The feline hides, jumps and performs a surprise attack on the unsuspecting antelope

Oct 5, 2012 09:13 GMT  ·  By

This videos shows a vicious and gruelingly realistic attack of a leopard on an unsuspecting impala. The nature clip is gaining a lot of attention from YouTube users, amassing almost 400,000 views in just three days.

The footage was captured by wildlife observers at MiPixWildlife, while they were filming the behavior of a heard of impalas. The feline was camouflaged and wasn't even noticed by these experts, until jumping to the kill.

The herd of impalas ran right into the jaws of the leopard, presumably after being spooked by something that went on earlier.

There is no record about the location where the shooting takes place. According to Wikipedia, impalas, medium-sized African antelopes, can be found in Kenya, Tanzania, Swaziland, Mozambique, northern Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, northeastern South Africa and Uganda.