Nail-Biting Showdown: Leopard Risks Everything at Dizzying Heights to Raid Eagle’s Nest, Overpowering Its Prey in a Fierce Struggle

In this nail-biting moment, a leopard risks it all at an extreme height to raid an eagle’s nest. The eagle finally succumbs to the leopard’s grasp after a proper tussle.

Leopard Risks it All at Extreme Height to Raid Eagle's Nest

In this nail-biting moment, a leopard risks injury by climbing to an extreme height to catch a Tawny Eagle Chick. The eagle finally succumbs to the leopard’s grasp after putting up a fight. This sighting took place in the Kruger National Park.

Leopard Risks it All at Extreme Height to Raid Eagle's Nest

“On our annual winter Kruger break, we were staying at Satara and took a morning drive down the S41. Just before the Gudzani Dam, we noticed a car had stopped and was looking at a tree about 70m off the road. Slowing down to see what was going on, we saw a large shape moving in the nest at the top of the tree!”

How tall the tree actually is!

Leopard Risks it All at Extreme Height to Raid Eagle's Nest

“We also saw a bird of prey dive-bombing the nest, so we grabbed the binoculars and couldn’t believe what we were seeing. A leopard in the nest! Of course, I started recording the sighting. We were not sure what bird it was at the time – but after looking at the footage and asking around, discovered that it was a Tawny eagle chick. They leave the nest around mid-end August.”

 

“The grass was too long for us to monitor the leopard after it had left the tree, but I was guessing he would be eating his well-deserved catch for a while. My advice would be to just enjoy and appreciate it. If you have a camera, keep calm, have binoculars and a camera or even a video camera on the ready.”