{"id":21137,"date":"2013-07-15T17:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/impala-leaping-into-car-gets-4m-views\/"},"modified":"2013-07-15T17:52:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:52:31","slug":"impala-leaping-into-car-gets-4m-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/impala-leaping-into-car-gets-4m-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Impala leaping into car gets 4m views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a0b05_3236265428.jpg\" alt=\"impala\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">SUPPLIED<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">050713:With its escape routes limited, this quick-thinking impala jumps through the open window of a Toyota Prado to evade a cheetah in the Kruger National Park this week. These images were taken from a cell phone video of the incident.Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/south-africa\/kwazulu-natal\/impala-leaps-to-freedom-into-a-car-1.1542622\">Impala leaps to freedom\u2026 into a car<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; A video of an impala leaping into a vehicle full of tourists as it flees from a pair of cheetahs at the Kruger National Park has gone viral on YouTube and even enjoyed a mention on US talk show host Jay Leno\u2019s The Tonight Show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">A Twitter user purporting to have been one of the tourists to get up, close and personal with the panicked doe posted a photo of the encounter on her profile, but attempts to contact her on Sunday were unsuccessful. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The Mercury published stills from the video last week. Filmed by a stunned onlooker, it shows a herd of impala bounding across the road as two cheetahs chase after them. The impala vanish into a thicket but, moments later, a female re-emerges with the predators hot on her heels. She leaps through the open window of a Toyota Prado and is met with screams of \u201copen the door\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">She jumps out a few seconds later and the cheetahs slink away. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">After it was posted on YouTube, the video received more than four million views and more than 1 000 comments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Many were awe-struck at the rare sighting caught on video, like Miguel Morales who posted a message that read: \u201cOooooh that was amazing. That impala was so genius.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Others were less impressed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The video shows one of the occupants of the Prado leaning out of the window as he films the impalas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Erzhik Tem said: \u201cHow stupid do you have to be to hang outside of the window with your phone when there are two cheetahs running five steps away?\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThat idiot sitting on the car\u2019s window ledge pees me off big time,\u201d wrote annie46664. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Pyrander said the video showed \u201chumans ruining nature\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThat impala was not fast enough to run and save itself, but human presence changed the natural outcome,\u201d Pyrander said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">And Daniel Pav was convinced the video was \u201ca fake\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">But Pretoria University student Samantha Pittendrigh told The Mercury last week she had seen the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cI have never seen anything like this,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUPPLIED 050713:With its escape routes limited, this quick-thinking impala jumps through the open window of a Toyota Prado to evade a cheetah in the Kruger National Park this week. 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