Leopard hunting jackal for 12 minutes, uncut single shot

  

Following on from my last YouTube video, which you should check out after this, of the leopard hunting the jackal I've decided to show the whole process of the stalk. It was such an incredible moment watching the leopard slowly sneak up on the sleeping jackal, not losing focus for the entire 12 minutes. The rest shows the effort the leopard went to to store the jackal in the tree. If you watch my previous video you will see the jackal escapes. But I'd stopped filming and restarted for that. I wanted to show the entire uncut single shot sequence. Enjoy.

Def(initely) Leopard

So in my last post was a film about setting up a camera trap and included some footage of a leopard. The leopard stayed around for three films. I think it is a male from the shape of the head and the muscular form. It is most likely one of the resident males, Big Boy. The other male, Butch, has a radio collar on his neck so it is definitely not him.  The video I like most is when he sniffs the camera trying to work out what it is.

The other he walks past still checking out the camera.

In the third he is a bit more difficult to spot as he lies in the grass after scent marking. You can see his eye shine towards the end.

It is great to know that the leopards are still holding on in the mountains of the western cape even if it is just a small number. Figures suggest there could be fewer than 20 left in the Baviaanskloof Mega reserve which borders Blue Hill Escape where this footage was captured. Lets hope they hang on and increase in numbers.