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>This mouse diced with death when it tucked into the lunch of a hungry leopard.
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>Seemingly unaware of the beast towering over it, the mischievous rodent
>grabbed at scraps of meat thrown into the African Leopard's enclosure.
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> But instead of pouncing on the the tiny intruder the 12-year-old leopard,
>called Sheena, appeared to be afraid of the daring mouse and kept her distance.
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> At one stage she tried to nudge the mouse away with her nose, but the
>determined little chap carried on chewing away until he was full
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> The extraordinary scene was captured by photography student Casey Gutteridge
>at the Santago Rare Leopard Project in Hertfordshire.
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> The 19-year-old, from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, who was photographing the
>leopard for a course project, was astounded by the mouse's behaviour.
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> He said: 'I have no idea where the mouse came from - he just appeared in the
>enclosure after the keeper had dropped in the meat for the leopard.
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> 'He didn't take any notice of the leopard, just went straight over to the
>meat and started feeding himself.
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> 'But the leopard was pretty surprised - she bent down and sniffed the mouse
>and flinched a bit like she was scared.
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> 'In the meantime the mouse just carried on eating like nothing had happened.
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> ...but even a gentle shove does not deter the little creature from getting
>his fill...
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> 'It was amazing, even the keeper who had thrown the meat into the enclosure
>was shocked - he said he'd never seen anything like it before.'
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>Project owner Jackie James added: 'It was so funny to see - Sheena batted the
>mouse a couple of times to try to get it away from her food.
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> 'But the determined little thing took no notice and just carried on.'
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> Sheena was brought in to the Santago Rare Leopard Project from a UK zoo when
>she was just four months old.
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> She is one of 14 big cats in the private collection started by Jackie's late
>husband Peter in 1989.
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> The African Leopard can be found in the continent's forests, grasslands,
>savannas, and rainforests.
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> ...so the mouse continued to eat the leopard's lunch and show the leopard who
>was boss!
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Shriprakash Jain
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