Borneo Clouded Leopard a vegetarian chicken

[geliyonnuey]

new research of sweden scientists shows that bigcats can eat plants to heal

[SpartanD419]

az much az i lyk clouded leopards LMAO!!

[TransPersonal123]

Ha ha, all cats eat a little grass or leaves, it helps them in digestion.

[CyricRO]

It's not scared of the chicken, the description is wrong.

[BruteDesire]

You can never be too careful eh??

[meesha1121]

did you know 78 species become extinct evreyday? tomorrow clouded leopards can be next because of man!!!

[supersandor]

Is it really afraid of the chick or is it just ignoring it?

[Gadgetfingers]

Which Ostritch farm was this? Is it the one which used to run a zoo style business? As a citizen of Kota Kinabalu, the fact that such a creature is at such close hand, along with the appaling fact that this magnificent animal is in custody intrigues me.

[Almo1985]

The 'new' species, is not new, but has been distinguished as a distinct genetic variation, so a distinct species from the mainland species. Neofelis diardi, as it is known, has a more patchy coat, with smaller 'clouds' with spots within them often. Other than morphologically different from N. nebulosa it has a high gentic variation, similar to that of the Panthera species.

[arachnidzone]

The Bornean species has a much darker base coat. the 'normal' species is a lot lighter in colour. Its not a newly discovered species, but has just been classified as a different species genetically. If they were sighted more often this would have been spotted earlier.

[arachnidzone]

I recently filmed a wild Clouded Leopard. I am very lucky. This one is not wild and like LJF says, 'well fed'. It will be used to eating dead, prepared meat not catching chicks. Also all cats eat vegetation as a kind of self medication, like dogs chewing grass to be sick. My recent video, which will be on here soon, shows the leopard running through the canopy high up, with a monkey in its jaws.

[tanatribe]

how come if there are 9000 of these leopards, it was a secret?

[WildfilmAustralia]

Exactly. It wasn't, the scientists just hadn't declared it a different species from the mainland asian version. The media misquoted them.

[TheXHeroXOfXTime]

and 9000 is not that many considering how big the world is.

[sadrice]

But is quite a lot considering that borneo is not the whole world.

[liz03butterfly]

where is this place exactly?

[WildfilmAustralia]

Just outside of Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian State of Sabah, which is in North Eastern Borneo.

[sacredpigeon]

Why is it eating leaves? Is it really eating leaves?

[WildfilmAustralia]

Well, he (it's a male) was certainly chewing leaves. One thought I had was that it might be using them to clean its teeth. The whole event was quite unexpected.

[alal22000]

How come this is a slightly different species and not a subspecies of a clouded leopard? Is it another species of big cats found in Asia? I want to know some information and think that it should be on National Geographic.

[Oreocremerocks]

@WildfilmAustralia Cats eat greenery for a variety of reasons, but one of the main reasons is to help it regurgitate hairballs. =) Often times they will choose a mildly toxic plant for this reason. This is why a house cat when given a chance to go outside immediately starts chewing on grass and why getting the wheat grass you see in pet stores is great for them. Just expect a mess. Another very useful reason for chewing and rubbing on greenery, is another was of scent marking.

[LJF]

It's not really a newly discovered species, mask, they new about the all along, they just didn't know they are genetically different from the other clouded leopards - but they know all about them, and have been known to the western world since the mid 1800's. Crazy no one spotted the differences - but sometimes i guess you just aren't looking!

[MegaJaMs]

It actually says so in the statement issued by the wwf:

"Long thought to be identical to the clouded leopards living on mainland South East Asia, genetic analysis has shown that the Bornean big cat is in fact a separate species."

[LJF]

Interesting to see how well fed and tamed animals act when faced with possible prey, half the time they aren't bothered, esp. when being watched. My cat never tried to eat the pet magpie I kept, despite frequently bringing in wild birds. Probably due to the fact that the bird didn't act scared of it, so not setting off a preditor responce.

[WildfilmAustralia]

Yes LJF, you are spot on. The Leopard wasn't totally tamed though, but certainly well fed and pretty used to people around. Not sure if the little chicks were what they actually fed it normally.

[maskproductions]

As a first time YouTube viewer i loved this clip. After seeing reports on this 'new species' on Sky and Fox news I did wonder how they could estimate that there are 9,000 of them, after all it's only just been discovered!! Thanks for setting me clear.

[MegaJaMs]

Who put the chicken next to the Clouded Leopard?

[WildfilmAustralia]

Good question. We didn't want it there. The Leopard 'belonged' to a Malaysian Ostrich farmer and his Sabah (North East Borneo) animal handlers helping us film it put the chicken there as food I guess. We were too polite to ask for it to be removed. I think it thought the Cat might be its Mum.