This is the moment a leopard ended up with a porcupine’s quill up its nose – as it tried repeatedly to catch and eat the spikey creature.
The predator was resting in a tree on the side of the road in Kruger National Park in South Africa when its unsuspecting prey wandered past.
He said: ‘It looked like the leopard was trying to get to the porcupine’s belly or hind legs as there are less quills there.‘Compared to the leopard, the porcupine was moving very slowly across the road.’
The 42-year-old optometrist from Johannesburg jumped out of his car to capture the action.
He said: ‘The porcupine looked very shocked and afraid.
‘It is incredibly rare to see a leopard attack a porcupine. It is dangerous for leopards to do this as they can get injured by the quills.
