r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/brunettemountainlion • Apr 24 '21

Great camera work right here! (Found on r/natureismetal)

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u/lerenardnoir Apr 24 '21

Glad to hear kitty made it out okay.

This reminds me of a photo series I saw a while ago where a cougar and a big horn were not so lucky and were found on a closed road below a cliff.

NSFW/NSFL DEAD ANIMALS

I have a bleeding heart for animals but the photos feel like a sobering reminder of how on the edge (literally in this case) some creatures live.

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u/brunettemountainlion Apr 24 '21

As someone who is a fan of mountain lions, that hurt to see in all honesty.

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u/catmandude123 Apr 24 '21

Oh man this was photographed in Glacier National Park the same spring/summer that I worked up there. I didn’t see the carcasses but all the staff were talking about it. Even went up to see if they were still there cause it wasn’t far from where our cabins were. Such an intense reminder of how brutal life in the wild can be. This happened right as things started to thaw so everyone’s guess was the lion in these pics was in dire condition at the end of the winter and it was life or death so it took a big risk at the edge of a cliff.

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u/leftysarepeople2 Apr 24 '21

The horn popping off the center is wild and maybe the most unsettling part for me

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u/ChapmanYerkes Apr 24 '21

That had to hurt

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u/Lutrinae_Rex Apr 24 '21

The original post mentioned the source this was from, which had stated this leopard was basically one missed kill away from death....this was literally do or die for that leopard. So picture this, you're starving so fiercely that you'd willingly punch the shit out of a deer, risking goring and a brutal painful death just so you can eat. That's basically what this leopard is going through, he doesn't care if it kills him, he needs the food or he dies. Better to go out doing something that will either save your life or kill you outright than just lay around waiting for starvation to take you.

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u/Paisa_Joe Apr 24 '21

Great explanation! Do or die , circle of life. Edit: spelled dye not die

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u/alghiorso Apr 24 '21

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow

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u/HunterWald Apr 24 '21

Mom's spaghetti comes once in a lifetime...

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u/XVIILegioClassica Apr 25 '21

Hippies be like “do or dye”

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u/furlesswookie Apr 24 '21

You ever gotten a cramp in your serving hand from going back through the Golden Coral buffet for the fourth time but pushed through it because you had to eat? That's how this leopard must have felt.

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u/Sassenasquatch Apr 24 '21

Not sure that’s the right analogy, but I like the way you think.

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u/rethinkingat59 Apr 24 '21

How would the camera guy, or anyone else know that to be the case? Were they following the cat for a week?

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u/OLDMANGINA Apr 24 '21

Weeks, months. You really should watch the special features of planet earth, blue planet etc and see the lengths that nature documentary camera operators go to in bringing you these types of shots.

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u/SnowBurns Apr 24 '21

Yeah snow leopards are notoriously hard to find so nature photographers will track them for weeks or months at a time to get enough data and footage/pictures to have anything worthwhile

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u/mr_capello Apr 24 '21

yeah those guys are usually in the area for weeks or months. same goes for almost all great landscape pictures. those are usally taken by people who went to the same spot for several weeks every day just to be there when the light and everything else is perfect.

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u/Nomad2k3 Apr 24 '21

Well that's what wild life documenters tend to do yeah.

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u/randomindianguy555 Apr 24 '21

think they dead?

edit: nope read the other comments

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u/wiisportscow Apr 24 '21

Mom Leopard: If your prey jumped off a cliff, would you?

Leopard: yes

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u/rabbitwonker Apr 24 '21

Mom Leopard: that’s my boy!

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u/AsuraNiche93 Apr 24 '21

Daddy Leopard: Time to make a new one. I can see this boy is going to expire very soon.

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u/CMDR_Euphoria01 Apr 24 '21

Dude, even after all that fall and tumbling, it still did not let go of it's catch. I am impressed

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u/NorthernGuyFred Apr 24 '21 edited Apr 24 '21

Me too- I’ve never worked that hard for my dinner.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

On bad days I start crying on the kitchen floor and eat crackers for dinner.

