I am an underdog type of guy when watching nature shows. Now while I get that every species, even predators have to eat, I have tendency to root for the prey to escape, especially if it is smaller. I am no fan of bullies.
Just now I watched a video where a cheetah and hyena fight over what I think/guess was an impala.
Normally the predator will clasp the prey's neck to suffocate it. But in this instance the two predators thought the impala was dead. It laid perfectly stiff and played dead and while it did that, the cheetah and hyena faced off against each other. The hyena briefly chased the cheetah off, then went back to sniff bite the belly of the impala, it stayed stiff, but suddenly when the hyena took it's eyes off it, to keep watch of the cheetah, the impala suddenly jumped up and ran away leaving neither of them with a meal.
You talk about a Oscar winning performance.
Just now I watched a video where a cheetah and hyena fight over what I think/guess was an impala.
Normally the predator will clasp the prey's neck to suffocate it. But in this instance the two predators thought the impala was dead. It laid perfectly stiff and played dead and while it did that, the cheetah and hyena faced off against each other. The hyena briefly chased the cheetah off, then went back to sniff bite the belly of the impala, it stayed stiff, but suddenly when the hyena took it's eyes off it, to keep watch of the cheetah, the impala suddenly jumped up and ran away leaving neither of them with a meal.
You talk about a Oscar winning performance.
