Lions Ambush Leopard Family: Explained- Virtual Safari

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

Комментарии • 118

  • @nnonotnow
    @nnonotnow Месяц назад +20

    You're not filming at a petting zoo. As sad as this is, it is a fact of life that these creatures that we love so much deal with on a daily basis. Thanks for what you do. I've been watching you guys for years

  • @chriswickarts
    @chriswickarts Месяц назад +6

    Thank you for your thoughtful discourse regarding this incident. I know how much you love these individual creatures❤ Also, thank you for letting me know when the scene happened so I didn't have to watch it. I appreciate you guys bringing this content. For people upset, this happens. They will intervene if it's man's interference. For example if a lion is in a poacher snare suffering they will help. I saw Tinswalo Lodge do that for a lion therefor saving his family of cubs thank God 😊

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 Месяц назад

      It doesn't matter what the circumstance is for when human intervention occurs, it is always a Choice.
      Forest fires are natural yet people pour out by the numbers helping wild life. Turtles carrying heavy barnacles are also helped by humans. There are MANY other cases where the natural world attacks wild life and humans intervene.

  • @hotbit7327
    @hotbit7327 Месяц назад +2

    Beautifully told.
    Good luck Nkoveni with the male cub.
    Thanks for sharing, great video.

  • @margiwagner5718
    @margiwagner5718 29 дней назад

    Thank you for sharing ❤️ I love Leopards, and it's just so sad. But happy to know that there's still one surviving cub.

  • @gsaunds100
    @gsaunds100 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you for a terrific video, Sean.

  • @dinicti
    @dinicti Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for sharing and well communicating events-highly emotional as they are!

  • @michaelfleetwood620
    @michaelfleetwood620 Месяц назад +6

    That she managed to rear 2/3 of three to just under a year old is remarkable and given she’s reared three daughters to independence previously, this young male would be her first son. Fingers crossed/thumbs held!

  • @lauras1905
    @lauras1905 Месяц назад +4

    Absolutely heartbreaking, but it is indeed nature. Trying to intervene is not the way. But I know it's hard on guests and more so on staff. Glad we had the opportunity to see the female with her two cubs a couple of months back.

  • @everybodyyogastudio212
    @everybodyyogastudio212 Месяц назад +3

    I didnt even know they could have a litter of three.Thank you for keeping us posted 🙏🫶

  • @jso6790
    @jso6790 Месяц назад +1

    Goodness. This was very good, and sad, and real. The Kambula's (and their breakways) are really pretty savage leopard killers.

  • @RobertMitchison
    @RobertMitchison Месяц назад +3

    Hi LGR. That clip was ever so very sad, but yet interesting to see and listen to. I know it is so sad that the 12-year-old, very experienced Nkoveni female has lost both of her 2 female cubs to the Kambula pride several months apart, but I know we know there is still a glimmer of hope for the Nkoveni female as she does still have her young male cub right by her side to hopefully raise to hard independence. We know she raised the Plaque Rock female who was killed by the Ntsevu pride on the 9th of June, and then the Stone Drift and Xinkhova females, but never yet before has she raised a young male to independence. So this could well be, if luck goes her way, the first male cub she raises to the point of independence.
    It's fair to say the credit goes to the young male cub for just noticing the danger in the form of the lions right up ahead. We know the Nkoveni female had a narrow brush with death, but had she to been caught and killed, the young make cub will have a hell of a difficult job just trying to survive by himself. But thankfully, that wasn't the case as he does still has his mother to support and help him to hopefully well past the one year point in his young life.
    Even though the Nkoveni female has been dealt a double tragic blow by losing both of her two female cubs to the same lion pride, she has still got her male cub to feed and look after. Even if some might have thought he was just running in the very wrong direction, it seems he had his sharp and vigilant eyes on the tree he climbed to escape the unexpected danger ahead. I do hope he survives successfully.
    The Nkoveni female might be on the last cub of her fifth litter at the moment, but when she will have to leave to go of hunting, I think the best place for him would be up a tall and safe tree to sit and stay in, until she returns to collect him. Wouldn't it? But whilst she's 12 years old, I hope she'll raise at least another litter or two to independence successfully as well. Apart from the tragedy, she's done a very good and impressive job of raising him to almost 1 year old herself. Do you know what happened to the young female cub after the Kambula pride had caught and killed her at all? I don't know if vultures came down and fed of her or if her mother found her dead female cub's body and dragged it away to maybe feed on it like a burial and just dispose off the cub to stop scavengers feeding on it. So whilst she had to be very pragmatic and get on with the next step, she'll have to shift her focus on her little boy. She ought to have a medal for doing such a good job of raising her son to almost one year old. Shouldn't she? I'm glad he had the common sense and courage to spot the danger and climb a good tree. So she's probably telling him what a good and clever boy he is right now currently. It's just fingers crossed for him that he survives to well past the one year old point successfully and safely. That must have been a big relief for everyone involved.
    Hope to hear from you shortly.
    Robert 17.11.24

