speed races.

Among carnivores, perhaps big cat relatives are predators that are both attractive and courageous.

The group of big cats includes five members, ranked by size and body weight: tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard and snow leopard.

Among them, lions and leopards are two large cat species that dominate the African grasslands. Although they are related, these two “big cats” have never gotten along with each other. Leopards even have a grudge against lions, because they are often oppressed or robbed of their hard-earned trophies.

If the lion is known as the “lord of all species” because of its large body, outstanding strength and the charisma of a king, then the advantage of the leopard is its agility.

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.

According to statistics, leopards have the highest hunting success rate among the big cats, so it is understandable that lions do not like leopards.

As a master hunter, cheetahs are not good at close combat, especially when facing lions, animals that have unrivaled strength and often gather in groups.

Mr. Kevan Dobbie, a ranger at the Mala Mala Animal Sanctuary, had a unique experience during his trip to work.

According to his story, that day, Kevan was watching a young male leopard that had just appeared in Mala Mala when he saw a scene he couldn’t believe his eyes.

While the male leopard was planning to flirt with a female leopard named Nkoveni, from somewhere appeared two large male lions, belonging to the Ndzhenga family.

It seems that this is a hunting area for lions, so the appearance of the leopard made them “itchy” and saw it as a threatening behavior. The two lions began to approach the stranger.

Of course, with the instincts of a hunter, the leopard was more than capable of sensing danger, but its subsequent actions and attitudes surprised those who witnessed it.

Instead of being scared, the leopard seemed to be teasing the lion and acting like “I dare you to catch me”. One of the two lions got angry. With a face full of anger, he aggressively rushed forward, determined to teach that impolite person a lesson.

However, being born as an athlete, the more the lion tried to chase, the more leisurely and obnoxious the leopard appeared to be. After a while of playing tag, the lion felt tired and gave up, lying down on the ground, ignoring life.