# Herding Cats - tries a mom's patience. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371 "2020-04-22T18:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/1 "2020-04-22T18:44:46Z")
_Herding cats ain’t easy._ 😉 It takes mommy leopard three tries to get her two Cubs across the road. Her patience and gentleness is so inspiring. I’ve seen human mom’s with a lot less patience. The video made my day and I needed a reason to smile today. > **[Adorable moment leopard tries to lead her baby cubs across a road](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8244181/Adorable-moment-leopard-tries-lead-cubs-road-ideas.html)** > > Thinus Delport, 64, captured the rare sight while visiting Kruger National Park in South Africa. He told his daughters to sing to entice the animals out and surprisingly it worked. > [@](#): > > She creeps from the overgrowth first, appearing to be scoping out the area for potential dangers and her two tiny babies follow after her but turn back around to safety. > > The spotted animal soon realises they didn’t come with her and stands in the middle of the road patiently waiting for them before going back and sitting in front of the bushes where they are hidden. > > She fetches them again for attempt number two and the sweet cubs sheepishly walk across the road where several cars have stopped to watch and let them pass safely. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/2 "2020-04-22T22:20:27Z")
Similar video with mama bear and Cubs. I never realized that roads are a challenge for wildlife. > **[Video: Cute moment mama bear leads her cubs across the road | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1909698/Video-Cute-moment-mama-bear-leads-cubs-road.html)** > > Video recorded in Tennessee shows a mama bear leading her four cubs across the road. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/3 "2020-04-22T23:44:35Z")
That was cute. I hope the person taking the video was inside a car and ready to back the car out of there any moment. However used to people Mama seems to be, I suspect she’d defend those cubs in a hurry if she thought somebody was trying to get too close. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/4 "2020-04-23T01:00:54Z")
I’ve heard leopards are secretive and rarely seen. I think she’d normally cross that road in the blink of an eye. Mama cat was looking for possible trouble and gave the cubs time to cross. She put herself in potential danger for them. Your right, it would be a bad idea to get too close. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/5 "2020-04-23T01:26:37Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve heard leopards are secretive and rarely seen. I think she’d normally cross that road in the blink of an eye. > > Mama cat was looking for possible trouble and gave the cubs time to cross. She put herself in potential danger for them. > > Your right, it would be a bad idea to get too close. Yeah, they are hard to spot in the wild. I was in Kenya and the guide heard a pair had been spotted, about 15 vehicles surrounded them and even then I barely caught a glimpse. And concur, they are not animals you want to make grumpy. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/6 "2020-04-23T01:51:44Z")
So, so cute. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/7 "2020-04-23T02:50:14Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Yeah, they are hard to spot in the wild. Don’t they already come with spots? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/8 "2020-04-23T03:47:44Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I never realized that roads are a challenge for wildlife. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/9 "2020-04-23T04:47:06Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I never realized that roads are a challenge for wildlife. You’ve never encountered road kill? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herding-cats-tries-a-moms-patience/852371/10 "2020-04-23T05:26:46Z")
I was referring to the danger from other predators. Most highways have a large area cleared of undergrowth on each side. The leopard was clearly very concerned and was constantly looking for any threat to her cubs. I hadn’t thought about the danger that cleared land represented. There is no where to hide from predators The danger from traffic is a given.