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 Месяц назад +2

    They were so beautiful

  • @GillesChmylko
    @GillesChmylko Месяц назад

    Magnifique 👍

  • @TinaLeRoux-i7w
    @TinaLeRoux-i7w Месяц назад

    Please stay safe. It is always sad to see stuff like this. 😔🙏

  • @RoyHodgson97
    @RoyHodgson97 Месяц назад +2

    I love leopards so much I can't watch this😭💔

  • @blimages2
    @blimages2 Месяц назад

    Such an amazing video! Could you please share where you purchased the tripod you're using? Also, I'd love to know which lens you're shooting with and the camera details. Thanks!

  • @KimWright-wq8cu
    @KimWright-wq8cu Месяц назад +1

    WOW 👏👏👌🥲 THANKU FOR SUCH AN AMAZING INSIGHT 👏👏👏👌🙏

  • @manuelwebe
    @manuelwebe Месяц назад +5

    Very tragic. But this is something that has been happening for Millenia in nature. As an animal ecologist & a scientist, I wonder how much the industry of wildlife watching (ecotourism) from vehicles in Africa affect and perhaps even drives these kinds of events. I have a few questions: Would the lions be able to follow the rangers/tourist cars to take advantage of it as a mean to stalk other predators & prey? Did the leopards got distracted by the cars nearby to the point that this was a factor for them to not be able to detect the lions until it was too late? Does ecotourism of wildlife watching on vehicles affect animal behavior & ecology to the point that ecotourism-related mortality events are a "thing" and perhaps increasing? Not looking to harm the wildlife watching industry with these kind of questions, I know it might open a Pandora box on animal welfare activism. Just trying to understand what we just watched here in a privately managed wildlife watching enterprise. Thanks for sharing.

    • @markwilliams6378
      @markwilliams6378 Месяц назад +2

      Seen that happen before where a warthog was killed because the lion used the vehicle as cover plus the sound of the engine masked the lions approach

    • @jayjones251
      @jayjones251 Месяц назад

      I've seen one with a lion following behind the side of the slow-moving truck and ended up ambushing a hyena.

    • @Tklshriram71
      @Tklshriram71 21 день назад

      Those guys who are slaughtering innocent animals for their fatty belly shed tears for this leopard. Hypocrisy of the highest order.

  • @emancipatedlionm9215
    @emancipatedlionm9215 Месяц назад

    Such beautiful memories; cubs doing what alllllll young ones do - play, climb, curious, etc) Rather sad the demise of the 2🙆🏾 very crucial for them to be on high alert always..they seem to now have less space for exploration with this huge no nonsense Kambula pride,🦁 who motto is to destroy their enemies. Very sad ..thanks for sharing.

  • @waynzignordics
    @waynzignordics Месяц назад

    They're so tiny compared to adult lions. I'm glad the little guy immediately climbed the nearest tree instead of running. Smart move.

  • @NenadBarić-e9e
    @NenadBarić-e9e Месяц назад

    💓all the best

  • @simonstone396
    @simonstone396 Месяц назад +4

    This whole premise to not interfere is rubbish, you already are by having the vehicles there and the tourists. Then there's all the smells etc of people and vehicles around. So to say you cannot interfere is rubbish

  • @pius222
    @pius222 Месяц назад +2

    lion are just too powerful, made a quick work of the young leopard.

