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At the sight of a leopard, most impala run for their lives. But this plucky youngster instead snuck in for an affectionate embrace. Captured in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, the video shows a very unlikely friendship between the hunter and its prey. The impala nuzzles the big cat’s nose and mouth. And it even shows no signs of running off when its new friend gets a little rough.
While out on safari with British and American guests, the encounter was filmed by 31 year old game ranger Estiaan Houy. He said, ‘In all my years of being a game ranger I have never seen such an encounter, nor do I ever expect to see a repeat of it again. ‘I felt amazed and honored to see such a rare and unexplainable sighting. he impala at no stage showed any signs of distress or fear. Every time the leopard would playfully interact with the baby impala, it would return to the leopard and either sniff its face or push its head against the leopard’s face. A few times the impala would jump away from the leopard and, true to cat form, the leopard would pull it back closer with its claws.’ According to Mr Houy because of lack of killing experience, young leopards sometimes play with their prey and he even believes this may explain the odd encounter.
Mr Houy added, ‘Although this appears to be play, only the leopard was actually playing and not the impala. The impala rubbed faces with the leopard because it’s a newborn and doesn’t know any better. The leopard could have been waiting for the baby’s mother to return and then kill her.’ Houy works for Jock Safari Lodge and says that before the leopard lazily strolled into a bush, closely followed by the impala, the amiable interaction lasted for an hour.
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