From a distance, we spotted a herd of giraffe galloping across a plain. When we caught up, we found this female and her calf facing off with a lioness. The calf was seriously injured - it appeared that it had broken its leg while running from the lioness.
It was a very tense encounter to watch. It was also the first time I'd heard a giraffe roar! No, that sound is not coming from the lioness!
After the encounter, the lioness caught a baby warthog (you can see her walking off with it at the very end of the video). Unfortunately, although the baby giraffe escaped the lioness, its injuries meant it would certainly die, perhaps agonizingly, in the following days. We reported the incident to the conservancy management and were later informed that the veterinarian had found the calf and euthanized it to end its suffering.
Негізгі бет Үй жануарлары мен аңдар Mother giraffe defends her baby from a lioness
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