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  1. CheeseChameleon1945

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    Cheetah attacked by a crocodile, during a Facebook live safari drive (warning, it's pretty brutal)

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    That must be a one in a billion chance right there.
     
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    A group of Giant Groupers is currently stuck in the drainage systems of the Brisbane Airport. They swam in as juveniles past the security gate from the nearby Moreton Bay and have been feasting on the local fish ever since. They have since grown too large to leave the airport's drainage system and will soon be relocated to a more ideal location. Certainly something you don't read about everyday! :p

    Article: Fat fish too big to escape drains among Brisbane Airport's myriad wild residents
     
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    This one’s dated from 2013 but isn’t on here yet: a leopard carrying a white rhino calf up a tree.
     
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    Leopard kills a dog at a house doorstep.


    Incredible is that the leopard is standing over a sleeping dog for over a minute, and the dog neither hears nor smells it.
     
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    A black-crested titmouse has been filmed in Texas plucking hair from a sleeping grey fox to line its nest.

     
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    A film in Mexico shows a Morelet's crocodile killing a cat of some species (despite the name of the video's title, I'm not convinced the animal is actually a jaguar). Whichever species is being attacked, it's not something I've ever seen before.

     
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    I'd say it's impossible to tell what that is.

    The original video appears to be from here (which says it was taken at Quintana Roo on the Yucatan): Publica AMLO video de jaguar atacado por lagarto en Cobá » Quinta Fuerza
     
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    Yes, I can't see any characteristics pointing to a cat - all we can see from the video is a crocodile chasing a fairly fast-moving mammal in the water. For all we know it could be a young tapir...
     
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    Saw this on the BBC this am, very different! However, as an owner of a Mediterranean Spur Thigh tortoise, I have seen him eat dead bugs and once a worm.
     
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    A Diamond Python was recently found in a Sydney supermarket. Not particularly unusual for them to be in urban areas but certainly is to find one among the herbs and spices!

     
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