A hair-raising video of the incident shows the leopard and the python initially eyeing an impala nearby, before the python decides to attack the big cat instead.

Leopards are agile and vary smart in hunting. A video is viral on social media. In the video, a leopard attacked a python. The way he hunts the python left the people scared.

THIS python's eyes were too big for its stomach as it attempted to eat a leopard - only for the big cat to use one of its nine lives to emerge the victor. The hungry duo initially had their eyes ...

When the leopard cub reaches for the snake with its paw, it launches an attack on its predator. The 8 minutes, 19 seconds long video was shot in July 2016, according to the National Geographic.