# So, the police shot a leopard **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344 "2009-06-01T12:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/41 "2009-06-04T20:10:33Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > :mad: Damnit, it’s bad enough that I do it all the time, now other people are doing it? > > (me, 3 times a day): I don’t remember writing tha-- oh. I know how you feel. There’s a poster called Freudian\_Slip now, and often I’ll come across one of his posts and get extremely paranoid. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/42 "2009-06-04T20:40:24Z")
I just want to say that real men don’t shoot leopards, [they wrestle them to the ground](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6699039.stm). In their pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/43 "2009-06-04T21:02:01Z")
If I recall rightly, hominid skulls with bite marks have been found in Africa which suggest leoards used to carry off our ancestors and fuck them up pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/44 "2009-06-04T21:04:01Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > If I recall rightly, hominid skulls with bite marks have been found in Africa which suggest leoards used to carry off our ancestors and fuck them up pretty good. Good thing the monolith showed our ancestors how to handle those damn leopards. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/45 "2009-06-04T21:59:30Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I just want to say that real men don’t shoot leopards, [they wrestle them to the ground](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6699039.stm). In their pajamas. I’ll have you know that just this morning I shot a leopard in my pajamas. How it got in my pajamas I’ll never know. [QUOTE=Xtisme] As for the OP…who knows? Sounds like a loon, to me…but I suppose s/he could be getting a good laugh out of pulling everyone’s chain. [/QUOTE] Can’t be a loon. Loons are notoriously anti-leopard as they refuse to buy any of the albums featuring loon noise over a smooth jazz background. A true loon would want the leopard wiped out. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/46 "2009-06-04T22:25:58Z")
…with a soft slightly damp cloth, moving from the center toward the edge… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/47 "2009-06-04T23:10:11Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > …with a soft slightly damp cloth, moving from the center toward the edge… Soak it in club soda first to remove those troublesome spots. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/48 "2009-06-05T03:31:59Z")
That is a myth. The spots never change. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/49 "2009-06-05T05:19:28Z")
[I’m looking for my leopard](http://www.rathergood.com/looking) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/50 "2009-06-05T16:46:55Z")
Great. First we have leopards, now we’ve got fish and zebras, too? What next? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/51 "2009-06-05T17:27:15Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Although I don’t have any problem with them killing the animal, I’m going to guess that **Cicero** ’s answer would be the logical one: use a stronger tranq. But would that have really helped? Seems to me a wild animal with a history of repeatedly attacking humans is going to continue to be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/52 "2009-06-05T17:39:59Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Great. First we have leopards, now we’ve got fish and zebras, too? What next? Hyraxes. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/53 "2009-06-05T18:30:45Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > Hyraxes. Oreos are better. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/54 "2009-06-05T23:53:33Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Great. First we have leopards, now we’ve got fish and zebras, too? What next? Sea-leopards. Or land sea-leopards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344.md?page=2)