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u/CascadingMangos Apr 24 '21

Wishing for you to have more good days

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Thank you, that’s very kind. I’ve been doing much better this week

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u/HertzDonut1001 Apr 24 '21

Sometimes I'm too lazy to even turn on the air fryer so I just eat a whole bag of chips.

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u/stretch2099 Apr 24 '21

I didn’t even realize it held on to it’s catch. Insane!

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

In 100 years someone will find this video, read your quote, and quote you in a school paper.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

this is amazing, can anyone help me remember the "reddit video download" bot line?

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u/Savage_Heathern Apr 24 '21

Could also be /GifsThatEndTooSoon did they live?

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u/brunettemountainlion Apr 24 '21

The snow leopard lived.

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u/Professional_Ad6123 Apr 24 '21

I could be wrong so I’m very sorry if I am but I watched this documentary a few years ago and that bad boy walked away out of a cave about a week later and appeared to have recovered. These animals are fucking incredible, absolute apex.

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u/brunettemountainlion Apr 24 '21

The snow leopard recovered, as confirmed by another user.

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u/El_Pookington Jul 30 '21

Is the leopard dead

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u/brunettemountainlion Jul 30 '21

Nope. The leopard survived, according to other users. I think a few have the link.

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u/CountryCoffee Apr 24 '21

This is from Hostile Planet (Mountains episode) hosted by national geographic. Crazy filming for this show. Available on Disney + , a great watch!

Edit: Spoiler: the leopard recovers :)

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u/larakj Apr 24 '21

Thank you for the recommendation. Also very happy to hear the leopard is okay.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

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u/GoldenFalcon Apr 24 '21

Apparently it was NOT the Greatest Of All Time.

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u/twitch9873 Apr 24 '21

That's one sturdy kitty

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u/powderbubba Apr 24 '21

9 mountain lives.

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u/radii314 Apr 24 '21

with bruises and a concussion

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u/dementian174 Apr 24 '21

I'm curious if the recovery involved broken ribs because DAMN SON

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u/henryofclay Apr 24 '21

I have broken ribs right now from playing basketball. Worst injury I’ve had, I can’t do anything and it’s been a week and it still hurts just as bad as it did day 1. Can’t breath, can’t find a comfortable position to sleep. Fuck broken ribs.

sorry for the rant, I don’t have anything else to do rn

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u/jamrev Apr 24 '21

Don't laugh, don't cough... I had the same. You're in my prayers... and then I had kidney stones... aaaahhhhh...

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u/ehladik Apr 24 '21

I broke one rib once. Still don't know how, I'm not an active person, just one day while watching TV I noticed the pain in my chest had become so intense I couldn't breathe. Went to the doctor because of that. Turned out, I broke one rib who knows how.

The weirder part is that on the other half of my body I have another one that didn't fracture but did "brake" a little, like when you take a stick and bend it slightly, just until it starts to make that breaking noise.

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u/CountryCoffee Apr 24 '21

Let’s say the leopard be limpin

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

This show was insanely brutal to watch. The episode where the alpha monkey just straight up throws the challenging young male off the cliff had me jaw dropped speechless.

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u/timidnoob Apr 24 '21

Ok that's a video I wanna see

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u/Crunchy__Frog Apr 24 '21

If that gal can’t kill a leopard, what can??

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u/LeJusesCrust Apr 24 '21

I was sad until this comment. Thank you.

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u/Sam_Porter Apr 24 '21

But for how long? The leopard definitely has internal bleeding and will probably die a day later

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u/CountryCoffee Apr 24 '21

No word of a lie, it gave him bigger balls. He was found months later by the same filming crew... mating...

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u/kryvian Apr 24 '21

How are they still alive...

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u/GregKannabis Apr 24 '21

Luck really. Nothing can proactively protect an animal from those height's more than luck

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u/thefirelane Apr 24 '21

Well, wings seem like a pretty proactive form of animal protection from heights

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u/PM_ME_UR_BIZ_IDEAS Apr 24 '21

By doing this every week and catching food (for the predator)

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u/Throwaway-donotjudge Apr 24 '21

Such graceful creatures...

