00:04comm: most impalas run for their lives at the sight of a leopard. but this youngsterseems intent on befriending one. 00:16comm: this bizarre footage shows the young antelope nuzzling the killer cats nose andmouth as it lazes in the clearing. 00:27comm: and even when the leopard starts playing
How To Adopt A Baby Leopard, a little rough it makes no attempts to leave. 00:38comm: game ranger estiaan houy filmed the encounter while out with guests in the krugernational park in south africa. 00:50comm: he says the amiable interaction lasted
for an hour before the leopard strolled intothe bush followed by the impala. it's not known what happened afterwards but as leopardslike all cats are prone to toying with their prey it's likely the apparent friendship onlylasted until dinner time. 01:09comm: we asked will fox, senior project manager for the ingwe leopard research program fora comment on the behaviour and he told us as much as it would be nice to think predatorand prey can become buddies the incidents of vegetarian leopards is non-existent. sothe end result is not likely to have ended very well for the impala.
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