Leopard Food
Leopards are carnivores who eat other animals. They are not picky about their food, though, and hunt and eat almost any animal they can find. Leopards are superior hunters in the wild. Usually, they have no problem finding food. Their flexibility about food makes them adaptable to many different kinds of habitats.
Leopards like to hunt and eat larger animals such as antelopes, young zebras, wildebeests, gazelles, and wild pigs whenever possible. Medium-sized mammals such as deer, warthogs, monkeys, baboons, and wild goats make up most of their diet. They do not hesitate to hunt smaller animals such as insects, bird, reptiles, hares, snakes, frogs, fish, rabbits, and rats. They also occasionally supplement their primarily meaty diet with grass, eggs, and fruit. As scavengers, leopards also feed on animals that are already dead.
In the case of a shortage of wild animals because of habitat loss or natural disaster, leopards may eat livestock or pets if they live near human-populated areas. They eat domestic cats, dogs, cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs.
In the case of an extreme food shortage, a leopard may feed on human flesh. A wounded or ill leopard may also become a man-eater. Man-eating leopards are extremely rare. More often, they become the victims of human beings instead. As a matter of fact, normally healthy leopards try to avoid people as much as possible.
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Leopards like to hunt and eat larger animals such as antelopes, young zebras, wildebeests, gazelles, and wild pigs whenever possible. Medium-sized mammals such as deer, warthogs, monkeys, baboons, and wild goats make up most of their diet. They do not hesitate to hunt smaller animals such as insects, bird, reptiles, hares, snakes, frogs, fish, rabbits, and rats. They also occasionally supplement their primarily meaty diet with grass, eggs, and fruit. As scavengers, leopards also feed on animals that are already dead.
In the case of a shortage of wild animals because of habitat loss or natural disaster, leopards may eat livestock or pets if they live near human-populated areas. They eat domestic cats, dogs, cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs.
In the case of an extreme food shortage, a leopard may feed on human flesh. A wounded or ill leopard may also become a man-eater. Man-eating leopards are extremely rare. More often, they become the victims of human beings instead. As a matter of fact, normally healthy leopards try to avoid people as much as possible.
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