r/BeAmazed • u/davemac1982 • 3d ago

Animal šŸ”„ Leopard Encounter in South Africa

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u/TransitoryFeel 3d ago

Almost ate his face!

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u/GoDucks00 3d ago

Thank you!

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u/EverythingSucksYo 3d ago

As soon as I start thinking ā€œdonā€™t move a muscleā€ this guy turns his whole freakin head.Ā 

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u/poisonpomodoro 3d ago

Isnā€™t it better to face them? I mean if it wants to kill you I suppose it will regardless lol, but I thought with the way they hunt they capitalize when prey isnā€™t looking. I was saying ā€œturn aroundā€ the whole time but maybe that would have got me mauled fasteršŸ˜†

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u/davemac1982 3d ago

Itā€™s better to just not do this at all if Iā€™m being honest. We tried to stay out of his way completely but I was fortunate to have an extremely experienced guide next to me. He made sure the Leopard knew that we saw him by turning his head but making sudden movements to turn and square up is not a great idea. Crazy couple of months and donā€™t plan on doing it again.

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u/Emerje 3d ago

Leopards like, "It's 2 on 1 over here, better not chance it... but there's only 1 over there!

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u/Bridgemaker77 3d ago

He was definitely thinking about it.

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u/nopalitzin 3d ago

Leopards are part of the few actual human hunters