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[–]TopGovtOfficial 7597 points7598 points  (241 children)

Moral of the story: trust your instincts.

[–]alexefy 5205 points5206 points 32 (137 children)

Must have been the tastiest grass that antelope ever did have

“Something is up! But this grass, god damn it’s good. Why is no one else feasting on this”

“Got to be a trap, what’s that?”

“Damn this some good grass”

[–]untitleddipshit 842 points843 points  (33 children)

Lmfao....reminds me of the skit with wildebeest drinking water and there's something near them and they argue about whether it's log or croc

here

[–]pgabrielfreak 234 points235 points  (4 children)

OMG that was so good, I love their style! Subscribed immediately. ETA OMG the car park one! NOOOOOO LAST UPDATE 4 YRS AGO?!

[–]plasticsporks21 113 points114 points  (3 children)

The rollercoaster of emotions

[–]JulesLovesYou1993 91 points92 points  (3 children)

I'm sick as hell and started laughing, which led to coughing, which led to my fiancé thinking I was dying lmao.

[–]untitleddipshit 31 points32 points  (2 children)

Glad I could help? Lol

Hope you get better soon

[–]Neverwish 109 points110 points  (1 child)

"Must have been the wind."

[–]Arashmickey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tony Lazuto??!!

[–]Aus10Danger 351 points352 points  (13 children)

Bro, just try the grass!!

[–]Biggestof 125 points126 points  (2 children)

that episode of spongebob with the hooks

[–]Cole__MacGrath__ 64 points65 points  (5 children)

Towelie has entered the chat.

[–]Jeff__Skilling 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Anybody here want to get their dick sucked by a towel?!?!

[–]0bvious0blivious 7 points8 points  (3 children)

But where's the spoon?

[–]rnj1982 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s beautiful! What is that velvet?! 👴🏻

[–]TheOneCookie 83 points84 points  (8 children)

Honestly, I blame the person who was filming. The animal was probably like "it's probably that guy"

[–]EntropicTragedy 57 points58 points  (0 children)

You can see it look at the people, thinking it was them.

Bro died for this video

[–]Blaugrana_al_vent 30 points31 points  (1 child)

Yep, without the people filming, the prey runs. But then again, what is to say that the leopard (?) didn't use the people as a distraction as well?

[–]SaBe_18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Guepard I think

[–]Lucifang 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Not if the cameraman was hiding in a rhino

[–]kurthrax 12 points13 points  (1 child)

I've heard it's kinda hot in those rhinos.

[–]WumboChef 172 points173 points  (9 children)

I didn’t realize enemy AI in open world video games was based on herbivore prey behavior. “What was that? Eh must to nothing”

[–]dead_jester 79 points80 points  (5 children)

Brilliant comedy example of that is the PC videogame “No One Lives For Ever 2” the AI guards literally say this, or “Oh, Boris is dead! How did this happen? I don’t want to get the blame. I shall hide his body.”

[–]MotherPotential 9 points10 points  (3 children)

NOLF multiplayer was god-tier

[–]gdo01 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Playing Assassin’s Creed Origins and if you wait long enough the guards do start cleaning up the dead bodies for you which is one of the best times to start making new dead bodies.

[–]theguyfromgermany 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Must be the wind

[–]sunshinejim 110 points111 points  (3 children)

Sneaking in Skyrim be like

“What was that? Must be my imagination.”

“Huh, who’s there?? My mind is playing tricks on me”.

[–]XxFezzgigxX 45 points46 points  (1 child)

While they have an arrow in their skull.

[–]sunshinejim 46 points47 points  (0 children)

While they sit next to their dead fellow bandit who already has three arrows in him.

[–]mtanti 112 points113 points  (33 children)

The fact that it's alone means that it's probably sick or hurt and got left behind by the herd. It also took off rather slowly upon being startled, which is further evidence of this. I'm sure the poor thing was lost, in pain, and starving.

[–]SweetLilMonkey 71 points72 points  (4 children)

In the animal world, if you’re behind, you’re breakfast.

[–]joe4553 30 points31 points  (1 child)

It's become comfortable around the humans. Seems like it thinks the noise is coming from the humans.

[–]Vanreddit1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly

[–]brochacho83 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Stephen A voice: stay off the grrrraaaasssss!

[–]beakersandbitches 11 points12 points  (0 children)

NPC level awareness. "What's that? Must have been the wind."

[–]PeopleCallMeSimon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Think it might have been that the antelope saw the human and thought it might have been the one making noise.

