“Flight of the Huntress” – Pregnant Leopard Soars Mid-Air, Delivering a Heart-Stopping Attack on a Warthog in a Daring Display

Soaring through the air with her front legs spread like wings, these incredible pictures show the moment a pregnant leopard pounced on a warthog in Kenya.

The dramatic pictures showed the leopard leaping into the air as it pounced on the helpless warthog in Kenya

The creatures then faced each other in a tense two minute stand-off, before the big cat pounced in dramatic style

After stalking the unsuspecting warthog, the leopard finally confronted the prey before finishing him off

At that point, the two animals darted from the bush, with the leopard in hot pursuit of the wild pig.

Mr Thompson, who is originally from Australia, and his wife watched the fight from just 20 yards away

The leopard is well known in the park, and has been named Bahati by locals – which means lucky

He added: ‘As soon as the warthog put some space between itself and the leopard, it turned to face the predator.

The leopard pounced on the warthog in the Kenyan reserve as it soared through the air

After toying with the warthog, the leopard tackled the prey to the ground after the dramatic stand-off

‘At first we never thought something like this would happen – especially during the heat at this time of day at about 2pm.