Леопард убивает бородавочника.

Wildlife documentaries on National Geographic and the Discovery Channel are full of violence – prides of lions taking down old buffalo bulls and wild dogs ripping apart helpless impalas – and despite the gore, it remains the one thing all guests coming to the African bush want to see: a kill! One afternoon I was assigned to drive . group leaders from area to area, for ‘action shots’ of the guests on a drive to help them remember their African trip. Initially, I searched for hyenas, driving from one hot spot to the next in the hope of bumping into these spotted hunters. Instead, we landed a once-in-a-lifetime sighting of a leopard kill taking place just five metres from our vehicle. To our surprise, the leopard had captured a warthog instead of an impala. The hog’s den was located behind the thicket in which the impalas were feeding and Mr. leopard obviously caught it before it could duck underground. The warthog put up a brave fight, squealing and kicking until it was eventually, suffocated by the leop