  • @jossmulders9757
    @jossmulders9757 Месяц назад +4

    Thank u for this, sad, but very interesting video. A sad few weeks. After the Tsalala drama. Another stark reminder, how hard life can be for a mother with cubs. However. It is the way nature works. So. Let's just hope. This last cub reaches adulthood. And, thatt the Tsalala female produces new cubs❤

  • @terencego7120
    @terencego7120 Месяц назад

    How old are the cubs right now?

  • @jimjarrell2099
    @jimjarrell2099 Месяц назад +1

    Is it possible the Kambula pride is too big for the area? How does this play out? Does the pride wipe out the other leopards before the other groups of mature males migrating through Londolozi focus on Kambula?

  • @Nate_Luke
    @Nate_Luke Месяц назад

    How old is the leopardess and how many litters has she had?

  • @justine8637
    @justine8637 Месяц назад +1

    Lions know what killed their cubs so they paid it back in full. The reality of the wild

  • @AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr
    @AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr Месяц назад

    Great Sergeant.But what a shame raising cubs to this age to loose one to lions.very sad.But still the male cub left..

  • @WillsWP1
    @WillsWP1 Месяц назад +2

    This is so sad to see especially after losing the first cub to the same lions, but nature has to take its cause and at least she still has one left, she just needs to keep him in his place. It is also good that you do not intervene in these situations.🐆 Thanks again for a super program. keep safe and God Bless.🐆🐆🐆

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 Месяц назад +1

    I pray she gets him to adulthood

  • @richardjohnson5529
    @richardjohnson5529 Месяц назад +8

    It dose happen that Leopards will kill Lion Cubs as well. Nature is seems cruel to us humans, but remember humans are over and above the cruelist animal on earth.

    • @waynzignordics
      @waynzignordics Месяц назад

      Also the most caring animal on earth. No other species goes out of its way to protect other animals like humans do. These leopards would gladly kill lion cubs if the roles were reversed.

    • @hakirasohinagdanan2149
      @hakirasohinagdanan2149 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@waynzignordics lions will always kill Leopard both cub or adult it's a fact and reality

    • @waynzignordics
      @waynzignordics Месяц назад

      ​@@hakirasohinagdanan2149 Almost always. I've seen an entire pride of lions stand off from a male leopard the size of a small adult female lion. They usually kill leopards because they're too small to fight back.

    • @cirnosnumberfan6449
      @cirnosnumberfan6449 28 дней назад

      No, even humans can be cruel as well.

  • @pallipuramramakrishnaneasw3432
    @pallipuramramakrishnaneasw3432 Месяц назад +6

    As a ranger, I think you did well not to intervene in nature’s play. The video is also well shot. You can ignore the criticism.

  • @maemu_matshete
    @maemu_matshete Месяц назад

    As much as it is difficult to watch, unfortunately the nature must take its course. No human interference, this thing happens a lot in the bush,. It's just that there was a camera this time.

  • @pedrogabrielduarte4544
    @pedrogabrielduarte4544 Месяц назад

    What will happened to the cubs?

    • @londolozigamereserve
      @londolozigamereserve  Месяц назад

      The mother will continue to look after this remaining cub

    • @pedrogabrielduarte4544
      @pedrogabrielduarte4544 Месяц назад +1

      @londolozigamereserve hold on nearly ALL of the cubs got killed? But Why were These Lions After these weren't leopards Also suppose to be Apex predators too?

    • @xneapolisx
      @xneapolisx Месяц назад

      ​@@pedrogabrielduarte4544 this leopard had 3 cubs: 2 were killed, 1 cub remains alive (a male) with the mother.

  • @RukshanFernandopulle
    @RukshanFernandopulle Месяц назад

    Yes have what you have?

