---
title: "Killer Cat Week: Leopard Vs Crocodile"
description: "In the brutal wilds of Kruger National Park in South Africa, an epic battle between a leopard and a crocodile was caught on camera for the first time ever."
date: "2010-02-23"
modified: "2010-02-23"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Staff"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-staff/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/hunting/predators-small-game/2010/02/leopard-vs-alligator/"
categories:
  - "Animal Attacks"
  - "Survival"
---

# Killer Cat Week: Leopard Vs Crocodile

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/FLU2MKOKX7P5LPTG5EWVQG3ZN4.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/KRHDLYQEEVHKACQ44GWXJ7E6HI.jpg>)
*The leopard is clearly the agressor in this battle. It has caught the crocodile on dry land and out of its element.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image2.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/TZUKAYOHFQQMTYDNTNJTBHGQMA.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image3.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/ONW5DTZ6VEUZLSFRX2VCP67XZA.jpg>)
*Even though the crocodile has incredibly tough skin and bone-crushing jaws, the leopard is able to wrestle it to the ground.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image4.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/4CG64WFBZOZF5Z37JH7LWOSWIY.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image5.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/OIVEKGMAFYCR5DFN4MQAJHMKMI.jpg>)
*The battle is over almost as quickly as it began.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image6.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/VL2CUSQFPBQOQZH3TGXNNCCPM4.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image7.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/QLZCGTABTZBLEIAXNYNWLTS5LQ.jpg>)
*Life is tough on the African plains.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image8.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/3FPL2SW6X3RECVR6AJ674YWHIU.jpg>)