A cheetah mom takes her cubs to lunch...
Mom called in the cubs. This was after all, a hunting lesson as well as lunch! |
As it turned out, they did pretty good! |
Surprisingly to me, this was not hard to watch, it was just nature |
Daniel assured us that the impala by this time could not feel anything due to fright |
And finally, at 12:49, they bring her down, the cubs start eating eagerly while mom watches warily |
We pulled up closer to them, she didn't mind us there at all. |
After a short few minutes of eating, the impala's leg twitched and scared the cubs! |
All is calm again, but mom still keeps a lookout for hyena |
We followed her gaze back over to where she had hidden originally to stalk the kill |
Sure enough, a hyena was waiting. As we were so close though, the hyena did not attempt to come over to steal the kill. |
A jackal was also waiting in the wings, This was at 12:53. |
I know these guys are scavengers, but they are cute with those teddy bear ears.... |
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