  • @dionismorina5396
    @dionismorina5396 Месяц назад

    Looks like a revenge, Kambula pride lost their first litters from Ndhzengas to leopards

  • @Nenodom
    @Nenodom Месяц назад +6

    You shouldn’t put warning for graphics content, they clicked on the video.
    And honestly people that cannot handle watching it seriously needs to grow a pair. Having safaris with other guests screaming and crying because they have been shielded their whole life and cannot handle the reality, ruins it for everyone else.
    Great video, glad the other leopard cub survived, interspecific conflicts can be so brutal and shocking, And as you mentioned the speed of the lioness compared to the young leopardess was shocking
    Thank you for sharing.

    • @karinajas
      @karinajas Месяц назад

      Wow, you sound like a psychopath.

    • @londolozigamereserve
      @londolozigamereserve  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks. Interspecific conflicts can be brutal and it is tragic to be there to witness something like this.

    • @dannyvalentino328
      @dannyvalentino328 Месяц назад

      What an ass you are. People react because they are humans and not robots. They have empathy and can feel the pain of others. Doesn't mean we can't recognize that this is part of nature. By your twisted logic, you would see a problem if people mourn for the death of a loved one, because we all will die and it's part of nature, right? It's nature when a child is stillborn, but the parents cry and feel a massive sense of loss even though that child never took a breath. Just as it is natural for animals to kill each other, it is equally natural for us humans to react emotionally to seeing such events. The ones who don't react are the ones I'm staying away from. They are called psychopaths.

    • @liannesim9558
      @liannesim9558 Месяц назад +2

      I disagree. I could not watch it and skipped it, so I was very thankful for the warning upfront

    • @Nenodom
      @Nenodom Месяц назад +2

      @@liannesim9558 People need to get a little less soft or every place will become like the Masai Mara where they interfare with the natural process because its brutal and people on social media are crying and screaming because they have personalized the lions, its becoming worse and worse and if this continues soon we will have no true wild lions left, recently the Masai Mara rangers chased off male lions because they wanted to treat a rival male that they were attacking… its crazy

  • @ahappyguy7695
    @ahappyguy7695 28 дней назад

    I would like to intervene for Leopards BUT at the same time I look at the gene dispersal which occurs for various reasons and death by a lion would be one way for this to occur. Letting nature run its course is the way to go even though personally I want something different.

  • @asonofharoldgodwin
    @asonofharoldgodwin Месяц назад

    Not nice, but Leopards are quite partial to a Lion cub for supper as well 🤷‍♂️

  • @beguiled1
    @beguiled1 Месяц назад

    this is no different than lions catching anything else,it was good that you guys remained professional in this situation

  • @吉川久美子-q5q
    @吉川久美子-q5q Месяц назад

    🥶😭🥶

  • @Avxtyov53775
    @Avxtyov53775 Месяц назад

    It wasn’t even a grown female leopard if it was she escapes

  • @fablewalls
    @fablewalls Месяц назад

    I feel the same when you see a leopard catch a baby lion cub or a caracal or similar. Big cats species are rivals and will try to kill each other or at least each other's young.

  • @gyadre
    @gyadre Месяц назад

    The female leopard was not running as fast as leopards usually out run lions.

  • @fillfinish7302
    @fillfinish7302 Месяц назад +1

    Some fairy tale believers in this comments are insane 😅

  • @RRTurismo
    @RRTurismo Месяц назад

    Legenda em português

  • @Jonathantuba
    @Jonathantuba Месяц назад

    Very sad, but nature is cruel- one mistake can result in death

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 Месяц назад

    Poor baby

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 Месяц назад

    I don't think so I knew he made it

  • @peterloichtl4512
    @peterloichtl4512 Месяц назад

    Life is a beach and then you die. Same old sheet just a different day.

  • @cherrys1699
    @cherrys1699 Месяц назад

    If you think leopard lives are hard.. think about how a cheetah lives

  • @rsb512
    @rsb512 Месяц назад

    Even though there's a reported 700,000 leopards in the world I can't afford to lose them I'm at lions till a lot of them. Unfortunately there are less than 20,000 lions believed to live in the world. What a shame.
    I would've intervened on predator versus predator. If the lion needed to eat the female leopardfor food to survive that's one thing like it was an antelope or a zebra. But that's not the case.

