Animal cannibalism as leopard eats another leopard

This is the shocking moment a leopard is caught eating another LEOPARD! The graphic image shows the wild leopard carrying the mutilated body of a leopard cub in its mouth before dragging it into a tree (above). It then appears to saves its ‘meal’ for later by hanging it in a tree to stop other animals getting their paws on his catch. The leopard was actually said to have killed the young leopard cub so it could mate with its mother. The bizarre act of infanticide is common among big cats, if a female leopard has offspring fathered by another male, they’ll kill the cubs in order to mark their territory and mate with the female. But while infanticide is common, it’s unusual for animals to eat the cub, like this leopard was captured doing. The shocking picture was taken at Beyond’s Exeter River Lodge in South Africa recently.

Photo: Caters News Agency.