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Watch: Lioness steals impala kill from cheetahs [video]
Watch as a lioness steal an impala kill from five cheetahs in the Kruger National Park.
Photo: LatestSIghtings/YouTube
It is said that when it comes down to strength, cheetahs have no chance against a lion, even if it’s five cheetahs!
A choice between feeding cubs or protecting their lives, cheetahs don’t mind losing a meal to a different predator every so often… unfortunately for the cheetahs, this happens more often than not.
A spectacular sighting
This is the case in a new video shared by Latest Sightings. It’s reported that 32-year-old sales representative Danie Bester was on a full day self-drive in the Kruger National Park, heading back to the gate about 2 km from Crocodile Bridge when he and his family witnessed the spectacular sighting.
They eventually saw all of the cheetahs as they passed Vurhami Bridge.
“We were so busy trying to follow the other cheetahs that we completely missed the mother cheetah making an impala kill right in front of our vehicle! The mother is known as the supermom in the areas and was calling to her four sub-adult cubs. We thought ourselves to be extremely lucky, seeing five cheetahs and a kill!”
Later they saw a lioness approaching the cheetahs, obviously aware of the kill just made.
“Things were getting intense as the lioness kept approaching closer and closer. The sub-adult cubs ran away while the supermom stood her ground for a while longer until she finally hid behind fallen trees keeping a close eye on the approaching lioness.
“We waited and watched when the lioness suddenly and quickly stole the kill and made her way back into the direction from which she came, and the supermom cheetah ran away. While the lioness disappeared, I decided to see if I could relocate the cubs and spotted them a short distance away from the road in some thicket where the mother was reunited back with her cubs and all were safe and healthy. What an amazing sight to see a bond like this.”
Bester says that he is very privileged to visit the Kruger often
“You will never have the same feelings and the same excitement for a sighting, and one cannot really describe the feelings during a sighting like this, just try and take it all in. You never know if or when you’ll get an opportunity to see something as rare as this again.”
