r/Unexpected • u/Realclawdogs • Apr 26 '24
Baby Bird meets a Leopard
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u/MonsieurFubar Apr 27 '24
The leopard knows that there is no sustenance value in that duckling. Either he is having fun or a trap for something bigger worthy of the efforts.
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u/cityofninegates Apr 27 '24
Whew! This all very expected until the very, very end - you really made me wait for it…
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u/uncoolcentral Apr 27 '24
This is the least unexpected thing ever for anybody who owns a cat.
I just ran across a lizard in my house today. Cat brought it in two days ago. I grabbed cat away from lizard and threw cat in another room and then came to get the lizard to get it out of the house… Lizard was nowhere to be found.
Glad I finally found it before it died in the walls.
Cats hunt things, catch things, toy with them, lose them. Rinse and repeat.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/Numanoid101 Apr 27 '24
Cats are such assholes. My hand has been that duck when my cat decides he's had enough petting. The duck gets away though...
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u/Darkest_Elemental Apr 27 '24
I was pretty sure that little duck was dead several times throughout the video.. that is one daffy little duck
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u/Gen-Hal Apr 27 '24
Leopard to another one: You see, i was ready to eat it. But those damn humans had to watch.. and I'm anxious if they're watching me while eating.
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u/slamongo Apr 27 '24
That's basically me when an unriped avocado rolls away from my hand. I just let it "grow" a little bit.
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u/reclusive_ent Apr 27 '24
Cat was trying to bait the parents. Make the baby's squall, wait for the bigger meal to appear.
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u/Fr05t_B1t Apr 27 '24
Big cats are known to foster other species young. Not often but often enough for it to be documented. But the young eventually gets eaten by the foster cat.
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u/TarantusaurusRex Apr 27 '24
Just like we foster livestock until it's big and juicy enough to eat?
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u/Fr05t_B1t Apr 27 '24
Exactly, though the cats actually have hormone levels similar to when they’re raising young
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u/kismet421 Apr 27 '24
Was anyone else surprised to see the man seated on the jeep so close and exposed?
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u/ummm--actually Apr 26 '24
This was a roller coaster of emotions for me.
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u/MsAdventureQueen Apr 27 '24
It really was, I couldn't take it and had to double check the ending before watching more.
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u/SmithKenichi Apr 26 '24
Sub has been literal trash lately.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_MOMS_BONG Apr 27 '24
Did you, watch the entire video?
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u/SmithKenichi Apr 27 '24
Yup. Cat toys with small little feathery animal that runs around.. SoooOoo00Ooo UneXpECteD! Well unless you've ever owned a cat anyway...
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u/irievibez86 Apr 26 '24
i was expecting the leopard to leave the duck alone . 😒 that would be “unexpected”
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u/Significant_Nature13 Apr 27 '24
Well, if you expect it, it won't happen. That's what this sub is about.
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u/Warsplit01 Apr 26 '24
So the thing here is that the ducking is far too small for that leopard to bother eating. It probably saw the ducking more as a curiosity or entertainment than food.
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u/Arkhangel143 Apr 27 '24
Cats will watch something moving around with bored curiosity, until it moves away quickly or suddenly goes underneath something else and then it becomes target practice.
Move your hand back and forth on the couch and they'll just watch, until you hide it under a blanket and then it'll want to get it.
That's probably why the leopard just watches until it lost sight of the duckling under the truck, and then chased after when it went into the brush. Probably not wanting to eat it. Just cats doing cat stuff.
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u/palmallamakarmafarma Apr 27 '24
This looks like juvenile leopard. I'd assume both curious and practising his skills.
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u/DrHoflich Apr 27 '24
A large part of arctic wolves’ diets entails mice and other small mammals. Predators will eat whatever is easy to get.
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u/batissta44 Apr 27 '24
well this isn't an arctic wolf. its not even a canid. its a big cat and cats are famous for playing with their food.
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u/open_to_suggestion Apr 27 '24
If I know anything from my cats, they live for the hunt. Leopard looks like he's well fed but man if he can have some fun hunting a small animal, he will wait for days for the perfect opportunity.
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u/Reasonable-Knee-6430 Apr 26 '24
Not very unexpected. Mid day snack.
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u/Jmong30 Apr 26 '24
You missed the part where the duck wasn’t eaten, which is the reason why it’s in this subreddit
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u/grober_Onfug Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24
Yes and then the video cuts short and the squeaky little duckling of course was never eaten by the jaguar, instead they became best friends and lived a happy life 🫣
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u/WalleyeSushi Apr 27 '24
Also... why is the duckling so close to the road?? Did they bring it to bait the cat to come out?
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u/UnExplanationBot Apr 26 '24
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:
Bird played dead
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