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Chaos ensued as people were seen running in panic in the Indian city of Indore's Palhar Nagar neighborhood on Friday morning, when a leopard strayed into a residential area and injured four people.
A video has been released showing a ferocious feline attacking an Indian man, jumping out from a construction site in a busy area.
The leopard was first noticed entering a house under construction; from there it went into the residence of a local businessman, where it sat for about three hours, occasionally jumping out to attack a team of forest officials and onlookers.
A call was made to the police and zoo administration and although they arrived promptly, it took a while to sedate the beast and carry it away.
"Initially, we tried to use the stun gun and fired two pellets. However, both of them missed the target. The third shot hit the leopard. The tranquilizer used in the process was given according to the size of the leopard but it was insufficient," zoo in-charge and veterinarian Uttam Yadav told the Times of India.
After finally striking the leopard with enough tranquilizer shots, authorities trapped it in a large steel cage amidst the cheers of the locals.
The animal will be released into the wild, away from the residential area.
HOWEVER, anyone with common sense must recognize the truth that ‘pound for pound’ that felines are the land’s apex predators. NOTHING comes close. Why? Well, most folks’ other candidate is a canine of some sort.**
But only a fool would contest the truth that, pound for pound, no other land animal is more deadly/ dangerous than a cat. Dogs - and cats - are fast, but dogs need packs, whilst the feline hunts alone. Also, a cat has five weapons to a dog’s one and the speed of their actions/reactions is far beyond ‘super human’, (as if that were some standard); and beyond super-canine, too. (I once saw a 1.5 lb. kitten absolutely put down a 70 lb. friendly but too inquisitive Doberman. The poor pup ran off yelping with three slices across his nose. Finally, as that showed, cats are programmed/ their instincts are to use their claws to blind their opponent - or strike other ‘sensitive’ areas, and thereby win.
For example, a 100 lb. jaguar would absolutely destroy the world’s best 200 lb. human cage fighter. (Especially if they both had no artificial advantages . . . i.e., the human would be naked. (Oww! That’s GOTTA hurt!)
I wrote the above before I watched the video. If it shows anything contrary to what I’ve noted, I’ll add it here:
R.C.
* I have a theory why: each/both did NOT develop here, but were accidental and or alien transplants. I think that is why, at a minimum, that most people absolutely, instinctively, panic, when they see a Florida Cockroach - the world’s fastest crawling insect, I believe.
** No ‘such as we’ are, nor ‘hamster’ jokes please.
*** Read ‘All The King’s Men’ on this point.
**** Why is it that our ‘pointy’ teeth are called ‘canines’? It would be better to call them ‘felines.’ whose ‘canine teeth’ are certainly both more prominent and sharper than most dogs. (See, e.g., smilodon, the Saber Tooth Tiger.)
RC