NHK's popular nature program "Darwin's Coming!" (NHK General) will air "Survive with Stealthy Techniques! A Leopard Mother and Cub" on May 3rd at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature leopards, also known as invisible hunters. Filming them is extremely difficult because they are highly vigilant and skilled at hiding, but this time the program succeeded in closely following one mother and cub for an extended period. It will delve into the secrets of how they raise their young.
Among the large felines, leopards are the most wary and skilled at hiding. This time, our reporting team was fortunate enough to encounter a mother leopard and her cub, and succeeded in filming the details of their parenting over an extended period.
From the mother's incredible hunting skills, catching birds in mid-air with ninja-like agility, to the way she passes on her "ninja techniques" to her offspring, and even the astonishing scene of the mother fighting a pack of baboons to protect her child, this documentary offers a continuous stream of precious footage, providing an intimate, long-term look at a mother leopard and her cub.
