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BBC Video Captures the Moment When a Squirrel Realizes He Is Being Stalked by a Leopard

Jan. 25, 2013 10:00pm Jason Howerton

New video from BBC caught the hysterical moment when a squirrel realized he was about to become one hungry Leopard’s lunch.

The squirrel was enjoying a snack when he suddenly dropped his treat and a look of fear appeared on his face. Then he took off running for his life.

Watch the entertaining clip via BBC below:

All screen grabs via the Daily Mail

(H/T: Daily Mail)

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R.A. Bullseye
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 1:55am
Wow there are some really strong responses here. Really?

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- crackerone
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 8:14am
  Report comment button? They should have a reporting story button? Somewhere in China a couple of 6th graders are getting a good Chinese laugh.
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 8:27am
  Headline on Drudge right now…….Child labor uncovered in Apple’s supply line. The stock was off 12% on Thursday and 2% on Friday. How about a story on insider trading ahead of information that materially affect the value of a companies stock price. I don’t know what sound a squirrel would make when it is ******* itself, but would be willing too bet, it sounds alot like crickets.
  
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- FreedomPurveyor
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:42pm
  People should have realized by now that half of the writers at the Blaze just surf YouTube and write articles about the videos they see.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 2:20pm
  That’s it?
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 6:15pm
  @SecretSquirrel
  
  Hehe
  
  Rest easy my friend. No Squirrels died in the making of this video.
  
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- comstox
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 8:14am
  You guys are all wrong. He’s simply clearing his intestinal tract so he tastes better when the leopard eats him!
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:04am
  Oh—waait! What’s he doing with his middle-finger inthe air?!….”Heeere kitty–kitty…..
  
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- cbrian1978
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:27am
  Your dam right. I trust the content here. I didn’t know I needed to filter the Blaze for my children’s sake. Next time I am around Glenn and his family maybe I will just drop the “F Bomb”, see how he likes that.
  Beck was quoted saying that The Blaze will feature “breaking news, original reporting, insightful opinions and engaging videos about the stories that matter most” and that “we will examine our culture, deal with matters of faith and family, and we won’t be afraid of a history lesson.”
  
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PJL
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:41am
I love all the complaints…You guys clicked on it! LOL

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- N37BU6
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 6:18am
  We clicked expecting hilarity… none ensued.
  
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- Bro. Chuck
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 8:24am
  Well, bless your Lil heart, Jason…..
  Ya got me….
  
  I wasn’t expecting juvenile & Stoopid…..
  
  Headline said hilarious….
  
  Oh, that’s right…
  Why should I expect a journalist to have even just a basic comprehension of the English language?!?
  
  I mean , really?
  
  Still,
  be Bless’d
  
  Bro. Chuck
  
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- Ohio Guy
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:03am
  I got a chuckle from it.
  
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- HappyConservative
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:10am
  The leopard and squirrel are never even shown in the same frame. The lighting isn’t even the same. Scroll up and look at the screen shots. I don’t think this is even real.
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 12:40pm
  It’s not real and that’s why it’s not funny. It’s just a couple of different clips of animals put together with a stupid voiceover
  
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39inironpen
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:27am
The way you guys caption your stories is misleading. The video was ridiculous…

I love TheBlaze, but really don’t like the often over done headlines…

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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 8:00am
  No kidding. The only way that would be hilarious is if you swallowed a gram of magic mushrooms an hour before you watched it.
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:29am
  @ Gonzo
  
  Yes, and if the leopard ate Obama on a visit to his homeland……………Bonus!
  
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LuvsYeshua
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:26am
I wonder if Glenn lets his kids come to the Blaze

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- F_Obama
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 6:35pm
  Perfect question. I’m sure his mormon bishop is sooooo proud of this sight.
  
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- cbrian1978
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:32am
  Exactly! This man drowns us in the importance of family and protecting our children from the filth in the world, then allows this to be up for days. If it where some punk that worked here that sneaked it past an editor, fine, take it down already. In the past I allowed this sight as one my children where welcome to go to without supervision, guess that is out the door now.
  
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sparkyrules
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:16am
The Blaze must be hard up for stories.Squirrels are for eatin’. The meat has a slight nutty taste and goes good with any root veggie.

