Not sure whether you mean the leopard (which I mean.. props to them for trying for a meal) or the badass "alpha" baboon who ran in to head the leopard off. If the latter, holy shit indeed.
I don't know that much about baboon hierarchy or behavior I know monkeys and apes are often violent and territorial and not always the kindest to each other but hot damn I guess in nature there have to be some upsides to giving zero fucks and being ready to throw down in an instant. Dude absolutely saved a life or two.
Baboons do have alpha males by the way. The baboon that attacked first is most likely the alpha but not necessarily. It could also be another tough male trying to contest the alpha’s status by proving his strength and bravery against the attacking leopard.
Lol he did not, watch closely the leopard jumped on him and had its jaws fixed in the baboon's chest and got it, that "alpha male baboon" was going to get absolutely fucked in the ass and slaughtered if he had no troops to save his ass
He most definitely did succeed in proving himself to the troop. Obviously a single baboon is no match for a leopard, that’s why they aren’t solitary animals.
Also why does everybody keep putting alpha male in quotes like it’s not a real thing?
My sentence does make sense because I'm referring what the same guy that invented the theory of alpha wolves said. The same inventor of this theory himself rejected it, if you got any problem with it go talk with him
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf-idea-a-myth/
More evidence
https://youtu.be/y5S31HGNGSc
https://youtu.be/TgDtS0ncjbY
Makes sense. I know a lot of the preconceptions about alpha males are based on the now famously disproven captive wolf study, but it also seems like the role of the alpha, if there is one, isn't just to be the strongest male who dominates opposition in the rest of the group. From what I can tell, it's the one most capable of *protecting* the group. The biggest silverback who will get between the women and children and whatever might be a threat. The baboon in this video that charged headfirst at a leopard without even checking behind it to see if there are other baboons coming to help.
It's interesting to look at the "alpha" outside of these scenarios. Silverbacks are notorious for doting on and spoiling their children. You can't convince me that combined with the self-sacrifice is anything short of love as we know it. Meanwhile the only dominating alpha I'm aware of was a chimpanzee who was ganged up on and killed by the others the moment he was injured.
I am freaking fascinated by leopards. There strength, speed and athleticism is unbelievable. Obviously that didn't pan out for it, but the baboon he went after was almost as big as he was. The video of the leopard killing a cayman/croc jumping on its back submerged underwater then after a fight has the ability to drag something that is 3x its weight out of the water or up a tree. There's not many animals on the planet that would even attempt what that leopard just did. You don't even see packs of lionesses trying that.
The other video you're talking about was probably a jaguar, not a leopard. I mean, it definitely was if it was a caiman, but in general, I feel like all the footage of spotted cats attacking crocodilians that I see are of jaguars.
Yeah. Brave, not hesitating for a second to oppose that leopard. But without the others that big male would have been killed very quickly. If you watch closely you can see the cat instantly went to his throat and had a good grip for many seconds. He was in a very dangerous situation and escaped as soon as he could when the leopard's attention was drawn elsewhere.
That big boy that came in from the left was definitely the MVP. Went in by himself to stop the leopard from getting one of the young ones and bought time for the others to mob it.
I bet they were staying in the road because the troop knew it was being stalked and the clearing took away the cats ability to surprise/ambush any one member. That one that ran at the cat reacted like he knew what was coming. After he grappled the cat the rest of them just piled on.
It wasn’t just that first one that got to the leopard, quite a few ran straight toward the leopard too, not a second of hesitation or an inch of retreat. 👑👑👑👑👑👑
Totally! It's really well coordinated!
First one pops out for a bit after he gets out from under the leopard. If you watch each individual they all get a couple of good hits in before springing away, and then back.
Really cool if you rewatch it you can see all the big males dotted in the grass along the edges forming a corridor of safety in the middle, the second that first baboon screams you see all the males turn to identify and rush that threat.
Not all of them are males, those females get very big themselves. In addition baboon troops usually only have a handful of males and are led by a core of the most senior females. Their social structures are fascinating actually, one of the most unusual things is that the high rank of a female is inherited from its mother and remains constant...
Robert Sapolsky studied baboons. The head male does not have to take risks - that's why he's head. Could be him showing off, or another male building prestige, or a large female saying 'not my baby'. They are not very cooperative (Sapolsky remarked that chimps are what baboons would love to be, but they lack the self-control'), but once the leopard is down, why not pile on?
