Looks like Bobcat settled down and wanted to become friends after realizing the groundhog was no pushover. The groundhog was clearly still offended and didn't accept.
If that bobcat had wanted to kill and eat that groundhog, it would have done so. Young animal, wanted to play. Hungry animal, the first and last the woodchuck woulda known about it would be the teeth in the back of its neck. Learn something about animals before you blow your wad about them.
@@thehellyousay Maybe the bobcat wasn't 100% sure it would win. If it never fought a groundhog before then it might not know how strong or weak that animal is. Animals have been tricked before into retreating from weaker prey. For example, if a cougar is about to attack you, its recommended that you try to make yourself look as big as possible to scare it off. Of course that's just bs and making yourself look bigger doesn't actually make you any stronger but the cougar doesn't know that. Not all animals want to risk their health if they feel like their opponent could put a good fight.
Lil Wooo I don't disagree, but given the choice, most predators try not to risk injury if they can help it. A hurt predator quickly becomes a starving one if it's ability is diminished.
Somewhere in these comments, someone incorrectly identifies groundhogs as mustelids. They are not mustelids. Groundhogs are rodents and very closely related to squirrels. They are also known as woodchucks. Woodchucks are very strong for their size. They dig very deep and lengthy underground tunnels and to do so routinely move rocks that weigh more than them. Like all rodents their incisors (front teeth) continously grow and they must chew on things in order to wear the front teeth down. Sometimes they have to use these teeth in defense and can inflict a lot of damage with them. Woodchucks are not carnivores. They usually retreat into their burrow (which almost always has many entrances) when threatened. In this video maybe the bobcat was between the woodchuck and its burrow. Maybe the woodchuck had babies in its burrow and was defending them. Most animals will fight fiercely in order to defend their young. In any case, this was a young inexperienced bobcat who did not know how to handle the large rodent.
You are correct. They are not mustelids. That's ridiculous. They belong to the Family called Chiroptera, but oddly, they are flightless. It is believed that they have an alternative breathing apparatus that is technically called a spiracle. Too bad people don't bother to educate themselves.
Based on the size and the way it instantly initiated its attack this was no young bobcat. It’s a grown ass adult. Though perhaps this was the first time it saw a groundhog squaring up instead of retreating.
Groundhogs will fight back with all that they can. I've seen it on two occasions. They have a wicked set of chompers, and woe be unto any animal incautious enough to let the g-hog get them into him. Of course, the two occasions when I've seen g-hogs, they lost the fight anyway because they were against overwhelming force, the first time our English Setter and the second time our large black Labrador. The dogs were methodical, first worrying the groundhog with quick lunges in and out to tire him, then once the g-hog was slowed down a bit from exhaustion, the dogs made a final lightning-fast lunge to grab the g-hog by the neck, then rapidly shaking their heads until they broke the g-hog's neck. That final lunge and shake happens so fast that it's literally a blur!
Definitely a juvenile inexperienced Bobcat, an experienced adult would’ve killed it quick. An adult can kill a deer. My bad, I didn't know groundhogs were in the Mustelid family which includes Wolverines, badgers & fisher cats.
@@greggschneider1834 exactly. Ground hog is not a pushover; nor is a beaver. They aren't like rabbit or squirrels; like you say, they are more like wolverines or badgers. That groundhog actually moved toward the bobcat aggressively, it was ready to fight.
@@greggschneider1834 The ground hog did his work, but the bot cat was for sure a juvenile, the way he moved was something just a young feline could do.
Do NOT mess with a groundhog! They are not just cute furry creatures; they will tear you up and are extremely territorial. If you see a groundhog, *don't* approach it! You know you're getting to close if the groundhog starts clicking its teeth;it's an eerie sound and a warning not to come any closer. They have very strong jaws; sharp teeth, and mean claws.