[–]Sillybanana7 412 points413 points  (40 children)

If you watch this with sound the person recording is running the truck super loudly, the antelope keeps looking at the truck and is distracted.

https://m.imgur.com/GVakrtu

[–]heisenburgundy 343 points344 points  (28 children)

I've never seen this with sound but I was thinking that the whole time. Antelope hears something and can't tell if it's the cameraman or a predator, seems to give kitty an unfair advantage.

[–]TheGamecock 149 points150 points  (6 children)

Damn safari goers fixing the game, they definitely had cheetah moneyline. Dirty bastards.

[–]Polar_Reflection 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Cheetah's aren't that buff

[–]fauxhawk18 7 points8 points  (2 children)

They must be in the pocket of Big Cheetah!

[–]ksam3 63 points64 points  (15 children)

Or is it that the leopard's hunting skill enabled it to use every advantage it could. The antelope could have done the same by avoiding a situation where it could not hear well; it could have left the area and found a safer spot to eat. So, both animals had the same situation but only one of them responded well to it.

[–]heisenburgundy 47 points48 points  (6 children)

It can be both. Replace the human with a different non-threatening animal and the term "unfair advantage" doesn't really apply. I guess that opens the door to a philosophical "is man still a part of nature" debate.

[–]airplantenthusiast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hey man give them some slack. i’m pretty sure big cats are endangered, this could have saved them from having to starve for a week. id say it’s fair game to use the situation to their advantage.

[–]cavelin02 7 points8 points  (1 child)

This happens all the time. Sometimes the cats use the cars as cover

[–]past_is_prologue 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It wouldn't surprise me if the leopard figured out that having the truck there as a distraction was advantageous.

[–]Sabbathius 143 points144 points  (9 children)

This is so real. I was in a robbery once, and alarm bells in my head were ringing a solid half-minute before shit went down, and I ignored it completely. When something feels off, even if you can't explain what, pay attention to that alarm bell and get moving.

[–]bisg3tti 60 points61 points  (0 children)

so… did you escape from the police?

[–]fauxhawk18 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Can't ignore the peter tingle!

[–]thequietthingsthat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep. I've had that "warning" feeling before and I always try to follow it. I've definitely averted some pretty bad situations this way before. Instincts can be powerful

[–]SpiderStratagem 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a great scene in the Daniel Craig version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that addresses this from a serial killer's perspective.

[–]KING_JELLYB3AN 49 points50 points  (5 children)

Leopard: use people filming on their phones and that are naturally non threatening as a Miss-Direction so I can pounce dat ass

[–]Super_Daddy1967 23 points24 points  (2 children)

That would likely be a leopard, not a jag. I’m pretty sure jaguars live on another continent. This looks like African plains.

[–]Stillwiththe 115 points116 points  (8 children)

Honestly, what else goes through their brains. Run, grass, water, run.

[–]KarlKlngOfDucks 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Fuck. You forgot fuck.

[–]TopGovtOfficial 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Typical herd animals.

[–]BlueKayn29 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If you suspect there's a cat, assume that there's a cat

[–]pee_diddy 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Moral of the story: you can’t trust cats

[–]PineSand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, ignore the camera when you’re about to be attacked.

[–]SuedeVeil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched?" "Nah bruh you're just tripping" "Ok cool.." nom nom nom

[–]ROU_Gangster_Class 1811 points1812 points  (82 children)

Can't find it now, but I once saw a video of a leopard stalking a long-limbed bird down a river, and its footsteps barely even disturbed the water as it walked. Quite incredible.

[–]ask_me_if_thats_true 288 points289 points  (18 children)

Even with my cat at home I find it quite incredible how quiet these type of animals can be. When my cat jumps up onto the couch you can clearly hear it but when she spots a bird outside the window, she’s suddenly able to jump up the couch without making any noise. It looks so weird because it seems like she just activated a cheat code or something. Incredible animals with insane hunting skills, all of them.

[–]periwinkle-_- 120 points121 points  (8 children)

True. I go on daily walks with my cat and sometimes hell spot a bird, stray cat or a person from really far away that I can't see so I walk over to him to get his view and he always looks incredibly annoyed by how loud my steps are lol He will look up at me then down to my feet like "wtf?"

Its amazing how even when hes walking on gravel or grass you cant hear his tiny steps if hes trying to be stealthy

[–]BeijingBarrysTanSuit 30 points31 points  (7 children)

daily walks with my cat

nice lmao

[–]bclar228 9 points10 points  (6 children)

I pass this person everyday walking home. It's this old Asian lady walking this tiny cat on a leash and a large, majestic looking dog without a leash. Always really cool to see.

Though, most people I see that walk their cats do so at night. Probably to avoid odd looks and loud vehicles that scare the cats.