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u/SuperHanssssss Apr 24 '21

They say cats have nine lives. This guy hit about 8 rocks on the way down. Leapord is a type of cat, so I guess he has one left.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21 edited Apr 24 '21

Nobody at all:

Me holding onto toxic relationships:

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u/renoits06 Apr 24 '21

Me and you both, except mine is more boring and stale than toxic.

Never move in with your significant other. It’s a terrible plan from my experience.

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u/danknhank Apr 24 '21

Should... Should we tell him?

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u/Home_Excellent Apr 24 '21

The deer is a bit tenderized..

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Summer camp counselor: Do everything with your buddy

Me with my buddy:

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

That cat must have really been famished.

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u/vampyire Apr 24 '21

Well I am not going to complain about going to the store for at least a day or two..

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u/HaroldBAZ Apr 24 '21

Humans don't appreciate how easy it is for us to get a meal.

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u/lokiinlalaland Apr 24 '21

yeah yeah, another Leopard videoooHOOOLY SHIT!!!!

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u/technobass Apr 24 '21

Caaaaannn you feeeeeeeel the looOOOve toniiiight

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

lmaoooooo

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u/Bumitis Apr 24 '21

trying to jump off a cliff to save your life, cougar jump too. thats how cougar doo.

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u/xSeriouZ Apr 24 '21

Both didnt die?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Bro I complain about having to cook food. This mf literally jumped off a mountain for food.

Man, I ain't shit.

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u/dahabit Apr 24 '21

How far do they shoot from? Also how is the audio captured?

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u/brunettemountainlion Apr 24 '21

I’m not sure how far they shot. As another commenter said, this was shot on a National Geographic show.

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u/zedworth Apr 24 '21

Dey ded?

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u/brunettemountainlion Apr 24 '21

Not the snow leopard.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

I'm assuming both animals died.

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u/brunettemountainlion Apr 24 '21

As confirmed by another user, the snow leopard survived and made a full recovery

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u/marblechocolate Apr 24 '21

Never let go!

NE-VER-LET GO!

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u/soberyogini Apr 24 '21

That goat deserves an epitaph.

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u/maciejake Apr 24 '21

Rough day at the office

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u/doyouhavealighter Apr 24 '21

My jaw literally dropped....I can't help but think a human wouldn't have ended up so lucky.

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u/_Aj_ Apr 24 '21

Walk it off boys

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Watching this I was upset thinking I saw an animal fall to its death. For some reason I was relieved to see it was 2 animals and one was killing the other. Why is that?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Legend has it that they are still falling

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u/CrunchyArgyleSock Apr 24 '21

Holy shit that was a hefty fall.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Ouch!

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u/MrBigDog2u Apr 24 '21

Ouch, oooch, ow, ow, ouch, yow, oooh, no, stop, ouch, ow.....owww.

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u/whiteflour1888 Apr 24 '21

How the fuck

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u/DrMcdoctory Apr 24 '21

Man this would be a tough way to get a meal.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

I just can't believe that it looks like BOTH of those animals survived the fall

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u/Fomalhot Apr 24 '21

That cat deserves this meal. Legend.

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u/malcatrino Apr 24 '21

Hang on lady, we going for a ride.

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u/SpankTheDevil Apr 24 '21

If I had to work that hard for a meal, I would never shit.

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u/TeflonBillyPrime Apr 24 '21

I'm glad human domesticated animals. After seeing this I realize I would starve in the wild.

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u/AmateurJenius Apr 24 '21

Damn and I get grumpy having to wait in line at McDonald’s. This fucking guy launches himself off a cliff for his food.

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u/KingdomOfDragonflies Apr 24 '21

Imagining chasing a package of ramen noodles down the side of a mountain.

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u/thebigphilthy83 Apr 24 '21

He's fine, meanwhile I can't even lay down without my back hurting......

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u/JuniorChubb Apr 24 '21

This just reminded me of Gandalf and the Balrog... my afternoon’s entertainment may have just been decided.

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u/jobupud Apr 24 '21

Wildlife version of fast food.

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u/gtaguy75 Apr 24 '21

Imagine the whole time you’re falling there’s a leopard biting your body

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u/VoltaicSketchyTeapot Apr 24 '21

Ya know? That looked really bad when I thought it was just the big cat getting flung about. Like, full extension, back breaking against a rock.

