Two-and-a-half-foot monitor lizard counter-attacks and defeats leopard in Palsana

An unimaginable and rare sight of nature was witnessed in Vanesa village of Palsana taluka in Surat district. Here, a leopard of approximately two-and-a-half years was searching for food on a piece of fallow open land, when it pounced to hunt a small monitor lizard.

Generally, small creatures attempt to flee from predatory animals like leopards, but in this instance, the two-and-a-half-foot monitor lizard, instead of fleeing, looked the leopard in the eye and launched a direct counter-attack. According to a report by Sandesh, an extremely fierce and thrilling battle raged between the two animals for 4 to 5 minutes.

During this fight, which took place in a scrubby area on the outskirts of Vanesa village, the monitor lizard displayed extreme aggression. The monitor lizard dodged and gripped the leopard's mouth in such a way that the leopard was forced to roll twice on the ground. Due to the monitor lizard's intense resistance, the leopard had to release its grip.

It is believed that such an incident has occurred for the first time in Gujarat's wildlife world. The scenes of this extraordinary fight have been brought to light by 'Friends of Animal Welfare', in which the predator leopard was overwhelmed by the unyielding morale of the monitor lizard.