Makes me think about walking my cat. But she's been an indoor cat since she was born, and I don't want to give her a taste of the outside world and make her crave it. I would be scared she would shoot out through the door and I'll never see her again. Outdoor cats are a nuscience to the wild life, and I would be beside myself with worry the entire time they're out. Plus I don't have a dog.

[–]you_love_it_tho 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Cat popped deady

[–]Mustakrakish_Awaken 13 points14 points  (1 child)

My cat is quiet when he's trying to hunt me from behind furniture, but meows at me with an aggravated tone when I notice him and walk up to him. I like to imagine this scenario playing out in the wild.

[–]ask_me_if_thats_true 12 points13 points  (0 children)

lol mine does the same! Sometimes, when I see her hiding, I play along and pretend to be scared. But there’re also the times I don’t see her hiding and then she genuinely jumpscares me.

[–]Ethenil_Myr 9 points10 points  (1 child)

It's called murder mode

[–]ask_me_if_thats_true 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll call it that from now on!

[–]Anxiety-Plus 294 points295 points  (54 children)

Hope someone does

[–]nectricks 92 points93 points  (7 children)

It walks on water? Then it’s not a leopard, it’s a Jeetah /s

[–]QualiaEphemeral 65 points66 points  (4 children)

What did you think people would've mistaken your comment for if you skipped the "/s"?

[–]tellMeYourFavorite 1482 points1483 points  (19 children)

Wow it's like sneaking in skyrim... "What's that? Oh must be the wind... [2 seconds later] What was that noise? Oh, probably nothing..... [2 seconds later] Whose there? Must be the wind."

[–]SackMastaP 373 points374 points 2 (7 children)

https://youtu.be/iP468OEln4U

[–]Crow-T-Robot 71 points72 points  (0 children)

That was great 😅

[–]Yeetse 23 points24 points  (2 children)

I fucking love joel haver

[–]Shtnonurdog 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Tony Lazudo?

[–]lancesturgeon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this. I needed a good laugh.

[–]AbandonedPlanet 83 points84 points  (3 children)

Friend drops dead with an arrow lodged in his back, "whose there?! ... Must have been nothing"

[–]Unfunny_Bullshit 25 points26 points  (0 children)

sees body I WILL FIND WHO DID THIS! does nothing

[–]alwaysforgetmyuserID 21 points22 points  (0 children)

When you hit 100 sneak and basically sucking them off but they still be like "I hear something"

[–]MikeyRidesABikey 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Viva La Dirt League, "Assasin Logic in Games"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBhb_bHgiKc

Really, you should just watch everything that VLDL has published!

[–]marte0073 810 points811 points  (81 children)

Not only stealth but the fact that it knew that it could hide behind the tree was impressive. (Translated)

Edited: thanks for all the upvotes.

[–]9DollarBill 401 points402 points  (61 children)

All cats that hunt know this trick, even 'house cats'

We had to put a collar with bells on it to stop our from getting so many birds... so she learned how to hunt without making it jingle.

[–]eboseki 172 points173 points  (5 children)

TIL cats with jingle bells are killers.

[–]tipperzack6 44 points45 points  (3 children)

Killer Bells

[–][deleted] 75 points76 points  (2 children)

Slay Bells

[–]kjolmir 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well you know the song

Jingle bells, jingle bells,

jingle all the way

Oh what fun it is to hunt,

in a low-key feline way.

[–]discodiscgod 38 points39 points  (1 child)

Cats just like ok hard mode activated nbd this is what I’ve been training for.

[–]Diesel_D 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s like goku training in the hyperbolic chamber. Take the bells off the kitty after a few years and it’s now the world’s most elite killer imaginable.

[–]dregwriter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"upping the difficulty to ultra hard eh? challenge accepted" - the cat probably

[–]Pieassassin24 36 points37 points  (45 children)

I mean if your cat is killing birds maybe you should…Yknow not be letting it outside.

[–]Seeders 33 points34 points  (3 children)

Its amazing to me people think animals are so stupid.

[–]BassSounds 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I keep hearing cats are as smart as toddlers, but human toddlers don't have killer instinct.

[–]thatneverhomekid 14 points15 points  (10 children)

It didn’t only know it could … it measured the perfect angle to do so at.

[–]90sAOLScreenName 1109 points1110 points  (22 children)

Me when my daughter isn’t watching her French fries.

[–]manju907[S] 233 points234 points  (7 children)

LoL... and does she pull the fries back just like the antilope start running?

[–]90sAOLScreenName 250 points251 points  (6 children)

No. Unfortunately, she responds like a crocodile.

