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Suspenseful Viral Vid: Impala Doesn’t Stand a Chance Against This Leopard

Oct. 5, 2012 10:06am Liz Klimas

Those on a nature tour in South Africa could see the attack coming: a leopard was crouched, barely noticeable, on the left side of the road, impalas on the right. Add a GoPro camera into the mix and you have footage of the attack that a spectator said was “over in a flash.”

Grind TV reports Martha Van Rensburg, her husband, Marius van Tonder, and Ian Weatherburn were on the MalaMala Game Reserve when they saw the action unfold.

“It happened so fast but I was lucky enough to get this video and a still photo of the leopard and impala in the air,” Van Rensburg said, according to Grind TV.

South African Safari Tour Group Witnesses Leopards Attack on Impala

Look carefully and you'll see a leopard in the brush on the left side of the road. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

Weatherburn said that the skittish impalas had not noticed the leopard spying on them but, once spooked by something that he speculates was a gust of wind, one of their own met its end:

“But of course the leopard was giving 100 percent attention when the moment came, and the impalas ran straight into him,” Weatherburn said, [noting the leopard dozed off for a moment while watching his prey]. “It was over in a flash.”

Something caused the impalas to begin running across the road. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

The leopard is still waiting to pounce as the impalas run toward it. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

Here the leopard's attack brings both parties airborne as the impala was caught running. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

The Grind TV states that such carnal nature videos are rarely captured on tours such as this because it happens so fast. The GoPro camera recording the action was attached to the vehicle.

Watch the footage uploaded to YouTube by Van Rensburg, which has gone viral with nearly 900,000 hits since its posting earlier this week (Warning: footage might be considered graphic):

Tracking the spread of the video on her Facebook page, Van Rensburg writes it had more than 300,000 views within 48 hours of posting. She says in the video description:

We nearly missed this leopard on our early morning game drive. We were watching her for about half an hour when something spooked the herd of Impala on the opposite side of the road. The Impala ran straight into the leopard.

A photographer herself, Van Rensburg writes on her website that she is exploring exotic locations to “[capture] the spellbinding moments frozen in time in spectacular images.”

Check out more of Van Rensburg’s photos on her Facebook profile here.

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Pyronaught
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:19pm
Based on the headline, I was fully expecting to see a Chevy get taken out by a big cat.

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- Rick Steele
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 7:27pm
  What’s up with all the new dirt roads? I thought it was supposed to be a pristine animal preserve?
  
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- CorePatriot
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:03pm
  LOL Me Too! LIke an awful green with a white vinyl top!
  
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- Angel_light
  Posted on October 7, 2012 at 5:44pm
  that’s what I thought too
  
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banjarmon
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:06pm
That was faster than a pizza delivery!!

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kadster01
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:57pm
I’m deeply offended. This kinda violence should not be tolerated! That leopard should be captured and forced to eat broccoli and asparagus!

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theotherberean
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:24pm
He didn’t catch that Impala on his own. Notice the road?

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- Pyronaught
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 2:18pm
  Ha! That cat probably thinks he is so smart. There’s a lot of smart cats. Somebody helped him along the way.
  
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- Dave63
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 5:08pm
  He also has more than his fair share…….
  
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teddrunk
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:21pm
That cat didn’t build that meal.

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jima9426
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:16pm
We really need an empathetic liberal to equalize the outcomes in tragic situations like this. It’s just not fair that this particular Impala was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or that leopards are strong enough to prey on them.

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David-FL
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:13pm
Reminded me of a recent debate I saw LOL!

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gbgreta
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:41pm
That cat has done that before..:)

A supreme predator doing it’s thing. Notice, it looks like the cat made a split second decision, and ended up with a smaller deer. Don’t look weak, man, or they will getcha.

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teddrunk
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:55am
Oh, THAT kind of Impala. I was thinking it might be an SS.

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- Halloween
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:44pm
  What did you think an Impala was? How you got Hitler’s SS out of that is unexplainable. (Get my drift?)
  
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- K Chad Roberts
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:18pm
  I thought it was the Chevy Impala… a cat beating a car…
  
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- DenverKitty
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 3:52pm
  Dear Halloween…An Impala SS was a car…Chevy I think. You all make me laugh out loud. Have a great day! Freedom 2012 = Romney-Ryan 2012.
  
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Halloween
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:49am
I hope PETA gets involved and somebody goes to jail for cruelty to animals.

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az11697
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:49am
I love cats, the problem is you have to marinade them for so long, The meat is real tough, all those fast twitch fibers, the other thing is you can never clean all that hair out of the kitchen, …

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- Eaglesnest
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:10pm
  I would pay to see you go hand-to-paw with this cat and see what needs to be cleaned out of your kitchen then.
  
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- DenverKitty
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 3:54pm
  ouch.
  
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Philip Ross
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:42am
Don’t get spooked get out and Vote,your life depends on your Vote.Their is no leopard (Obama) that can take America down.

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80mesh
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:39am
the song “highway star” was written about a 71 impala that had a 454 engine

http://youtu.be/jh0iihjANPc

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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:44am
  Talk about being at the right place at the right time. The leopard didn’t even have to move, his prey came right to him.
  
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hyjyljyj
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:17am
“I will bring a Cat vs. your Mutt. 110 lbs. Cat vs. your 110 lbs. Rot. Same with the Pitbull
60 lbs. cat to your 60 lbs Rug rat.”

Apples vs Oranges.

