A particularly poignant and unexpected chapter occurs as Legadema nears the cusp of adulthood and kills a mother baboon only to find the young baby still clinging. To the Jouberts' amazement, instead of killing the baby baboon, Legadema lies down protectively around it and even gently lifts it to safety at the approach of a scavenging hyena.
"It was as if nature had turned on its head completely," says Dereck Joubert, a filmmaker who followed Legadema for three-and-a-half years in her natural habitat, the Okavango Delta of Botswana - the verdant flood plains known as Africa's Garden of Eden."
"She had killed the mother primate, but then found this live new-born on the ground. The little baboon called out, and we thought we were going to hear a major crunch and the leopard smacking its lips, but instead the baby baboon put its paws out and walked towards the young leopard."
"Legadema paused for a moment, apparently not knowing what to do. Then she gently picked it up in her mouth, holding it by the scruff of its neck and carrying the infant up a tree to keep it safe."
Africa is so good at divulging little secrets, just when we think that we know it all so well. There are many myths and legends dancing around these ancient forests, where the Owls call your name and the distant Hippos speak to the gods. Another layer of mystery was added the night the Leopard lay down with the Baboon.
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The leopard, Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its range of distribution has decreased radically because of hunting and loss of habitat. It is now chiefly found in sub-Saharan Africa; there are also fragmented populations in Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, and China. Because of its declining range and population, it is listed as a "Near Threatened" species by the IUCN.
Baboons are African and Arabian Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominid members of the primate order; only the mandrill and the drill are larger. Previously, the closely related gelada (genus Theropithecus) and the two species (mandrill and drill) of genus Mandrillus were grouped in the same genus, and these Old World monkeys are still often referred to as baboons in everyday speech. They range in size and weight depending on species. The Guinea baboon is 50 cm (20 inches) and weighs only 14 kg (30 lb) while the largest chacma baboon can be 120 cm (47 inches) and weigh 40 kg (90 lb).
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Leopard Leopardus Panthera Pardus Felidae Felis Binominal Linnaeus Family Big Cats Genus Clouded Snow Tiger Lion Jaguar Black Panthers Asia Africa Siberia Habitat Sub-Saharan Fragmented Populations Baboons Baby Baboon African Arabian Old World Monkeys Genus Cercopithecinae Primate Mandrill Drill Powerful Jaws Sharp Canine Teeth Gelada Theropithecus Mandrillus Chacma Ursinus Papio Red Guinea Hamadryas Horn Africa Arabia Anubis Savanna Evolutionary History
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The Leopard and The Baby Monkeyby TVserpico15,200 views
wow wat an relation... luv always win..
nikhil1234rani 2 weeks ago
seems like the leopard is saving the baby baboon.............for dessert.
yongbarca 1 month ago
i could watch leopards kill baboons all day! fuck baboons!
SonsOfLiberty65 1 month ago
The baby still felt the love of a mother
goinharder57 2 months ago
this vid makes me think of Kamunyak @ Samburu N.R. in Kenya - "Heart of a Lioness" hosted by Saba. Love & Respect!
KamunyaKe 4 months ago in playlist More videos from Phobosuchus1
Shit ... the leopard missed killing the baby baboon .. Which baboons ruthlessly do with other creatures ...
shreeramakrishnas 4 months ago
WOW oh man I can't believe this. God showed his power...
hunterloon 5 months ago
wow. just wow. very sad and heartfelt. :/ I loved it. =]
ALLbusinessPRO 5 months ago
Amazing. Imagine being the one to capture this footage. The chances, it's almost like it was meant to be seen.
MrCc20 5 months ago
this was like watching a movie.. cant believe the baby dies tho ... =/
RebelFlagSon 5 months ago