jsphotos Yeah, very dangerous animal, be carefull, when they are in pack they can exterminate a small town :) Pretty sure you live in town because groundhogs are not that dangerous, I was a wildlife rescue before and I learn to catch them by hand, sure they want to bite the hell out of you but any wild animal do, never got scratch by claws or attack on territory, skunk are the most difficult animal to catch for me but on 15-16 catch I got spray only 2 times, and groundhogs when I catch them the right way, I never had problems, the skin is very loose and hard to have a good grip so they won't turn and bite, anyways, people would believe everything they see on RU-vid, so I would say that bobcats and cougar are the hardess to catch, even a baby bobcat can make your day a bad one, sorry, wolverines are the worst, more like a little tank that never run out of fuel, after that it's pretty much the same, foxes, raccoons, coyote, and everything else, skunks are easy to catch if you know how, so groundhogs are not even on my list because they're really not that bad, but they have a mean bite if they catch you, I got bite by a squirrel 1 time and it went right to the bone and broke it, so a groundhogs must be a pretty nasty bite, I never got bite yet, but I saw my friend got to the hospital with a beaver bites, he stay 3 weeks and multiple operations to save he's hand, so I hope this will help you to see the real nature of a groundhog and I try my best to explain it, last thing, never try to handle a wild animal if you don't have experience or know the risk, sorry for my big ass long comment and good luck.
James Dinkelmann You should try groundhogs meat by yourself, do not taste like pork at all, pretty hard to say what it taste like but not my type, a lot of fat, good in survival situation, that's about it.
Danny Garden I've had some oddball fare before and that might be considered. A book said that it's taste is like pork though you said differently. I can see it being greasy though.
I have guinea piggies, and their bites do hurt. My sow almost took my finger off when I was hiving her treats, but it was my fault that I didn't move my finger or hold the treat right to where she didn't confuse my finger for food. They obviously don't do that anymore, but if they're very excited and impatient, itay happen again, but it hasn't, soooo...
I always see this kind of comment in videos like these, "maybe it's a young black bear so that's why it couldn't hunt the smaller deer", sometimes if prey is being aggressive even if the prey was several times smaller than the predator the predator might just give up because it does not want to risk injury of any kind, like deers might not seem like much but those hooves will get a bear real good. There are no doctors in the wild they have to heal naturally and any injury could mean fatal to them. Making it harder to hunt, run from a predator etc. ...
That is simply amazing. I have never seen such a bold dominant ground hog. If he would have turned his back and made a run for his hole he would have been done for.
Dirty Trucker rodents do have sharp incisors. Try getting nibbled by your guinea pig lol. They chew EVERYTHING. I know it is to wear their teeth down, but they sometimes go crazy with it.
Wow great behaviour capture (even in low quality). Looks like an inexperienced or desperate bobcat that chose to attack without the element of surprise. Any bobcat could overpower the toughest woodchuck... but without catching the chuck unaware and getting a death hold, the cat would get hurt. And a wildcat can't afford to get hurt.
Ground hog: "Hey buddy, let's rumble. Let's see whatcha' got?!" Bobcat: " Hey man, I was only foolin' with ya'. Let's just be friends and call this thing off, okay?"
@@djsgravely I believe one was in my trap and panicked and was able to get out as the trap was sprung. I've caught two possums and released them. As far as killing it, I'm not interested in that.
Apparently, the cat got tagged on its shoulder, and retreated to give it a few licks. Then, it considered playing with the rodent was not worth the risk. Great piece of video.
Groundhogs will not go down without a fight. My favorite German Shorthaired Pointer (bird dog) would get into it with groundhogs. One time she came home carrying another dead one, but, the muscle tissue on her chest was torn open to the bone. But, you wouldn't know it, she was proud as could be when she presented it to me at my feet.
Bobcat was a young cat. Obvious in the size of the two animals. A mature cat would have killed the woodchuck. I agree with the other commentors, the cat was playing.
Well first of all nice Cowboy emblem and second of all that's got to be the softest big cat I've ever seen. And then at the end or towards the middle the Bobcat raised up on hind legs like what's up
watch carefully...that bobcat was definitely not playing as it tries to tear the back of that groundhog apart...but the car backs off everytime the hog gets a good bite
Obviously the splendid lynx was in the digestive phase and not in hunting, but the great dignity of the beautiful marmot still remains, which has not retreated an inch.Two other magnificent animals to preserve.Greetings
@@johnnymcblaze I think he means, if a big cat is going in to kill something, they don't playfully slap like this young cat did. A apex predator going in for a kill (cat's in this context), will use their fangs and bite to kill. This cat didn't know wtf was going on lol.
It's Groundhog Day! I've never heard of a bobcat backing down to anything, much less a groundhog. Even domestic cats could take a groundhog, that was one lucky critter.