Nature has decided for us that dogs are pack hunters; cats are solitary predators. Therefore no legitimate one-on-one comparison exists or is even conceivable.

Meaning I’ll put my pack of utterly fearless dachshunds up against the wildest feral cat, or a pack of pit bulls or Rottweilers vs. a leopard, any day, anywhere. (Note: Even a lion will “*****” out and slink back to its “pride” without any, leaving its fresh kill to a hungry leopard. The leopard is the true king of the jungle.)

Dogs, however, are cunning, highly intelligent team players, infinitely courageous and patient vs. far larger prey, relentless, and impervious to pain when in the red zone. They’ll run that leopard ragged over miles, taking turns in the lead position, slowly close in, “hound” it relentlessly until it slows down or stops from exhaustion, take turns biting it all over, wait for the right moment to go for the throat, then kill and eat every morsel, leaving behind maybe a whisker, three fangs and a couple spots…but they’ll eat that horribly nasty-smelling cat poop for its high protein content. Smart, I tells ya.

Disgusting? Sure, but they get to be. They’re animals after all, not etiquette instructors in a finishing school.

PS. I hate no animal and own two extremely affectionate cats in addition to the dogs. They all lo

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- hyjyljyj
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:34am
  They all love each other.
  
  Oh yeah, the “*****” was a five-letter word ending in -ssy that often appears before the word “cat” and also means “wimp”. So it was a pun.
  
  (I even changed the S’s to dollar signs. $%&# software!)
  
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- skypilot77
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:37pm
  Lions are not solitary predators and hunt as a pride
  
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- aaronkcmo
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:00pm
  So do cheetahs. They always hunt in groups of at least 2-3
  
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JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:16am
That is what it is like to be a New York State taxpayer / Impala

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- TerryJ2
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:31pm
  Now, that was a good one!
  
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sndrman
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:49am
breaks my heart that there is no social justice in the wild……maybe we can obama and his cronies to spread his special brand of social justice,shared sacrifice and all that nonsense………..

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Slowman101
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:40am
Just like Obama’s performance at the debate: over in a flash.

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huey6367
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:40am
Life is hard especially for Impalas

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- DennisHabern1
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 12:08pm
  Life is hard, especially if you are stupid.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:35am
A Leopard would slow down an ‘flash mob’.

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uffdaubet
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:31am
Impala = Obama

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Gonzo
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:27am
From the headline, I though this was going to be a Chevy Impala racing a leopard, lol.

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- THXll38
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:30am
  Me too, but the Chevy (on that road) would never of had a chance LOL.
  
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- Evileye
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:36am
  Well if you were in a Chevy Impala you would stand a chance.
  In a Volt your DEAD.
  
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- The Giver
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:36am
  I thought it odd that the Leopard would have something to do with an Impala too( the car). This was very convenient for the Leopard like today’s unemployment rate is for the big O. Unfortunately for O, there’s nothing natural in how they arrived at that number.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:26am
Beautiful, efficient, and deadly. The impala never knew what hit it.

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THXll38
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:19am
Pretty damn amazing. I have been shooting (photography) wildlife for over 20 years, and still did not get an awesome action shot like that. I guess its all about being in the right place at the right time.

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Gonzo
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:17am
It’s like the debate: Leopard = Mitt Romney, Impala = Barack Hussein Obama

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- OutOfTheAether
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:32am
  LOL nice comparison
  
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MadeMyDay
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:13am
I hate cats!

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:28am
  And what? You like impalas? What’s your point?
  
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- ProbIemSoIver
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:32am
  Why? because they are nature’s perfect predator? Because pound for pound they are the most dominate animal on the planet?
  I like these rednecks and thugs that think their Rot and Pit is tough . ROFL
  I will bring a Cat vs. your Mutt.
  110 lbs. Cat vs. your 110 lbs. Rot. Same with the Pitbull
  60 lbs. cat to your 60 lbs Rug rat.
  
  I loathe people that hate cats.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:56am
  He’s allowed to hate cats. Easy does it guys. LOL
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:57am
  @PROBLEMSOLVER
  Exactly. I love cats and I love dogs. Each one is good at what they’re built for. I agree 100% with what you say about cats. I have what I think is an Occicat mix, he is big. I’d put him up to any dog of his same weight class, he’d rip them to shreds. I have sn Eqyptian Mau mix, but the most beautiful was, my now deceased, Snowshoe.
  
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- ProbIemSoIver
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:07pm
  @Gonzo.lol. You are correct. I am a bit touchy today. Also, my cat disappeared a few weeks ago, and I suspect neighbors that “Hate Cats”.
  
  @Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  I love all animals, even dogs, so I apologize fore calling them rug rats and mutts :p
  I am Sorry about the loss of snowshoe. My cat that disappeared was an exotic long hair.
  
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- aaronkcmo
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:15pm
  There is no way that cats are the most dominant predator ‘pound for pound’. Many insect species would blow them away under that criteria.
  
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- OUTRIDER WRITER
  Posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:45pm
  @AARONKCMO..
  But, pound for pound, insects are just too darn hard to train to use the kitty litter.
  
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- ProbIemSoIver
  Posted on October 6, 2012 at 8:59am
  Last Time I checked, insects were not considered animals.
  
  People just don’t pay attention. This is what is wrong with the world today.
  
  Preservatives, GMOs an Pesticides have rendered people brain dead.
  
  I would stay away from fluoridated water and start eating organic foods. It may not be too late for most people’s pineal glands.
  
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