{"id":561,"date":"2025-07-05T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=561"},"modified":"2025-07-05T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:08:52","slug":"leopard-chases-mongoose-in-wild-game-of-cat-and-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=561","title":{"rendered":"Leopard Chases Mongoose In Wild Game Of Cat And Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An exciting showdown unfolds when a leopard meets a mongoose in the heart of the Kruger. In this battle of wits between predator and prey, this leopard quickly learns that not every hunt ends with stealth and strength; sometimes smarts win the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiSN_VKppvYiQNAxjvk5kWxvUHyLc4ByPcKqwF25WNLu9lFWZyc3Rrnjp72NlYSnroiAY9210SujMbvvUr24LUbmHg8tusR8ddj_tzNgdpa5HLFCREFZZEDFZo0Jf60QxgzsFj7O4qP9dfpyWSFCB_pmkZXfUWTNTy9odWkfU3xrFC8ZUNxzdCxTL2xIgY\/s1600\/Leopard%20Chases%20Mongoose%20In%20Wild%20Game%20Of%20Cat%20And%20Mouse.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin van der Linde captured this hilarious sighting while on safari in Kruger National Park in 2016. Upon discovering the leopard, Kevin could tell that something exciting was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leopard Chases Mongoose in a Game of Cat and Mouse\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lDaWwxEcB7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The leopard was sitting beside a bush, its tail swishing and muscles taut with focus. With its eye fixed on the bush and alert body language, Kevin knew there must be a small prey item hiding amongst the bush\u2019s branches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exciting showdown unfolds when a leopard meets a mongoose in the heart of the Kruger. In this battle of wits between predator and prey, this leopard quickly learns that &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}