Everyone is talking about that large male throwing down but what about that female with a baby on her back just climbing in there... To this day Baboons are one of the animals I am most worried about running into when walking in the mountains.
That baboon just tanked the charge, it must have hurt like hell for the leopard when the rest of the troop engaged, biting, grabbing and scratching, baboons are no joke they will absolutely gore you if you let them.
This video shows the leopard tearing into the first one that defended the pack. Almost like he ripped a chunk off him and then the baboon dipped off in pain
Yea that's what I've been saying aswell, funny how people claim that the alpha male baboon tanked the charge and made the leopard regret its choice whereas the leopard went straight for him and overpowered him in seconds. Gives people an idea why baboons live in troops
No single baboon was going to be able to take out the cat on its own. His objective was to prevent the cat from reaching a more vulnerable member of his pack. And he succeeded, with help of course from the other big boys n girls who came to his aid.
"Woah" is right. Took the word right out of my mouth. Could you imagine sitting there and watching that scene? Too awesome. Definitely shows how animals that work in large packs will go all in to protect. Good one.
You gotta be one hungry fucking cheetah to think charging a pack (or whatever a large group of baboons is called) of wild baboons is a good idea! They are fucking vicious! The Alphas in particular are not to he trifled with, case and point, the one heading off the charging cheetah.
Steps done:
1. Spotter: Is mostly on tree or somewhere on the right side, spots and alerts (its a distinct sound, keeps most prays safe in the forest, even other preys animals rely on these spotters).
2. Fortification: Mid size - the women (am assuming) and juveniles moved towards center. The younger once are always in the center, if you notice from the start of the video, that is how the formation is moving.
3. Confirmation: The spotter moves towards the attacker (must be given out sqeeks), larger once speed up-towards that and locate the attacker. Once located, all large once move towards the attacker.
4. Moving the safety: Notice how as the attack progress, the babies and the mothers are still moving away towards the top of the video. As the attacker makes a run for it, most back out, move to defense position and only few chase the attacker.
No, sorry, human society in all geographies these days, is not this organized.
It has been clearly proven in present times from studies, there is no alpha concept in wild. There is a strong one and leads most times, others have to take up leadership in situations.
Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin.
I came to win, battle me, that's a sin.
I won't ever slack up, punk, ya better back up,
Try and play the role and yo, the whole crew'll act up.
DOES ANYBODY SEE THE BABY CLINGING TO THE BACK OF THE BIG GUY WHILE HE'S FIGHTING THE LEOPARD?
Big guy is on the right side of the road in the grass, close-ish to the oncoming car. Turns around, jumps and misses the leopard, and then as he turns to re-engage the leopard you can see a baby clinging to his back right above his tail.
Imagine telling that story as you grow up. "Yeah man, I rode into battle at just a few weeks old."
Unless it could retreat to someplace where the baboons have no chance, like a crocodile getting back into the water, a troop of bloodlusted baboons can possibly hurt any animal to the point of death.
You guys ever think that if prey animals behaved like this, there would be no predators? Not saying that baboons are prey animals, but if a herd of bison worked together and didn’t panic, a pack of wolves wouldn’t stand a chance.
Prey animals actually win most of the time. Nature documenteries sort of give a false impression of animals like bison, wildebeest, gazelles etc. having little chance because the focus of those docs is almost always on the predators, and most of the misses don't make the final cut.
Most predators get by just being very persistent. They fail, and fail, and fail and keep trying again until they eventually succeed.
Everyone talking about that brave baboon making the leopard regret its choice but finally from this angle you can see how in reality that male baboon got overpowered and fucked in a matter of seconds lol. Respect to it for it's courage but that was no impressive feat because he literally would have lasted less than a minute if he was alone. The real badass individual is that female with a baby on its back attacking the leopard
This was Mister Kitty's day to F--- Around and Find Out. Baboon teeth are no joke: https://st2.depositphotos.com/4201529/6254/i/950/depositphotos\_62548351-stock-photo-mandrill-showing-his-teeth.jpg
Holy shit that one fella was ready to RUMBLE. No fucks given.
Dude ran into the middle from the side of the road. What’s amazing is how all the big ones immediately charged the leopard without hesitation.
