Hyena Gives Leopard the Fright of its Life!

It’s not often that a leopard gets caught by surprise because it’s usually the leopard catching its prey by surprise. In this sighting, a sneaky hyena tried its luck and almost scared a leopard out of its wits!

“My guests and I left for a morning game drive in the Western Sabi Sands on Christmas morning. We were not even 100m from the lodge when we came across a male leopard sleeping in a miter drain. I stopped at the sighting. We stopped, sat and watched for about 5 minutes while the guests had their cameras out to capture the sighting for their souvenirs.”

“As we watched the leopard wake up and groom, we noticed a male hyena walking down the road in our direction. (I assume he was following the leopards' scent). We watched and waited as the hyena carefully approached the leopard, taking a step closer and closer each time and the leopard seemingly oblivious of its sniffing visitor while it groomed its paws. We did not expect the hyena to walk straight up to the leopard and we thought that the leopard would have sensed the hyena right away, but this was not the case.”

“The leopard slowly got up, almost still in a sleepy daze, and realized with a jolt that the hyena was now almost face to face! It jolted up in defense and jumped back, snarling and growling, warning the hyena to keep a distance.”

“This was a comical scene, everyone on the vehicle had a good chuckle. After a few seconds, the hyena carried on walking off as there was no reason for him to hang around any longer, there was no potential meal to scavenge for, and so the leopard went back to grooming.”

“We are lucky enough to witness hyena and leopard interaction quite often, but never quite like this! Once you get to a sighting and you do start filming, make sure to film longer!”

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[mr.snippy]

Hyenas are so funny, they dart off like they are truly terrified of other predators but then come back a second later like "lol you almost had me".

[Kami]

You've gotta love how the Hyena just stands there and waits for the Leopard to notice it. The Hyena full well knew what it was doing.

[AR-iujv]

That Leopard is devastatingly beautiful.

[daddysandrokombo]

Hyena be like: "Relax, I was just checking if you had anything to eat that I could take from you 😂"

[DeesonJame]

The hyena was like: "Should I prank this guy?"

[propheteyebert]

"Don't just lie there. Catch some prey so I can steal it" --Hyena

[blessethishe]

Imagine taking a shower, then turn around and see somebody standing there.

[nicenice...]

Hyena: "it's just a prank!"
Leopard: "You know I don't play these games bruh."

[dlslegendronish]

Leopard : *roars*
Hyena : *runs away*
Hyena : wait a minute !!!!*remembers he is hyena*
returns back 😂

[maayk-]

Both are paid actors.
"Good job guys"

Directed by Lions.

[BigBrotherTheWatcher]

Leopard: One of the stealthiest creatures on the planet.
Also Leopard: Does not realise that there is an Apex Predator just 6 feet behind him.

[priyanshparikh]

Hyena coming back be like - just chill dude, was just a prank see thats the camera 📷

[returnoftheromans]

I read the title as, "Hyena gives leopard the fight of its life." Still waiting . . .

[MrJmazing]

At 0:16 it looks like the Hyena pauses intentionally to look at the person filming like 😏 "Watch me scare this fool!"

😂

[cactusjack]

Leopard was like “Wtf you rolling up on me like that for?” Lol

[rikudouray]

*Hyena: is this guy eating his hand?*

*Leopard: What when where!*

[George.Coleman]

Leopard: "Eugh, I'm disgusted by your mere presence"

[IgnorantAnime]

Leopard was like: You can't even rest these days

[nebtheweb]

Looks like that leopard is missing his upper left canine tooth.

[Kattar_Hindu]

It’s the other way round, leopard gave hyena the fright of its life

Edit: thank you for all the likes