  • @mehmetyaman767
    @mehmetyaman767 Месяц назад

    Tek bir aslan olsa muhtemel kurtulacakti.

  • @eliasfoumba1792
    @eliasfoumba1792 Месяц назад

    Trop de bavardage montrez nous les images

  • @tonysaadati2691
    @tonysaadati2691 Месяц назад +1

    I never watch u again sorry

  • @doubleutee2100
    @doubleutee2100 Месяц назад

    Well, the next time you see a leopard kill a lion cub...

    • @hakirasohinagdanan2149
      @hakirasohinagdanan2149 Месяц назад +1

      And the next time you'll see an adult leopard being mauled by lion

    • @doubleutee2100
      @doubleutee2100 Месяц назад

      @@hakirasohinagdanan2149 Was this comment really necessary, since that's almost what the video is about anyway? No one has to wait until next time if it's just about here already. I view such videos involving adult leopards all the time. Take care.

  • @cirnosnumberfan6449
    @cirnosnumberfan6449 Месяц назад

    You yap too much, I had to skip a chunk of the video.

  • @daniel-jb2xz
    @daniel-jb2xz Месяц назад

    too much talking, get to the point ffs

  • @heinrichcarstens1144
    @heinrichcarstens1144 Месяц назад

    Graphic😂

  • @falanajerido875
    @falanajerido875 Месяц назад +4

    That is your problem you need to intervene and stop with the excuse .. you could have warned them Kenya intervened, and always help their lions. Kruger Park stinks rules need to be changed

    • @seanpravin
      @seanpravin Месяц назад

      💯

    • @fillfinish7302
      @fillfinish7302 Месяц назад

      What should he do ?
      It is nature .animals kills each other since the dawn of time .not a disney movie

    • @fillfinish7302
      @fillfinish7302 Месяц назад

      Go watch a disney movie

    • @RuiPFerreira
      @RuiPFerreira Месяц назад

      Kenya is a circus, take some lessons of ecology and conservation please

  • @katkilr7685
    @katkilr7685 Месяц назад

    Here is my opinion:
    If you are not going to protect the cats.
    STOP ASKING FOR DONATIONS TO SAVE THEM , and stop telling us the numbers are gonng down. If you are not willing to do anything to help the numbers..

    • @starchb0mb
      @starchb0mb Месяц назад

      Bad take. We need to let nature take its course, and humans saving them from every risk or bad choice is just as bad because it means there's no more survival of the fittest. It also means the wild predators will come to see humans as something they SHOULD interact with - which will cause even more human/animal conflict.
      That said, we should interfere when the danger is human-caused. Ex: snares, poachers, etc.

    • @katkilr7685
      @katkilr7685 Месяц назад

      @starchb0mb
      You are wrong.
      The American wild turkey was on the endangered list every few left in only 2 states.
      Now they are off the list and can be found in 49 of 50 states. If man had not stepped in they would be gone.
      Everywhere in Africa they step in and save the lions except Kruger and surrounding parks.
      But the same people that refuse to help the wildlife will tell you they are endangered people send us donations.

    • @starchb0mb
      @starchb0mb Месяц назад

      @katkilr7685 You're talking about turkey. They are not a danger to humans if habituated to us. They don't need to be taught over the course of 2 years how to become independent and how to hunt. Predators like lions, leopards, wolves, and tigers all have that longer juvenile period because they have to learn the complex behaviors needed to survive. Humans CANNOT have a positive association to them. That increases their conflict with humans which put them in their endangered state in the first place. So no, we cannot save big cats the way we save turkeys.
      There are multiple ways we try to save these predators. Many may be controversial, like some of the ones you mention. There's no 1000% right way to do it - but there are wrong ways. If your goal is to save them while reducing risk to humans, you have to take into account avoiding human habituation so the animals don't just go seek out humans and get shot anyway.

    • @katkilr7685
      @katkilr7685 Месяц назад

      @starchb0mb
      So what you are saying is, it is ok to raise money to save the big cats, but it's not alright to actually save the cats ?

