Himalayan female snow leopard took 2 days to hunt for food, dragged her prey back to feed her cubs, and was grabbed by a group of Tibetan mastiffs

In the Himalayas, the snow-capped mountains are continuous and steep, and the mountains are steep and precipitous. Snow leopards establish their own territory on the magnificent snow-capped mountains, travel alone and travel secretly. Only during the courtship period can snow leopards be seen in pairs, and only during the breeding period can several snow leopards be seen at the same time.

A female snow leopard was found in the Himalayas, and after a gestation period of about 3 months, she gave birth to two cubs. After having cubs, the mother snow leopard rarely lies on the rocks to bask in the sun, either going out to hunt for food, or guarding the cubs and nursing the cubs.

Two snow leopard cubs are growing day by day, and the mother snow leopard thinks it's time to feed them meat. So let the cub stay

In the cave, go out to hunt by yourself.

01The female snow leopard went out to hunt and took 2 days to catch the blue sheep

The female snow leopard walked through the steep mountains, jumped over the ravines, and found a group of blue sheep foraging. They were all strong and plump, but the female snow leopard did not rush out in a hurry, but used the rocks to hide herself and planned to use the best sneak attack method. Against blue sheep.

It lowered its body and quietly approached the flock of blue sheep, staring sharply ahead. Seeing that it was getting closer, a blue sheep standing on a high place suddenly issued a warning call, and the female snow leopard was found by the "sentry" of the blue sheep.

The blue sheep immediately ran and jumped to the steep heights with ease. The mother snow leopard also ran at the same time. Alas, although she lost the opportunity, she couldn't give up so that her cub could eat food. If she was lucky, she might be able to catch an inexperienced little blue sheep.

**## However, the female snow leopard tried her best to hunt down and almost caught one, but the blue sheep escaped. In the blink of an eye, the blue sheep had already run far away.

Finding prey is not easy, and preying is even more difficult! The female snow leopard was helpless. Although she couldn't catch up with the blue sheep, she followed the blue sheep's footprints and dung traces, followed all the way, and finally caught up.

After absorbing the previous experience, hunting during the day is easy to expose itself, and the female snow leopard follows from afar, and only approaches quietly when night falls. This time, the female snow leopard succeeded in lurking, and was less than 10 meters away from the blue sheep. She suddenly jumped out and rushed towards the nearest blue sheep. She hit the blue sheep with one blow, and accurately bit the blue sheep's neck. It took 2 days to finally catch the prey.

02 Drag the prey back to feed the cubs, but was robbed by a group of stray Tibetan mastiffs

After finally catching the prey, the hungry female snow leopard hurriedly ate two bites to replenish her strength, and dragged the 100-pound blue sheep carcass in her mouth and dragged it towards her lair.

The two snow leopard cubs stayed in the cave, and they must have been starving. The mother snow leopard wanted the cubs to eat meat quickly, and did not stop to rest all the way. Usually, snow leopards eat their prey immediately, and rarely drag heavy prey to walk.

Because of this prey, a lot of magpies were attracted, and they all flew at low altitudes, following the mother snow leopard, and even flew down to peck the prey when she was not prepared.

Naturally, the female snow leopard couldn't bear it anymore, and she drove away with her teeth bared, but she was just a flock of birds, and she dared to bully the king of the snow mountain. But the cry of magpies attracted a group of stray Tibetan mastiffs.

The Tibetan Mastiff wanders in the Himalayas and has a strong ability to adapt to the natural environment. Hearing the non-stop call of the magpie, he knew that there was prey, and they followed the call of the magpie to find it.

First, three Tibetan mastiffs followed the snow leopard, and then two Tibetan mastiffs came. They besieged the female snow leopard and snatch the female snow leopard's prey. These guys are really annoying. They won't go hunting for food. They are domineering because of their large numbers. This is not the first time they have robbed snow leopards for food.

The female snow leopard is half body, standing on the prey, and the posture of protecting food is very firm. Confronting a group of Tibetan Mastiffs, baring their canine teeth to the Tibetan Mastiff, making a menacing low growl.

However, the Tibetan Mastiff is not so easy to get rid of, fiercely screaming at the mother snow leopard, and attacking her in groups. Not to be outdone, the female snow leopard chased away the Tibetan mastiff that came to her.

It took a lot of effort to finally drive away this group of hateful Tibetan mastiffs, and the snow leopard continued to drag the prey back to the nest.

03 Let the two cubs eat, the mother snow leopard is on guard

The two cubs of the mother snow leopard have not seen their mother for two or three days. They couldn't stay in the cave, so they ran to the entrance of the cave and looked outside. They were lovely.

When the mother snow leopard finally returned from hunting, the two cubs excitedly ran off the cliff and ran towards the mother snow leopard. The mother snow leopard walked directly under the cave, dragging the prey to the bushes not far away, and then she called the two cubs over.

With good food, both cubs are excited

Revolving around the mother, the mother snow leopard tore the skin of its prey to help the cubs eat. When the two cubs were eating happily, the mother snow leopard was on guard, her sharp eyes swept around, always vigilant.

When the two cubs are full, they are happy to roll on the ground and chase and play. The female snow leopard started to eat. She looked after the cubs while eating, and she had to look around, not only to prevent the stray Tibetan mastiffs from grabbing food, but also to prevent the male snow leopards from grabbing territory or hurting her cubs. Being a mother snow leopard is not easy!

Epilogue

The stray Tibetan mastiffs are in groups and run rampant on the plateau and become "bandits". They dare to grab the food of the snow leopard, dare to besiege the brown bear, and once forced the lynx to the telephone pole... The stray Tibetan mastiff has caused some adverse effects on the plateau environment. Impact, how do you think it should be resolved?

Shering Valley Nature Lab/Produced**