Out in the wild Leopards, much like other carnivores would gorge feed themselves. Once capturing game and killing it, leopards will eat as much food as they possibly can at the time.
Reasons for this are that Leopards could easily lose their kill to a bigger predator or, may be unable to get another kill in the immediate future.
An extraordinary fact is that leopards are one of the very few wild animals (other than man) that will kill for sport
It is not out of the ordinary to see trees in Africa with several carcasses dangling in the canopyof the tree. although a leopard may have more than enough food in its stomach, leopards canā??t resist the urge to pounce on vulnerable prey.
These Animals are considered "opportunistic" hunters and have somewhat of a adaptive feeding regime.
Leopards carry killed carcuses up into trees. Leopards have been known to carry double their body mass over 10m directly up the trunk of a tree , using only their mouth to hold the prey.
In other words, try to imagine hauling two people, your same body mass into a tree holding onto them only with your jaw muscles.
They will feed on proteins in nearly whatever form. This ranges from beetles and lizards to antelopes twice its own size. It frequently feeds on any carcass that it may find and can hide rather large kills in trees away from other predators, venturing back nightly to feed on the downed game.
Their main food sources may consist of well over thirty different game species including (not limited to): mid sized antelope like Thomson's Gazelle, Reedbuck, Impalas, & the young and weak of larger animals (hartebeest, wildebeest, zebra) as the primary food groups, hares, birds, baboons & smaller carnivores are also in the food chain.