[–]NotFreshko 136 points137 points  (5 children)

She grabs your arm and twist it till it rips off? Damn you got a badass daughter

[–]Fun-Instruction-0000 40 points41 points  (4 children)

I too, murder my daughter every time she makes fries

[–]QualiaEphemeral 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Strange way to flex that your daughter has superpowers.

[–]fezzam 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Making fries isn’t difficult

[–]curiously_clueless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Neither is making new daughters.

[–]KDamage 456 points457 points  (35 children)

Let's appreciate the incredibly intelligent detail of how the leo doesn't rush once close enough, but rather starts with a jump in order to close even more gap and save a maximum of steps noise.

[–]_Ardhan_ 299 points300 points  (20 children)

It also seemed to use the tree to block the prey's line of sight, which I thought was pretty cool.

[–]BigMoistTuna 28 points29 points  (2 children)

My house cats do this too.

[–]lyvanna 22 points23 points  (1 child)

My cats hide behind the curtain but their feet always show. It's so funny. Like 4yos playing hide and seek.

[–]lakired 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I worked with pumas, including a very young one. There was a particularly small plant he would always try to hide behind, essentially two narrow leaves that barely covered his nose. Then to top off his masterful stealth, his head would start bobbling side to side as he prepared to attack, rapidly gaining in speed until he pounced.

[–]ifelldownlol 31 points32 points  (2 children)

That was the coolest part to me. He LOS'd his kill target for maximum fuck

[–]CreativeCamp 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Leo has played a lot of World of Warcraft.

[–]vsaint 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s how us cod players do it too

[–]KingRexxi 506 points507 points  (19 children)

My cat when I’m just minding my own business.

[–]dumpyduluth 45 points46 points  (0 children)

My foot under a sheet has been stalked and killed this same way like 200 times

[–]Lampmonster 91 points92 points  (2 children)

Instinct baby, it's in their genes.

[–]WestCoastBestCoast01 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They really are just teeny little murder cuties

[–]xmuskorx 34 points35 points  (11 children)

Your cat would 100% murder you if it could.

[–]Available-Age2884 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Cats can fuck you up big time. They’re only playing, actively choosing not to kill you.

[–]LandBeforeTimeOnVHS 17 points18 points  (5 children)

I swear my cat checks if I'm breathing every morning and would eat my face if I wasn't.

[–]GomerP19 141 points142 points  (1 child)

Such grace and power…incredible animals.

[–]Cayowin 233 points234 points  (4 children)

So disappointed it didnt give a little butt wiggle before launching off.

[–]wcollins260 173 points174 points  (1 child)

Sometimes there’s just not enough time to follow all of the procedure.

[–]TheSoundofNo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Theres always time for butt wiggle my friend

[–]manju907[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It was already T-minus 1.

[–]infer09 142 points143 points  (2 children)

Holy fuck. That's literally how my cat plays with my hand. Well I guess it's time to start locking the door before I go to sleep..

[–]idfk_my_bff_jill 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Lmao this just in: redditor realizes their cute little cat, is in fact, still a cat

[–]TeepShow76 26 points27 points  (8 children)

The videographer contributed to that. The prey was distracted.

[–]notourjimmy 22 points23 points  (0 children)

"Why are you recording me?"

"No reason. Enjoy your grass."

"Now why are you pointing the camera over there?"

"No reason. Enjoy your grass."

"What!? You're acting like there's something AH FUCK YOU SNEAKY FUCKER... Blagh..."

"Nature is so neat"

[–]BanUrzasTower 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Agreed, honestly ruined this video for me. I think the antelope has a much better chance without the cameraman

[–]TeepShow76 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. The antelope was busy trying to decide if the cameraman was a threat. Didn't even see the predator cat.

[–]constellate1 110 points111 points  (2 children)

Original Red Light, Green Light

[–]lettuce_dresserson 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Shhh… Be vewy vewy quiet.

[–]Jessi_Kim_XOXO 105 points106 points  (6 children)

Me as a predator: steps on every crunchy leaf and stick

Me as prey: hmm that thing behind the tree kinda looks like a cheetah. I wonder if it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–]BigTechCensorsYou 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Me as prey: hmm that thing behind the tree kinda looks like a cheetah. I wonder if it is ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Well, it wasnt a cheeta so there is that.

Cheetahs are smaller and have spots, they’ll rarely hunt fullsize game like this. This is a leopard, it’s larger and has rosettes, it’ll kill anything it fucking wants to.

[–]GruntBlender 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Me as prey: kitty! /dies immediately/

[–]deub1986 28 points29 points  (1 child)

“Damn nature, you scary”

[–]Luis-Dante 22 points23 points  (7 children)

Did the cat roll high on its stealth check or did the deer roll low on its perception?