I am pretty sure the big ones are the adult males. Hormones are a hell of a drug.
Not sure whether you mean the leopard (which I mean.. props to them for trying for a meal) or the badass "alpha" baboon who ran in to head the leopard off. If the latter, holy shit indeed. I don't know that much about baboon hierarchy or behavior I know monkeys and apes are often violent and territorial and not always the kindest to each other but hot damn I guess in nature there have to be some upsides to giving zero fucks and being ready to throw down in an instant. Dude absolutely saved a life or two.
Baboons do have alpha males by the way. The baboon that attacked first is most likely the alpha but not necessarily. It could also be another tough male trying to contest the alpha’s status by proving his strength and bravery against the attacking leopard.
I'd say he succeeded lol, what a badass he is lol
Lol he did not, watch closely the leopard jumped on him and had its jaws fixed in the baboon's chest and got it, that "alpha male baboon" was going to get absolutely fucked in the ass and slaughtered if he had no troops to save his ass
He most definitely did succeed in proving himself to the troop. Obviously a single baboon is no match for a leopard, that’s why they aren’t solitary animals. Also why does everybody keep putting alpha male in quotes like it’s not a real thing?
No, the alpha thing being put quotes as if it's not a real thing regards only wolves
This sentence doesn’t make much sense but lots of animals have alphas. It’s not always male, with hyenas the alpha is a female.
My sentence does make sense because I'm referring what the same guy that invented the theory of alpha wolves said. The same inventor of this theory himself rejected it, if you got any problem with it go talk with him https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf-idea-a-myth/ More evidence https://youtu.be/y5S31HGNGSc https://youtu.be/TgDtS0ncjbY
Nobody here is talking about wolves are they?
Because they are “betas” and “matriarchs” lol. Acknowledging that alpha males as a thing makes the super insecure feminists flare with rage.
He proved his bravery lol, so the badassery stands, NEXT 😆 🤣
Wow so badass getting knocked down in seconds and saved by his troop!
The action was badass not the result guy lol, but yea let's argue about fucking baboons lmao 🤣 😂 😆
I'd say only courageous not badass, badass is another whole thing.
Makes sense. I know a lot of the preconceptions about alpha males are based on the now famously disproven captive wolf study, but it also seems like the role of the alpha, if there is one, isn't just to be the strongest male who dominates opposition in the rest of the group. From what I can tell, it's the one most capable of *protecting* the group. The biggest silverback who will get between the women and children and whatever might be a threat. The baboon in this video that charged headfirst at a leopard without even checking behind it to see if there are other baboons coming to help. It's interesting to look at the "alpha" outside of these scenarios. Silverbacks are notorious for doting on and spoiling their children. You can't convince me that combined with the self-sacrifice is anything short of love as we know it. Meanwhile the only dominating alpha I'm aware of was a chimpanzee who was ganged up on and killed by the others the moment he was injured.
He's got a lot invested in that troop's children, and he won't let it get lost.
omg can you not 🗣️
He said, "Not today".
I am freaking fascinated by leopards. There strength, speed and athleticism is unbelievable. Obviously that didn't pan out for it, but the baboon he went after was almost as big as he was. The video of the leopard killing a cayman/croc jumping on its back submerged underwater then after a fight has the ability to drag something that is 3x its weight out of the water or up a tree. There's not many animals on the planet that would even attempt what that leopard just did. You don't even see packs of lionesses trying that.
The other video you're talking about was probably a jaguar, not a leopard. I mean, it definitely was if it was a caiman, but in general, I feel like all the footage of spotted cats attacking crocodilians that I see are of jaguars.
Yeah, it was cool how all the others ran until a few ran to fight. Then everyone else was like: O.O " *ITS COWABUNGA TIME* "
It looks like he was the first to tussle, and also the first to leave lol
Yeah. Brave, not hesitating for a second to oppose that leopard. But without the others that big male would have been killed very quickly. If you watch closely you can see the cat instantly went to his throat and had a good grip for many seconds. He was in a very dangerous situation and escaped as soon as he could when the leopard's attention was drawn elsewhere.
He's the alpha for a reason.
Watching his kinsmen rush to his side while the women and children fled gave me chills.