  • @seanpravin
    @seanpravin Месяц назад +1

    This is devastating and I've been vocal about it for too long! When there is such a grim imbalance of the apex predator lion population there will inevitably be territorial conflicts and killing of each other. In this scenario the life of a leopard cub was lost and mom was lucky to make it. Are we really enjoying the killing of one another?? Why can't we prempt this by relocating some pride population into other protected reserves?? Why can't we protect and conserve wildlife so these predators and their next generation cubs can thrive and no one runs into each other's space? We are noticing a rise in the fatalities of big cats and it's a shame that we are busy filming to make money out of them than take a corrective action to conserve wildlife for generations to come. Such a shame and travesty to promote such parks where the conflicts among each other is on the rise and deplorable! Worst of all the BS cliche is overused "it's nature" Oh cmon! Do you realize the entire leopard family could have been killed. I admire your narration as you are a great storyteller but I defo do not appreciate that nothing was done to deter the lions from chasing and killing when such an event is sighted. Vehicle honking or fire warning shots or something to deter and distract could have helped save the cub. Masai Mara does intervene and deters lions in such events. They are a true epitome of wildlife conservation.

    • @RuiPFerreira
      @RuiPFerreira Месяц назад

      Relocating a whole pride? That would end really bad for every animal involved, leopard population is really healthy there so no need to worry about that
      Thankfully theres some cold headed people in charge of making decisions there, to not make such mistakes of relocating whole prides etc...

    • @RuiPFerreira
      @RuiPFerreira Месяц назад

      Masai Mara does what it does because theres people invading territory and killing animals such thing does not happend atleast as often here

    • @seanpravin
      @seanpravin Месяц назад

      ​​​​​​@@RuiPFerreiraMasai Mara conserves it's wildlife via various campaigns, events, educational programs, etc. not just attempting to combat human-wildlife conflict. If any animal is distressed all you need to do is report to KWS unit and they respond ASAP just like first responders. To many of us who are vocal KNP and Sabi Sands are like Game of Thrones where these predators have to kill each other on the grounds to survive resulting in the rise of fatalities and dwindling its population rapidly. And then use the BS cliche "it's nature". The situation is very dire out there and I know many deplorable, outrageous and horrific stories from the locals & other credible sources that I cannot share here. Unfortunately these big cats are bearing the brunt of all this mess as there is zero intervention to monitor wildlife population and it's ecosystem let alone intervention to provide medical aid. The wildlife out there is barely surviving. We all want to see them thrive not survive!

  • @Thinker792
    @Thinker792 Месяц назад

    It's always the people nearby are the reason animals stay relaxed and get ambushed by other animals. They think people are relaxed so everything is okay.

  • @genekruithoff5795
    @genekruithoff5795 Месяц назад

    🎉no way id be silent . You let them kill her .that's insane

    • @psychobob169
      @psychobob169 Месяц назад +1

      That the hell are they supposed to do idiot,its nature 🤬

  • @genekruithoff5795
    @genekruithoff5795 Месяц назад

    God placed guides there to intervene and you chose not too.

  • @nishatchotu
    @nishatchotu Месяц назад

    If tigers also live in pride and live in africa there will be a total mess

  • @justinnyaru9584
    @justinnyaru9584 Месяц назад

    this really sad to watch , leave me speechless . sometimes nature can be so cruel in just a few seconds everything is gone 🥲

    • @londolozigamereserve
      @londolozigamereserve  Месяц назад

      Nature can be really cruel at times.

    • @premwilson6731
      @premwilson6731 Месяц назад

      No words. Don't tell me nature is really cruel? This makes me so angry. Why can't they save the cub from the deep? Why do they watch and enjoy it in the deep?

    • @fillfinish7302
      @fillfinish7302 Месяц назад

      ​@@premwilson6731 snowflake go back to watching disney movies .you are pathetic

    • @justinnyaru9584
      @justinnyaru9584 Месяц назад

      @@premwilson6731 in sabi sand game reserve human cannot intervene for all wildlife even the vets , they want but they cant. this is not maasai mara . i feel bad too .

    • @RuiPFerreira
      @RuiPFerreira Месяц назад +1

      ​@@premwilson6731what on earth do you want them to do? Are you also going to save every buffalo that lions try to kill?