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fastgen1
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:09am
What we have here is an analogy of obammy being the squirrel and the leopard is the NRA in a dream sequence..

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- GO-FOR-LIBERTY
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 6:41am
  Good capture.
  
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PeopleDontWantTheTruth
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:09am
Seriously? Stupid and vulgar.

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- nuttyvet
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 8:24am
  Vulgar? Really? Apparently you never served in the military where that word is considered the least offensive of our normal vernacular.
  
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- RRFlyer
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:52am
  I served in the military, I no longer do. I used all the bad words then, I no longer do. Yes, that is a vulgar word, and just because everyone else uses it does not make it something I like to hear. When people get criticized for not wanting to be vulgar or crude and cursed out for being a Christian, it’s a sure sign we are being controlled by lies. you are very selfish ugly people
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 4:46pm
  Wow. I am selfish and ugly sure, but Jesus loves me more than you. Bleh.
  
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LouisianaPatriot
Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:02am
Why are you showing us anything related to David Attenborough? Did you not see that he is a GAIA worshiping One World Order lunatic who wants humans DEAD? Blaze, what is WRONG with you guys?? What is your purpose?

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Bookster
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:59pm
You’ve got to be kidding me. Come on Blaze, this has to be the most inane story ever to be put on your site. If you want to be taken as a serious news source, hire an editor that has the maturity greater than an 8th grader.

Really, that was stupid.

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- N37BU6
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:16am
  I just hate how stuff like this makes me feel like a jerk… because it’s hard not to complain. And it’s not so much a complaint as constructive criticism.
  
  I find some of the stuff amusing, but don’t need TheBlaze showing it to me. It’s already all over social media. I come here for NEWS. Sure, some of the trivial stuff they can get away with, because it’s genuinely funny or interesting… but this? If I saw this on YouTube I wouldn’t even take the time to call my GF over to my desk and show her, let alone write an article on it. I was just left here with a confused frown.
  
  It’s hard to direct people to TheBlaze for “critical information” when stuff like this is on the front page. It really drives down the credibility rating.
  
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rsanchez1
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:53pm
I have a problem with this video. The leopard won’t waste its time with a squirrel. A squirrel provides too little meat for the leopard to expend the effort catching it. A leopard is an animal that will drag full-sized gazelles up into trees to keep it out of reach of lions. Squirrel? No.

All we have is a squirrel dropping a nut, cut to a leopard, cut back to the squirrel with a voice-over saying, “s**t”, and then the squirrel runs. It could’ve been a leaf falling and the squirrel would run.

Of course, the idiots, such as the ones who voted Obama into office, would say, “hurr hurr, squirrel”, and then click to a cat video.

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- N37BU6
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:03am
  Yep. It’s all in the cut.
  
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BurntHills
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:45pm
okay that’s it. we are thoroughly DISGUSTED at the level of immaturity and SICK on THE BLAZE -again- that something totally inappropriate is ‘epic’ or ‘hilarious’ and that anyone with a heart would think it is ‘hilarious’ a small animal is running in fear for it’s actual LIFE. (and yes WE HUNT deer and furbearing game but we do not TORTURE it first). .. to call an animal realizing it’s about to be torn apart and eaten ‘hysterical’ and ‘hilarious’ is on almost par with a ghoul teenager gouging some little animal’s eyes out and laughing. SICK.

Glenn Beck’s THE BLAZE is getting really questionable —and we are very loyal ‘fans’ pouring our hard-earned wages into supporting Mercury One and THEBLAZE. . we are SO disappointed.

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- N37BU6
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:22am
  I think I may know what happened-
  
  The uploader may have changed the video title after this article was published, and the language could be an overlay, which YouTube allows you to create. In other words, the video could have been altered after the fact. That, or TheBlaze used the wrong link to another video.
  
  It’s still not Blazeworthy, but I just saw the original unedited one and it is kind of funny… much better than this version. The “$#it” is just too much. Less is more.
  
  It’s titled “Funny moment from David Attenborough’s Africa” if you want to see it.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 5:33am
  I am tired of the word “epic”. “Epic” is a code word used by yougsters and hipsters alike to describe anything and everything that is lowbrow and stupid.
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 10:05pm
  @N37
  
  It is now 10:05 PM and video is still up. What say you?
  