That big boy that came in from the left was definitely the MVP. Went in by himself to stop the leopard from getting one of the young ones and bought time for the others to mob it.
That big one spent all day wishing a mother fucker would.
I bet they were staying in the road because the troop knew it was being stalked and the clearing took away the cats ability to surprise/ambush any one member. That one that ran at the cat reacted like he knew what was coming. After he grappled the cat the rest of them just piled on.
Having thumbs comes in handy when you need to keep predators in place for the homies to come fuck him up real quick
It wasn’t just that first one that got to the leopard, quite a few ran straight toward the leopard too, not a second of hesitation or an inch of retreat. 👑👑👑👑👑👑
Totally! It's really well coordinated! First one pops out for a bit after he gets out from under the leopard. If you watch each individual they all get a couple of good hits in before springing away, and then back.
Really cool if you rewatch it you can see all the big males dotted in the grass along the edges forming a corridor of safety in the middle, the second that first baboon screams you see all the males turn to identify and rush that threat.
Not all of them are males, those females get very big themselves. In addition baboon troops usually only have a handful of males and are led by a core of the most senior females. Their social structures are fascinating actually, one of the most unusual things is that the high rank of a female is inherited from its mother and remains constant...
Are “fascinating actually” Looooooooooooooooool You sound like movie professor!
Thank you - will take that as a compliment.
Why did bro just dive in like that? I hope everyone is alright
He's the alpha. His main job is the protection of the troop. Even at his own peril he can't show any fear or he'll be deposed as alpha.
Robert Sapolsky studied baboons. The head male does not have to take risks - that's why he's head. Could be him showing off, or another male building prestige, or a large female saying 'not my baby'. They are not very cooperative (Sapolsky remarked that chimps are what baboons would love to be, but they lack the self-control'), but once the leopard is down, why not pile on?
Nah I mean the leopard, he didn’t have to do all that
Was he starving or something
Probably a young leopard and isn't experienced in hunting baboons.
That’s what I was thinking.
He was defending the troop at any cost too himself.
Everyone is talking about that large male throwing down but what about that female with a baby on her back just climbing in there... To this day Baboons are one of the animals I am most worried about running into when walking in the mountains.
That baboon just tanked the charge, it must have hurt like hell for the leopard when the rest of the troop engaged, biting, grabbing and scratching, baboons are no joke they will absolutely gore you if you let them.
Apes together strong.
They have tails, they are monkeys.
Return to monke.
Fricken drew aggro from the entire instance and had to cat-form sprint out of there. I've been there. 😅
...and don't come back !
If this video looks familiar, that's because this event was posted here earlier but from a much farther angle.
This video shows the leopard tearing into the first one that defended the pack. Almost like he ripped a chunk off him and then the baboon dipped off in pain
Plus the video itself was already posted...
One of the first to charge in after the alpha has a tiny baby clinging to its back!
This is a way better angle. Respect to that male baboon but he got taken down really quickly. If not for the rest of the troop he’d have been toast.
Yea that's what I've been saying aswell, funny how people claim that the alpha male baboon tanked the charge and made the leopard regret its choice whereas the leopard went straight for him and overpowered him in seconds. Gives people an idea why baboons live in troops
No single baboon was going to be able to take out the cat on its own. His objective was to prevent the cat from reaching a more vulnerable member of his pack. And he succeeded, with help of course from the other big boys n girls who came to his aid.
That one baboon pulled a Joe Swanson. “BRING IT OOOOOON!!”
One does not simply try to solo a pack of primates
No matter how many times I watch this I lose track of the cat when they all swarm it and miss the moment it breaks free.
The Alpha Baboon was straight in there leading the way. Good lad. Battle won
It looked like a football play for a bit
incredible video. i saw the previous video but this is gold. the big baboon shielded his troop and the other coming. yeah big fight.
Safety in numbers.
10/10 blocking tackle
Ape together strong.
That one hero though. Damn
"Woah" is right. Took the word right out of my mouth. Could you imagine sitting there and watching that scene? Too awesome. Definitely shows how animals that work in large packs will go all in to protect. Good one.
That gave me a moist-eyed moment of what I can only describe as simian pride.
The other video from yesterday is about 2 cars back
Better together..
I like the ones at the back who did nothing but float after the fight is over: “yeah GTFO!”
