Squirrel Shows Leopard Who’s Boss

A squirrel finds itself stuck in a tree with a leopard, you think it would be scared right? No, instead of running away it decides to mess with the leopard.

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Piet Van Wyk is the head ranger at MalaMala Private Game Reserve, he was on safari when he spotted the daughter of a well-known leopardess in a tree, but he didn’t spot the squirrel that would soon be annoying her!

This leopard is quickly growing to be as loved as her mother, the Sibuye female, and everyone was excited when they found her in an Apple-Leaf Tree. They hadn’t been at the sighting long when something caught the curious cat’s attention.

Turns out, the young leopard was sharing a tree with a squirrel all along! As soon as the leopard realized, it triggered something and the fun and games began.

Being about 100 times smaller, it would be safe to assume that the squirrel would make a dash for it, but no! Not this squirrel, it wanted to have some fun first! It waited for the leopard at the bottom of the trunk, and as soon as the leopard came near, the squirrel shot back up the tree!

Up and down, and around they went. It was like this squirrel had something to prove, or maybe just the heart of a lion! At one point, the leopard was so confused that it completely lost the squirrel, who was dead still, right in front of her face.

Then, with a slight movement, the leopard found it again, and the games were back on! The squirrel had the poor leopard running from the tip of the tree all the way to the ground again, but each time, it never gave up!

This lasted for about five minutes, and eventually, it was the squirrel that darted into the bushes. Maybe it became too tired or just had enough of messing around. The leopard was still determined and ran after it into the bushes, but never ended up catching it.

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[dunc]

That squirrel sure is quick but so is that leopard for something so big. Unreal the agility.

[Shachi_Fanatic]

Squirrel: "Oh so you think the trees are your allies? But you merely adopted the trees. I was born in them, moulded by them."

[JustnCas]

Amazing agility from the Leopard. I did not know they can move like that.

[ianrundle]

As somebody who had lived and worked in the African bush for at least 50 of my 75 years, I consider the Leopard to be the ultimate cat, it does its hunting very much alone most of the time, it can take down quarry 3 times is own weight.
It can carry an animal of about its weight into the branches of trees.
It's an amazing cat.

However, I was rooting for the squirrel; so I'm chuffed he got away

[DDM]

Frankly I’m so impressed by the leopards athleticism. Incredible animals

Squirrels have been winning tree wars since the dark ages. Lol 😅

[Young_Dab]

That's absolutely frightening! The agility and quickness to almost match a squirrel on a tree is insane for a big cat

[icelynx]

People tend to forget how smart squirrels are, seen them tricking bobcats and foxes as well

[arkantochiron]

Life is hard when you have to perform so much of acrobatics for even a tiny snack.

[MarwanZalouti]

The agility of a léopard IS something else

[AS-AnimalFight]

Squirrel meal not worth the energy spent by the cat chasing him

[garudasomanna]

To better follow the movements of each, I re-played the video at 0.5 speed and paused the video repeatedly to understand how the squirrel managed to always be a step ahead of its predator. Beautiful capture.

[SLYGUY]

The squirrel is like i will not be eaten today

[vhrr]

The leopard: I'm fast on the trees
The Squirrel: hold my beer 🐿

[Frankd]

Squirrel’s signature move that’s always a tree trunk away from you😂

[valeanton]

This why I love leopards, amazing animals and their beauty is mesmerising, cannot stop watching them

[discombobulatedgaming]

Squirrel: You were merely raised near trees. I WAS BORN IN THEM, moulded by them.

[syrilwayne]

Squirrel can actually climbdown upsidedown without losing grip, it is the master of the tree navigation while the leopard is just a novice compared to it.

[savannahsstars]

This perfectly shows just how well adapted leopards are to climbing trees, very impressive big cats.

[whyareyoureadingmynickname]

If wildlife was a video game, squirrel would be the best troll character by far.