Attacked by a baby antelope, the jaguar has a strange 'retaliation' action

Witnessing the strange behavior of the antelope, the jaguar was surprised, but also quickly responded in a way few expected.

In nature, people sometimes witness the strange actions of animals when they interact with each other without finding an explanation.

Typically, the antelope's confusing reaction below when it suddenly encountered a jaguar - the most adept predator in the animal world.

Despite the obvious difference in size and danger, the antelope may have never encountered a predator before, so it showed no fear.

Even after a while of exploration, the antelope goes into "battle mode". It rushed forward, using its head to head towards the fierce leopard. But of course, this action cannot cause injury to the newspaper.

The strange thing is that the leopard seems to be surprised by this action as well. It froze for a moment, but then made no move to deliver the finishing blow.

Instead, it just stretched out to watch the antelope with interest, and then even turned away, ignoring it. Perhaps the fact that the prey was so harmless that the leopard momentarily lost its hunter instinct.

Even after many hours, when it was dark, the leopard still did not "kill" the antelope, but at the same time did not let it escape. According to the person who recorded the video, the two animals seemed to have disappeared the next morning without leaving a trace.

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Strange confrontation between jaguar and baby antelope.

The Nyala antelope (Tragelaphus angasii) is a species of antelope in the family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. Their identifying feature is having about 10 or more white stripes on the sides of the body. In addition, their other characteristics are quite similar to the impala, which is very common in the grasslands of Africa.

However, unlike its "brothers" of the same species, the Nyala mainly inhabits dense forests in southern Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and eastern South Africa, instead of open fields.

This caused them to evolve with white stripes on their bodies, as an effective way for them to camouflage, hiding in the bushes when it detects a predator nearby.

Although the baby antelope in the clip appears to be quite aggressive, in reality, the Nyala are cautious, timid creatures. They often run away instead of standing back to fight the enemy, even though the male antelope has horns.

However, because the Nyala cannot run very fast, it often becomes a lucrative prey for hunters such as lions, jaguars, or even wild dogs and hyenas.