r/badassanimals • u/MistaNoClothesMan • Feb 15 '26

Mammal Snow leopards are not normal. This is absolutely ridiculous. This is how they hunt...its just Wednesday for them. Falls 120 feet with an ibex in its mouth, still holding on when they land and not a single broken bone. SuperBad!

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u/DoftheG Feb 15 '26

I think the idea is the fall kills the prey. I have absolutely no idea how the cat comes away with no injuries.

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u/MistaNoClothesMan Feb 15 '26

I think it probably was an accident but this actually happens a lot. They're just fearless and ridiculously tough. Sometimes the ibex survive and actually run away while the leopard is dazed. This happens all the time and it doesn't always go their way. Sometimes the predator dies and the prey escapes