Some dubiousness of unexpected battles in nature are fuel for fierce debate : Gorilla gorilla vs rhino?Eagle vs octopus?Squid vs flying reptile ? One fight you reckon would be a little easier to call is Panthera pardus vs frog , but a video has egress on Twitter showing that sometimes the pendulum does sway in favour ofDavid over Goliath .
The footage posted by Indian Forest Service officialSusanta Nandashows an hardy Panthera pardus approach what bet a bit like a Rana catesbeiana , though it ’s not entirely clear . OneTwitter usertried to explain the leopard ’s nervousness as the outcome of its target being “ a poison flit batrachian ” which ” produce skin secretions ” and the Panthera pardus must have “ walked back after realizing the scourge lay by the frog ” . However , as another Twitter substance abuser was quick to indicate out , toxicant dart frogs are find in key and South America , where leopards are not , and also lookabsolutely nothing like the amphibianin the video .
The tweet does n’t give the exact location of the telecasting mean the struggle might have take on place in a zoological garden , skewing the frog species usable to the queer leopard . In the wild , leopards have a wide range across Africa and component part of Asia so , given the anuran ’s appearance it would most in all likelihood be an African bullfrog . As the clip start , the leopard can be see repeatedly pawing at the frog , which resist to go down without a fight , sharply charge open - mouthed at the enceinte true cat .
In the position Susanta write , “ time are changing ….. Unbelievable competitiveness between a Gaul & Panthera pardus . And see who gain ground . ”
pretty put off by its target ’s sassy attitude , the leopard retreat leaving the victorious anuran to storm another daylight . The leopard appear to be a juvenile , which might be why it ’s so easily spook , and it ’s not rare for boastful cats to toy with their prey rather than killing it . Whether the leopard was put off by the frog ’s fierce exhibit or simply was n’t athirst for smashed frog is unclear , but I think it ’s good to say that Rana catesbeiana must have hopped away feel like a submarine sandwich .
