r/leopards • u/VirginiaOnSafari • 9d ago

African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) A leopard at dinner! 🐆

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On safari in Kruger, shortly before dinner, we'd been observing this male leopard and a female across the dry riverbed. Dinner was called. We were all seated in the dining room when a hubbub happened. Staff was coming in, making sure all the guests were accounted for, closing up the walls.

My guide, Steve, was getting our drinks at the bar when this happened. Everyone was safe. Steve and his associate were the only ones out in the area, and he captured this footage. It was terribly exciting!

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u/VirginiaOnSafari 9d ago

Well, the common area is wide open to the bush and there was no time to approach the door you see in the video to close it! The tom was on it’s way around the building!

Africa is not for the faint of heart. 😂😂😂

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u/sammyfrosh 9d ago

I was literally screaming “close the damn door” through my phone’s screen lol 😂

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u/VirginiaOnSafari 9d ago

You definitely do not want to rush a leopard, it would end badly. 🖤🖤🖤

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u/rodwha 9d ago

No way in hell would my door be opened out there!!