Netizens photographed the corpse of a Siberian leopard that was bitten to death by a Siberian tiger!What's the situation?The Siberian leopard can't "match" with the Siberian tiger yet?
This is indeed a bit of a cold surprise, according to normal circumstances, the Siberian leopard is completely capable of avoiding it, but it was bitten to death, and it was really a little uncomfortable, what is going on?Let's take a closer look.
That's right, the Siberian tiger and the Siberian leopard are all protected species in China, and they are also extremely scarce in our country, and it is a pity to have one less.
According to the data released by China in 2023, the number of wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards in the Siberian Tiger and Leopard National Park has increased from 27 and 42 at the beginning of the pilot in 2017 to 50 and 60 respectively, and more than 10 newly bred tiger cubs and more than 7 leopard cubs have been monitored.
Therefore, with good protection, the number of Siberian tigers and leopards has increased, but it is still relatively small. And this time, I saw the corpse of the Siberian leopard bitten to death by the Siberian tiger, which is also a confirmation of the explanation. According to the report:
It was netizens who captured the corpse of a mutilated Siberian leopard in Yanbian, Jilin, and the local relevant departments have confirmed that the Siberian leopard was bitten to death by a Siberian tiger and weighed about 100 kilograms.
So, it's a pity, because according to the report, at the site of this accident, there are two leopards all year round, not in the same place, they are dozens of kilometers away, and the size is not the same, but this time one was killed by the Siberian tiger, and there will not be much in this area in the future.
And many people are more puzzled, can't the Siberian leopard still win the Siberian tiger?
It is true that the strength of the Siberian tiger is very strong, but each has its own characteristics, which does not mean that there is no comparison at all.
Siberian tiger - the largest weight of the cat, China's main distribution point is in the northeast region, generally they are far away from human infested areas, like to hunt red deer and wild boar and other creatures, its appearance color summer hair brown yellow, winter hair light yellow, back and body side with a number of horizontal black narrow stripes. Among them, the Siberian tiger has two major weapons, namely tiger teeth and tiger claws.
The Siberian tiger has strong teeth, generally 30, and 4 very sharp tiger claws, which are stretched out when in use and retracted when not in use to avoid rubbing the ground when walking. So, with these two points alone, Siberian tigers can occupy a place at the top of the food chain.
Siberian leopard - Siberian leopard is also not a bad species, with similar points to the Siberian tiger, it is also the overlord of the food chain, it has a small and round head, short ears, uniform body, long limbs, toes, canine teeth and cracked teeth are extremely developed, claws are sharp, retractable, tail is developed, etc., in China's northeast region is also one of the distribution points, mainly concentrated in Heilongjiang
The nest of the Amur leopard is relatively fixed, mostly built in dense bushes, bushes or caves, and there are many objects of prey, such as musk deer, roe deer, reindeer, wild boar, hares and other herbivores, and even some birds are difficult to escape its prey. Similarly, the Amur leopard is also an unusually ferocious creature.
Therefore, from the perspective of basic characteristics, the Siberian tiger and the Siberian leopard are actually very strong, and in part, it can be said that they are more ferocious than the Siberian tiger, such as agile movements and good at climbing trees, which are difficult for tigers to compare. However, under the news situation this time, the Siberian tiger killed the Siberian leopard, which surprised many people, generally speaking, there should not be such a situation, so what could be the reason?
The encounter between the Siberian leopard and the Siberian tiger may be a problem of the winter "food chain", as we all know, the north of our country can be said to belong to the cold winter period, and it is covered by a lot of snow, and during this time period, most of the creatures are hidden in the cave, and they do not come out at all. When these creatures expand and search for creatures, there may be encounters.
It is possible to trigger a fight between the two. And judging from the explanation, this Siberian leopard was also partially eaten, which also shows that the Siberian leopard may have been killed by the "hungry" Siberian tiger, and only then did it kill and eat part of it, and the "big war" between the two sides may have also gone through a period of time.
Of course, this is only to say that it may be because of the food, which has not yet been explained. But for the Siberian leopard, it really shouldn't be killed, why can't the Siberian leopard hide?Why do you say that?
For example, the Siberian leopard can achieve a short-term burst of speed, and can run at a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
And even if it is a long-distance run, the Siberian leopard can maintain more than 50 kilometers per hour, and you say, with this ability, the Siberian leopard can completely outrun the Siberian tiger.
Secondly, the Siberian leopard goes directly to the tree, which can completely avoid the killing of the Siberian tiger. Therefore, this time, there is a high probability that it was "sneak attacked", but the sensitivity of this Siberian leopard may be too low, and it was killed without showing its skills.
So, there is only one scenario where such a pattern may occur, and that is the occurrence of a "sneak attack".
There is no way, if the Siberian tiger and the Siberian leopard are really "hardcore battles", then they are definitely not opponents, after all, the king of the forest is not in vain.
Therefore, seeing the Siberian leopard finally killed, it is completely normal, but this Siberian leopard did not show its strength.
The combat effectiveness can be compared, but even if its own flexibility is pursued by the Siberian tiger, the Siberian leopard has a chance to escape, but if it loses such an opportunity, there is only one possibility that it is really killed by a "sneak attack", otherwise there is no good way to explain it.
At least the mutual advantage can also be clearly seen, at least in the escape, climbing the mountain is a complete evasion, but it does not appear, this is the general situation.