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N37BU6
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:42pm
Its expression never changed… all I saw was a normal response.

What’s so funny about a squirrel dropping its food and running away? Nothing. The only reason people find it’s funny is the way in which the video was cut, and even that’s lame.

Also, no warning about the swearing in the title or video itself. Not that I care, but I imagine you’re going to offend somebody.

I think Jason Howerton must be running low on sleep…

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- rsanchez1
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:49pm
  Agree with all of this. At the very minimum, profanity warning is needed.
  
  Unfortunately this is what passes for high brow comedy these days.
  
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CowboyExpat
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:32pm
Are you guys kidding?! That was easily one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen…and on The Blaze?

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rickfromthecape
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:02pm
Sooooo… Jason Howerton is what, 12 years old?

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- wvgirl
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 9:26am
  You have to know that anyone with the name of “Jason” is of this crop of younger people who have no sense of decorum, manners, adult thought process. They have been raised on vulgar TV shows, vulgar “music”, vulgar videos, etc. Garbage in, garbage out. To them, this is what passes for normal. Any generation with names such as Aiden, Jayden, Kayden, Hayden, Jason, etc, have to have air-heads for parents and will most likely grow up with silliness in their nature. Give a son a real man’s name, (George, Henry, Jack, yes, even SUE), and he will man-up quicker and forego these immature acts of inanity. ;-)
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 4:47pm
  They could mature and get onto Buckwild huh?
  
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Hammerdown
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:59pm
What a waste of space and time………….fake anyway, those two don’t live in the same neighborhood!

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hatchetjob
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:53pm
That doesn’t look like a squirrel, it looks like a meercat (sp)? The ears are different.

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- chips1
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 11:43am
  Obama’s a meercat? I’ve never heard that one before.
  
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ContinentalArmy
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:52pm
When was the hilarious moment?

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SecretAmerican
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:47pm
Well that was 30 seconds of my life completely wasted.

This is a “story”? Are you kidding me?

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gyro
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:39pm
ok blaze who is responsable for this ?
lets look
Jason Howerton
mercy Jason this is a real bbc story -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21191819
mother arrested for ‘selling 11-year-old daughter for $12,000′
AND IT WASNT FUNNY

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sillyfreshness
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:37pm
Are you serious? This was just like something out of SNL. There is no rhyme or reason for this story. There is no proof that a leopard was even looking at the squirrel.

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- Fubared
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 6:07pm
  Blame the Chosen Ones again moron.
  
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banjarmon
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:35pm
Fake!!!

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OlefromMN
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:32pm
I’m sure somebody will post a headline “Watch the epic viral video of a squirrel running it’s #$$ off trying not to be eaten by a predator”. News at 11.

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redonred
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:26pm
I can not get it to play. Anyone have any suggestions, please?

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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:31pm
  Believe me. You’re not missing anything.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:31pm
  I had to open a different browser, then it played. It’s only a very few seconds too.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:37pm
  Jason fixed it…. try again.
  
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- spfoam1
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:38pm
  This works
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2268593/Squirrels-hilarious-yikes-reaction-caught-camera-moment-realizes-hes-stalked-leopard.html
  
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- gyro
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:40pm
  The-Monk = get him to unfix it !!!
  
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- DEFCON4
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:43pm
  Scene 1. Squirrel Stalking video..?……You’ve seen ‘them all”…..
  
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- msjoe43
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:49pm
  Ground Squirrel dramatically ***** itself at a Leopard – BBC AFRICA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6b5wFy-S6Co
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:50pm
  Hi Gyro,
  
  LOL. OK… now that’s funny. : )
  
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66 bronco
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:17pm
Unfortunately the squirrel resembles the Republican party right now and Obummer as being the squirrel/republican eating progressive leopard.

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- Cosmos102
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:40pm
  Laugh Out Loud *(could not submit response using all caps)
  
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- cbrian1978
  Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:56pm
  Sad but true….Sad but true.
  
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mikefromaltoona
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:13pm
Which one’s Boehner and which one’s Obama?

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- crackerone
  Posted on January 26, 2013 at 10:12pm
  Well, the squirrel **** himself so it could have been Boehner or Bidden. Put then he broke into tears, so it is diffently Boehner.
  
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