1. Damn. Call that one “Death in the shallow water.”

2. That leopard just beat a crocodile at the crocodile’s own game.

   Did you see that pounce? He wasn’t even really trying! Just kind of *Nom!* “I’ll take this, thank-you. Mine now!”

   1. YES – that’s exactly what went through my head too!!
      “Wtf – he just sauntered up and said “NOM. Mine, fool.””
      That’s amazing video!

3. When you read accounts of those who hunted man-eating big cats (My favorite is Corbett”s “The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag”), think of this kind of stealth and of the fact that the leopard killed a six- or seven-foot croc with a quick bite to the back of the neck.

4. Amazing, especially when you think of how hard Crocodilians die! Alligators are the milquetoast cousins of the Croc and those beasts can take a LOT of punishment before they go toes up.

   Amazing!

5. Hate to rain on any parades but that isn’t a leopard. So, I’m pretty certain it isn’t Africa. Leopards have solid black spots. This bruiser lacks that.
   Still pretty remarkable video.

   1. Leopards do not have solid black spots.
      http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=leopard&FORM=HDRSC2

      Perhaps you’re thinking of a Cheetah?
      http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=cheetah+spots&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=cheetah+spot&sc=8-6&sp=-1&sk=

      1. Color me embarrassed.

         1. That’s ok, as long as you’ve learned that cheetahs never prosper…

            Yeah, I need to apologize for that one… 😀

            1. Yer lion.

6. It’s South America. A jaguar and a caiman crocodile.

   1. Bingo!

      The jaguar has an exceptionally powerful bite, even relative to the other big cats. This allows it to pierce the shells of armoured reptiles and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of prey between the ears to deliver a fatal bite to the brain.

      It is strongly associated with the presence of water and is notable, along with the tiger, as a feline that enjoys swimming.

      Most big cats choke their victims or bleed them to death and do not enjoy water. They will go to it if pushed, but it is not in their nature.

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