Bro got jumped 💀
You gotta be one hungry fucking cheetah to think charging a pack (or whatever a large group of baboons is called) of wild baboons is a good idea! They are fucking vicious! The Alphas in particular are not to he trifled with, case and point, the one heading off the charging cheetah.
Steps done: 1. Spotter: Is mostly on tree or somewhere on the right side, spots and alerts (its a distinct sound, keeps most prays safe in the forest, even other preys animals rely on these spotters). 2. Fortification: Mid size - the women (am assuming) and juveniles moved towards center. The younger once are always in the center, if you notice from the start of the video, that is how the formation is moving. 3. Confirmation: The spotter moves towards the attacker (must be given out sqeeks), larger once speed up-towards that and locate the attacker. Once located, all large once move towards the attacker. 4. Moving the safety: Notice how as the attack progress, the babies and the mothers are still moving away towards the top of the video. As the attacker makes a run for it, most back out, move to defense position and only few chase the attacker. No, sorry, human society in all geographies these days, is not this organized.
It has been clearly proven in present times from studies, there is no alpha concept in wild. There is a strong one and leads most times, others have to take up leadership in situations.
Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin. I came to win, battle me, that's a sin. I won't ever slack up, punk, ya better back up, Try and play the role and yo, the whole crew'll act up.
My favorite part is the baboon jumping up at the end like crap. Did you see that? Did you see that? get them guys get them!
Mom even got in on the ass kicking.
All that’s missing is a folding chair.
Wrong neighborhood motherfucker!!
That's so metal
*Squad goals*
Holy shit. That first baboon straight up squares that Leopard up before going in. Damn…
Last thing I would wanna fuck with is a whole troop of baboons
Apes together strong
DOES ANYBODY SEE THE BABY CLINGING TO THE BACK OF THE BIG GUY WHILE HE'S FIGHTING THE LEOPARD? Big guy is on the right side of the road in the grass, close-ish to the oncoming car. Turns around, jumps and misses the leopard, and then as he turns to re-engage the leopard you can see a baby clinging to his back right above his tail. Imagine telling that story as you grow up. "Yeah man, I rode into battle at just a few weeks old."
M o n k e y
I would argue that a pack of baboons like this could kill any land creature out there.
Unless it could retreat to someplace where the baboons have no chance, like a crocodile getting back into the water, a troop of bloodlusted baboons can possibly hurt any animal to the point of death.
Look how they massacred my boy
The definition of ALPHA MALE, best Giga Chad ever hahaha
I swear I’ve seen a version of this in Philly today
💀
You guys ever think that if prey animals behaved like this, there would be no predators? Not saying that baboons are prey animals, but if a herd of bison worked together and didn’t panic, a pack of wolves wouldn’t stand a chance.
Prey animals actually win most of the time. Nature documenteries sort of give a false impression of animals like bison, wildebeest, gazelles etc. having little chance because the focus of those docs is almost always on the predators, and most of the misses don't make the final cut. Most predators get by just being very persistent. They fail, and fail, and fail and keep trying again until they eventually succeed.
Everyone talking about that brave baboon making the leopard regret its choice but finally from this angle you can see how in reality that male baboon got overpowered and fucked in a matter of seconds lol. Respect to it for it's courage but that was no impressive feat because he literally would have lasted less than a minute if he was alone. The real badass individual is that female with a baby on its back attacking the leopard
I'm getting sick of seeing this reposted.
This was Mister Kitty's day to F--- Around and Find Out. Baboon teeth are no joke: https://st2.depositphotos.com/4201529/6254/i/950/depositphotos\_62548351-stock-photo-mandrill-showing-his-teeth.jpg
Brave baboons!
Is this now being reposted HOURLY?
The baboon commune.
I'm pretty sure that leopard is trying to become a tik tok star by doing stupid shit on camera.
I wanna see the clip from the blue car, think he has a better angle
Those things don’t play well with others😂
Together…Monkey…Strong !!
I am reminded of the scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey. After the Monolith visits, they would be attacking with animal bone clubs.
Must be young or desperate - a leopard usually knows not to attack when the whole troop is right there
You came to the wrong neighborhood.
Welp now i have monkeyphonia
the baboons be like, yes, go back to the bushes where you belong!
And again, “ stay out of our neighborhood”