Who's the Bigger Mouse?
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Who's the Bigger Mouse?
A mouse stealing a leopard's Lunch.... !
Seemingly unaware of the beast towering over it, the tiny rodent grabbed at scraps of meat thrown into the African Leopard's enclosure. But instead of pouncing on the tiny intruder, the 12-year-old leopard Sheena kept her distance. After a few minutes she tried to nudge the mouse away with her nose, but the determined little guy kept chewing away until he was full.
The extraordinary scene was captured by photography student Casey Gutteridge at the Santago Rare Leopard Project in Hertfordshire , England . The 19-year-old, photographing the leopard for a course project, was astounded by the mouse's behavior.
He said had no idea where the mouse came from. He just appeared after the keeper had dropped in the meat for the leopard. Taking no notice of the leopard, the mouse went straight over to the meat and started eating.
Even when the leopard bent down and sniffed him, the mouse just carried on eating like nothing had happened. Even the keeper said he'd never seen anything like it before.
Project owner Jackie James added: It was so funny to see - Sheena batted the mouse a couple of times to try to get it away from her food. But the determined little thing took no notice and just carried on.
The mouse continued to eat the leopard's lunch and showed the leopard who was boss.
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Seemingly unaware of the beast towering over it, the tiny rodent grabbed at scraps of meat thrown into the African Leopard's enclosure. But instead of pouncing on the tiny intruder, the 12-year-old leopard Sheena kept her distance. After a few minutes she tried to nudge the mouse away with her nose, but the determined little guy kept chewing away until he was full.
The extraordinary scene was captured by photography student Casey Gutteridge at the Santago Rare Leopard Project in Hertfordshire , England . The 19-year-old, photographing the leopard for a course project, was astounded by the mouse's behavior.
He said had no idea where the mouse came from. He just appeared after the keeper had dropped in the meat for the leopard. Taking no notice of the leopard, the mouse went straight over to the meat and started eating.
Even when the leopard bent down and sniffed him, the mouse just carried on eating like nothing had happened. Even the keeper said he'd never seen anything like it before.
Project owner Jackie James added: It was so funny to see - Sheena batted the mouse a couple of times to try to get it away from her food. But the determined little thing took no notice and just carried on.
The mouse continued to eat the leopard's lunch and showed the leopard who was boss.
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Great Huge Mouse Balls...
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Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
I've seen these pics before, but not the story to them. It is cute to say the least. But all it proves is the leopard is very well fed and lonely.
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Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
AMAZING!!
i expected the punchline to be that when the mouse finished eating the leopard ate him.
i expected the punchline to be that when the mouse finished eating the leopard ate him.
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Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
Kinda reminds me when I was younger (and not so young ) ---all the stupid stuff I did without realizing how close I was to disaster. -----------------------Sixgun
Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
Hey, the poor old leopard is probably alone in it's cage. The mouse is probably his only friend. One way to find out is to go into the cage and try and take the mouse out.
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Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
I think the cat is fattening up the mouse, eh?Doc Hudson wrote:AMAZING!!
i expected the punchline to be that when the mouse finished eating the leopard ate him.
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Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
Bad *** and "Tough" are a state of mind!! Well, it WORKED in this case didn't it?? LOL!!!
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Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
If I recall, well-fed predators tend to ignore things that aren't a threat. A mouse would hardly be a decent play-thing for a leopard, and it was obviously well-fed in the zoo. Just shows you how smart predators - and especially cats - can be!
Re: Who's the Bigger Mouse?
Now thats a CAT!J Miller wrote:I've seen these pics before, but not the story to them. It is cute to say the least. But all it proves is the leopard is very well fed and lonely.
Joe
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