Here’s the scenario… you’re walking through the bush and you come face to face with either a male Lion or a male Leopard… which would you prefer to face…
A male lion at 190 kg (400 lbs) or a male leopard at 77 kg (170 lbs)
Lion at shoulder height 120 cm (48 in.) leopard 80 cm (32 in.)
Lion a length of 195 cm (78 in.) or leopard 165 cm (66 in.)
Taking the stats of their sizes I’d say the leopard would be the one of choice…. but knowing their aggression I’d say the lion would have to be the choice….
What would I choose ?? Well to start I don’t want to bumble into either and would do my best not to, but if I had to select one… it would be the lion… the leopard, specially a male, frightens the bejinkers out of me… here’s a photo or two of a male leopard we encountered in KNP a while ago…
and how do we know it’s a male… one its head is bigger than the females and he has a set of … (look at the photo…)
I’m going to show more leopard photos in my next post… so you are forewarned if you want to ignore the next post…
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 