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Post by Supercommunist on May 15, 2013 0:05:35 GMT 5
Due to the relatively infrequency of mammalian carnivores consuming each other I thought it would be interesting to compiling as many images, videos, and accounts possible.
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LeopJag
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Post by LeopJag on May 15, 2013 9:21:49 GMT 5
Cannibalism in leopardsBy Shivani Bhalla - Working to conserve the lion population of northern Kenya I monitor and patrol the Conservation area in West Gate Community Conservancy on a daily basis, recording all sightings of not only predators but wild prey and livestock, who at times encroach into this small area in the middle of the conservancy.  Leopard carrying prey. Credit Wildlifedirect. A few days ago, during my morning drive, I saw a huge leopard just about to cross the road in front of me. I turned off the engine and waited as the leopard, as most animals in West Gate are, was very nervous. The leopard sat on the road and watched me nervously and it was then that I realized it had another animal in its mouth. Initially it was hard to see what it was but as I tried to get closer the leopard moved off with it, and it became clear then that it was carrying another leopard. The leopard moved off into the nearby bushes and disappeared from sight as it hid in the thick Salvadora bushes on the side of the road. I was confused - what was going on? Was this a female with her dead young one? Did the lions kill this leopard (3 lions had been in the area the previous night) and another leopard found it and was dragging it away? Or did this leopard actually kill this other one? * Young male leopard Young male leopard eaten by a larger leopard. Credit Wildlifedirect. It became clear that this was indeed a male leopard and not a female one. A few hours later we returned with the scouts from the conservancy and went into the bushes on foot. The scouts spotted the dead leopard hidden deep in the Salvadora thicket. It was a younger male leopard and it had been clearly suffocated by the older leopard. The killer had eaten a large chunk of the stomach but left the rest. The killer leopard was seen again the following morning in the same area but there were very few remains of the younger dead leopard. Cannibalism I was and still am pretty shocked. About a year ago I saw a leopard kill and eat a cheetah in Samburu, but this was the first time I had heard of a leopard killing and eating another leopard. The reasons are obvious - territoriality, competition. However, eating it was what shocked me. www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/leopard-cannibalism.html#cr_____________________________________________________________ A leopard cub killed by its own kindVALPARAI/COIMBATORE: A partially eaten carcass of a female leopard cub, less than a year old, was found in Stanmore Estate on Tuesday morning. Forest officials believe the cub was killed in a territorial fight between two leopards. These spotted wild cats are known to often eat their own kind especially after territorial fights in the wild, officials said. Pugmarks of another leopard were recorded at the spot. Officials were unable to find paw marks or any other indication of other carnivorous animals in the vicinity of the dead leopard, indicating that the cub was eaten by the leopard which attacked and killed it. articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-06/coimbatore/36948902_1_leopard-cub-female-leopard-dead-leopard_____________________________________________________________ Some pics from flikr www.flickr.com/photos/fevertree/24027451/in/photostream/lightbox/www.flickr.com/photos/fevertree/24002093/in/photostream/lightbox/
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Post by creature386 on May 15, 2013 17:21:01 GMT 5
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Mar 25, 2016 10:41:00 GMT 5
There is this interesting bit of information; predation on smaller carnivores -- and bringing them back to these breeding lairs -- appears to be a fairly con sistent behavior.   From the book The Hunters Or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave TaphonomySome info on AWD interaction & predation on black backed jackals 
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Post by full on Mar 29, 2016 23:10:04 GMT 5
BEAR PREDATION ON OTHER CARNIVORES:
"Although cannibalism by black bears is uncommon. we observed four incidents during 1991 on northern Vancouver island. The frequency of cannibalism is much greater than that reported from other studies. Our objectives are to describe the incidents and discuss possible causativc factors."
"A radio-collared yearling was killed by a male in
Alberta, Canada, in 1977 (Ruff and Kemp 1980).
A large bear killed and ate a mother and two cubs at a
den in the upper peninsula of Michigan in mid-April 1963
(D. Wenzel, unpublished report on file at the Michigan
Department of Natural Resources Headquarters at Crystal
Falls, Michigan).
A 16-year-old radio-collared female was dug out of a den,
killed, and partially eaten by a bear in early
October 1976 in Alberta, Canada. Evidence suggested the
predator was a male (Teitje, Pelchat, and Ruff, personal
communication, 1982)."
"In July, investigation of the stationary location for three days of a nine year old
collared male revealed the remains of a bear. Close examination of the area
indicated that the collared bear pursued another bear of unknown sex and age
approximately 15 m up a black ash (Fraxinus nigra) tree. As indicated by
extensive claw marks some 3 m long and 1.5 cm deep, it then dragged the bear
down, killed it and partially consumed it. A bed was located 8 m from the carcass
and scats containing hair confirmed that a bear had eaten the carcass. The bear
killed was determined to be a nine year old adult."
"The Kolumbe River basin is perhaps the least accessible area of the reserve, with no trails or cabins. For this reason, on February 17th, Siberian Tiger Project specialists took a helicopter out to the place where Anya's last location was taken, to determine what went wrong. We had all been hoping that Anya simply lost her collar. However, when our specialists reached the ground, they discovered that Anya had been killed and eaten by a bear."
"251F, alpha female of a new wolf pack, was found dead on 6/26/03. She had a territory in northern YNP and pups were observed at her den. She was killed by an unknown predator possibly a grizzly bear because her carcass had been cached (partially buried for later retrieval) by a grizzly."
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Sept 6, 2016 22:57:01 GMT 5
This anaconda weighed ~50+kg, not much more than its feline prey.
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