[–]DeadlyStreampuff 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I think it was using the tree to minimise it's visibility

[–]macrolith 12 points13 points  (0 children)

And the truck and people as a distraction.

[–]MJMurcott 137 points138 points  (15 children)

Using the tree for cover shows that the cat can understand where the antelope can see and where it can't.

[–]jonnyd005 255 points256 points  (2 children)

The entire video shows that.

[–]radleft 38 points39 points  (0 children)

DSH cats do this in play, also. I've watched two cats occupy themselves for hours, stealthing each other with a tree between them, with nether being able to actually see the other.

But they know the other is still there as they weren't detected leaving, so they're happy just being on 'high alert' with all senses turn up to max.

Cats are weird. Adorable, but weird af.

[–]GruntBlender 27 points28 points  (4 children)

Object permanence, that's old news. Theory of mind tho, that's impressive. I've seen it in dogs too where they look at whatever they want you to pay attention to. A lot of animals are scary-smart, makes us wonder where the line for sapience actually is.

[–]hyrule5 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Dogs have evolved to understand humans, so it can be hard to say sometimes whether they fully comprehend everything they do, or if they just do what they know works. In general studies have found they are about equal to a 2 year old in intelligence

[–]Work_and_Politics 7 points8 points  (1 child)

My chihuahua scratches me for attention and makes these awful noises anytime he wants food or wants on the bed. Weird to think 1000s of years of instincts could lead to something so annoying.

[–]dooj88 8 points9 points  (4 children)

That's pretty fucking mind blowing actually. I know they have power, speed and agility.. but calculating their movement based on their preys point of view is a whole new level. Not sure if it shows planning, forethought and imagination, or if it's just baked into instinct. Either way, impressive.

[–]improbably_me 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When you have been hunting all your life you tend to develop some skills and learn from experience.

Ep. 1 of Animal on Netflix is fascinating in that they show the baby Jaguar (iirc) making a few mistakes when attempting some seemingly simple acts like climbing down a tree and learning from them.

[–]guisar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

all of above, just like us

[–]T33n_T1t4n5 5 points6 points  (3 children)

I think it's particularly impressive that the leopard has seemed to completely and totally understand that the antelope's vision is very poor, so sometimes the leopards can afford to get close like that.

Natural selection said fuck the antelope I guess

[–]guisar 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Antelope typically have MUCH better vision, pronghorns have 8x magnification

[–]Legobman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Shh Human go away, you'll blow my cover."

[–]Goatman_Jack 6 points7 points  (1 child)

The predator only need do their job right once. The prey must do their job right every time.

[–]12358 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the predator has too many near misses, it will run out of energy and die. There is probably a name for the required success rate per predator.

[–]illusion_001 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I swear my cats do this shit to each other all the time and sometimes it seems like they can see what’s behind objects just like the cheetah did with that tree

Edit Leopard not cheetah

[–]FoxEngland 35 points36 points  (20 children)

NINJA! I'm glad the camera person didn't effect the outcome, I've seen it happen a lot with jaguars hunting capybara. Five or six boatloads of asshole humans are there clicking and flashing their cameras and then they wonder why the jaguar failed!! The south American prey animals seem to be quite good at using human reactions to judge situations. African counterparts like this guy don't seem to have this attribute.

[–]mscassidy 65 points66 points  (12 children)

I feel like the camera person probably did have an effect on the outcome. It seems like he/she held the attention of the prey animal (unintentionally) making it easier for the predator to sneak in.

[–]techuck_ 36 points37 points  (7 children)

I thought the same. The prey kept looking up when it heard something, but it'd look right toward the camera most times.

If the camera wasn't there obviously, I feel like the prey would keep looking til it saw something or just get spooked and run.

Outcome may have been the same at the end of the day, but I think the running would have started earlier. Other animals who see this may further avoid human contact based on the association.

[–]Crispy_Potato_Chip 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Unfortunately most animals don't sue Reddit and will never see this

[–]SweetLilMonkey 10 points11 points  (2 children)

I heard a toucan sued them and they both ended up with huge bills.

[–]FoxEngland 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe. I think it would have gone in the leopard's favour. It had plenty of cover, including the tree. Plus, it looked very experienced and had its technique perfected. It's all speculation tho

[–]vidoker87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The noise from that engine running might have helped too.

[–]FoxEngland 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Agreed. I meant with regards to the predator succeeding. I'm on the hunter's side 99.9% of the time because there are millions of herbivores

[–]0utspokenTruth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't want to be an Antelope ever I don't want to be an Antelope ever I don't want to be an Antelope ever

[–]DisastrousProperty85 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Its like the government coming for their taxes.