Video filmed recently in South Africa shows a leopard manipulating a warthog jawbone to get at choicer meat. ➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: bit.ly/NGWInstagram This male leopard is eating a warthog it stalked and killed. It’s working on devouring the warthog’s head and snout. Ranger Guy Brunskill filmed the feast at Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. At first, it appeared to be typical leopard behavior.But then, witnesses were surprised to see the leopard use the warthog jaw bone …as what they described as a “tool” for opening up the carcass. Luke Hunter, Chief Conservation Officer for Panthera, a global wild cat conservation organization says that while the behavior is unusual, it is not tool use. Hunter believes the leopard is excited about its food, and is using the bone as a toy.Leopards, cheetahs, and lions all use inanimate objects for play.But when it comes to eating a kill, Hunter says, “they just don’t need to employ tools.” Read more in "Leopard Plays With Prey’s Own Bones" news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/leopard-warthog-eating-behavior-animals/ Leopard Playing With Its Food: Rare Video | Nat Geo Wild youtu.be/cLYB5qUJ2qk Nat Geo Wild www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

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