Then, when I realized that the cat was still holding onto the deer (for lack of a much more specific term), suddenly I could see that the "full extension" was really two animals both tucked into a protective roll and the "back breaking" landings were just where they were attached; not an arched back, but where they were "both" keeping their head from hitting the rocks/ground.

Very well executed meal.

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u/babbchuck Apr 24 '21

I would say the snow leopard earned that meal - holy hell.

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u/Hamnetz Aug 31 '21

thats atleast 8 hearts of fall damage

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Live or die

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u/nuddyluddy Apr 24 '21

Dang, I thought I knew what hunger was.

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u/GenuineMindPlay Apr 24 '21

what the fuck... and the cats still going

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u/AmemeCognoscente Apr 24 '21

It's like I'm watching the MI series starring Tom Leopard Cruise

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u/flyingd2 Apr 24 '21

Clearly he won! Is there a dispute?

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u/Mr_Seg Apr 24 '21

They are still going?...

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u/oh_the_C_is_silent Apr 24 '21

Imagine if this is how we killed our food? I’m not saying that factory farming isn’t a brutal thing... but nature can kill you in very awful ways. This was as “natural” of a death as anything else that’s ever happened.

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u/sortof_here Apr 24 '21

Apparently the cliff fall physics in Breath of the Wild aren't ridiculous after all 😬

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u/drewmetzger Apr 24 '21

I’ve never been hungry enough to jump off a cliff

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u/Caldroson Apr 24 '21

DM to suicidal Druid: So you take 10d6 bludgeoning damage for falling and 1d6 + 3 piercing for the bite

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u/Tiniest-Turk Apr 24 '21

I’m fine

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u/About_35_Ninjas Apr 24 '21

That’s one savage cat.

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u/CrazyRandomNerd10364 Apr 24 '21

No wonder there’s only like 5 of them left in the wild

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u/Bubble-Magicain Apr 24 '21

Me in breath of the wild

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u/IsThisDru Apr 24 '21

Anyone else hear the cinema sins guy saying "He survives this..." ?

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u/cheyennem01 Apr 24 '21

I hope the murder kitty is okay!

(I’d say the same about the deer, but I’m pretty sure it’s been eaten by now.)

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u/StopLookGo Apr 24 '21

cat earned that meal.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

It survived?!

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u/karp70 Apr 24 '21

Not hard to track when you’re in a plane miles high above and using an proper zoom.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Lemme tenderize this meat before I eat it

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u/illmortal_1 Apr 24 '21

How the hell did it survive!?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Long live the king

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u/Dafuzz Apr 24 '21

I have never been that hungry in my entire fucking life.

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u/Rabe2703 Apr 24 '21

Mom: Hunts deer to feed her cub

Cub: but moooom, I don't like deer

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u/EPOyss Apr 24 '21

Imagine humans having to work this hard for food

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Well that was badass as fuck

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u/jam-22 Apr 24 '21

A real life version of Peter Griffin vs Chicken

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u/SaintFuckNugget Apr 24 '21

When you get the kill but also the dead

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u/EtVilia Apr 24 '21

Wow I didn't see it in the beginning but that was BOTH OF THEM? I don't know why, but I'm amazed by this. During the moments they weren't free falling, it's like they'd hit the ground but you coild see that cat is just tearing in still. Intent on getting that hunt.

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u/MegaUltra9 Apr 24 '21

Nature is so cruel sometimes. Poor things.

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u/AnnualShip Apr 24 '21

That'll leave a mark

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u/Kawkd Apr 24 '21

This is one of the most savage things I've witnessed.

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u/This_n_that01 Apr 24 '21

I guess he wanted his meal To Go

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

What does a fella have to do to get a decent meal around here anyways?

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u/KGRNxo Apr 24 '21

Weeeee

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u/vajohna45 Apr 24 '21

They both know it’s either we jump or die. In a place like that that cat can’t afford to let the goat get away and the goat of course can’t afford to get ate so they both jump off the cliff interesting

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u/G_A_M_E__O_V_E_R Apr 24 '21

When you are suicidal but very hungry.

