Even though it is still known as a familiar food for predators, it is not always easy for humped pigs to kill their own kind.
In the wild natural areas of Africa, there is always the potential for the fiercest battles to occur.
It can be hunting wars, battles for territory, mates… or wars to protect fellow humans from notorious predators.
The nature of battles for hunting or fighting for territory always reveals the wildest and fiercest nature of the animal world, while in the fight to protect fellow human beings, what makes viewers feel is the effort. The strength, solidarity, and courage of weaker species, despite being threatened, still dare to bravely stand up and fight for the survival of their comrades.
Like the story adapted through the clip recorded in Kenya, it will show us the wonderful spirit of the warty pig (Phacochoerus africanus) when daring to fight back against the leopard (Leopard), an experienced hunter in the Philippines. Africa.
The humpback pig is an omnivore that is often seen in the savannas and jungles of Africa.
This animal has an ugly appearance, average height of about 60-80 cm, weight of about 50 kg and is characterized by a pair of long, sharp, curved fangs.
With its pair of fangs, humped pigs can be used to defend against ferocious predators as well as attack other smaller animals.
Their food is diverse from vegetables, fruits to insects, mushrooms… If they accidentally come across the remains of animal carcasses, humped pigs are ready to eat it all up.
They are the favorite prey of animals such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, crocodiles, wild dogs…
In the clip, it can be seen that humped pigs have become the favorite prey of leopards, whether they are piglets or adults. However, at the end of the clip is an attention-grabbing scene.
Accordingly, a 13-year-old leopard turned into an apricot, old, skilled in all the tricks of life and extremely hungry. The inertia of old age does not allow the leopard to freely roam and chase prey like in its youth. Instead, it spends almost all its time lying on trees to observe and wait for an opportunity.
A mother warty pig and her cubs are caught in the sights of a leopard.
Finally, it chose as its target a herd of humped pigs including a mother and her young children.
To facilitate hunting, the leopard left the observation spot and hid in the nearby bushes. The leopard’s patience was rewarded, a small humped pig accidentally strayed into the place where it was hiding.
Of course, the leopard did not hesitate to immediately punish the unfortunate stray. However, because she was standing at a close distance, the mother pig immediately jumped in to help. The leopard’s thoughts of finding an easy meal quickly disappeared after the fierce response of the mother warty pig.
The humped pig has an advantage that is the ability to run at extremely fast speeds, up to 48 km/h when detecting enemies.
Mother pig tries to rescue her baby from the claws of a predator.
Rushing at high speed and using the weapon of sharp fangs, the pig knocked the predator into the air to create space for the cubs to have a chance to escape.
But racing with leopards is never a good idea, with the panther’s tormenting hunger not allowing the leopard to miss the delicious prey. It only took a few seconds, despite the mother pig’s efforts, the leopard successfully caught its prey and brought it to a safe place to eat in the tree.