There’s just something about seeing big cats die that makes it really sad. However if the lions get that chance they can and will do the same thing to a leopard cub or an adult leopard and leave the Cubs defenseless. The leopard did what was strategically necessary for its own survival.
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Leopards are very smart, crafty, versatile, strategic, adaptable, strong, fit, eficient, agressive, manipulative, badass, deceitful hunters & their coniving & unpredictable behaviour makes them formidable & ferocious among big cats.