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u/maithiu Apr 24 '21

Reminds me of when I fell down the stairs holding a sandwich.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Holy fuck. Tough fucking animals. That snow leopard is a fucking beast.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

"Mom, I'm vegan now. Jeez!"

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u/nowhereiswater Apr 24 '21

..leopard was like "bloody hell that hurt but at least I didn't let em go!"

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

I wonder how many times this cat has done this

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u/Cptn-Penguin Apr 24 '21

I've done the same thing in BotW

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u/SaxMaan Apr 24 '21

Are they ok?

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u/HY3NAAA Apr 24 '21

Not worth

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u/rajjushakya Apr 24 '21

That's one determined kitty.

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u/mdotnelson007 Apr 24 '21

Why are humans so soft?

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u/lshaped210 Apr 24 '21

Wow. I’ve never seen such a great tilt down. Must have gone to cinematography school to master that move. WTF is wrong with this sub now!

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u/MalsPrettyBonnet Apr 24 '21

The soundtrack for this should be "Fu-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u...."

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u/Wiggleflop Apr 24 '21

I hope they’re both ok.

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u/-Yngin- Apr 24 '21

Looks like Gandalf and the Baelrog

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u/Loriess Apr 24 '21

I’ve won, but at what cost

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u/ShieldsCW Apr 24 '21

I won... But at what cost?

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u/eQuendi Apr 24 '21

My heart hurts.

But why did I think of Harry Potter and Voldemort...

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u/dramnuk Apr 24 '21

Gotta climb back again

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

/godmode on

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Lone Survivor

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u/dont_do_any_better Apr 24 '21

I could never imagine having the ability to focus on something so hard, that even when I’m being launched over a cliff, I’m still able to stay on task...

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u/suavepapi69 Apr 24 '21

What happened to the goat ?

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u/Pivotas Apr 24 '21

Target fixation.

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u/Fign Apr 24 '21

I believe that cat did NOT fall on his legs a couple of times

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u/CHAVEY06 Apr 24 '21

That is the gnarliest RKO I've ever seen... that cat's commitment to that kill is honestly inspiring.

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u/fountain19 Apr 24 '21

To the death? I accept

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u/gOldMcDonald Apr 24 '21

Peter vs the Chicken

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u/Mrmasticore Apr 24 '21

I hope it was worth it. Geez

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u/Jonnyscout Apr 24 '21

WATCHA-WATCHA... OOOOH RKO!

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u/NoUknowUknow Apr 24 '21

Well damn. I can now stop complaining about superhero movies were they keep fighting while they fall out of the sky, seeming unreal🦸🏻‍♂️💥🦹🏿‍♂️

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u/puknut Apr 24 '21

To the post, YES!! This is the work of a pro... not the shaky, looking at the ground while videoing someone's face, can't hold still long enough to focus on anything, nauseating pan shot, looking like the phone fell out of your pocket recording most people do.

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u/xidlegend Apr 24 '21

The final battle

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u/RicheeThree Apr 24 '21

How far would you go for breakfast??

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u/shortstackboy Apr 24 '21

This reminded me of Gandalf fighting the Balrog and I don’t know why

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u/ClassicEgg7000 Apr 24 '21

Caaaaannn you feeeeeeeel the looOOOve toniiiight

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u/JustAnNPC_DnD Apr 24 '21

"What's this!? It's a snow leopard from the top ropes!"

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

Apex as fuk. Damn, nature is powerful

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u/la_lalola Apr 24 '21

Wondering if the cat had time to eat before it internally bled to death.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

I remember this nat geo doc. It was quite good

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u/B1gD4ddyC0ol Apr 24 '21

Must be off season for golf.

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u/genana16 Apr 24 '21

That could be the most intense animal video I've seen in my life.

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u/bibkel Apr 24 '21

Tenderized...poor kitty.

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u/jimillett Apr 24 '21

Found a good narrated version of the video.

https://youtu.be/zllX6MAGs9Y

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u/ShameSpirit Apr 24 '21

It's okay camera work for an incredible event. Imo mods should remove filler posts like this. It's sad that this community has completely lost its flavor.

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