Cheetah musairia was attacked by a lioness and was able to counter the lioness so as to get her attention away from her cubs in which she succeeded just before the mara rangers intervened and scared the lioness away.
Filmed in Masai Mara.
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The rangers decided to intervene due to the low number of cheetahs in Masai Mara and are under conservation to protect the species.
Thank you for doing that.
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I'm really glad they made that decision. None of us want them to go extinct.
Amazingly brave mother risking herself for her cubs!
That what the word “mother” means
@@FireTigerT3 fax
@GraceEagle5, She ran...
@@painterantoinejacqueshayes7795 She can't outfight a lion, if she tries both her and her cubs are dead for sure. She did the only thing she could, try to distract the lion until the cubs safely escape.
A mother black bear would leave her babies for a grizzlies
Sometimes I agree with intervention by humans: cheetahs are on the brink of extinction also because of humans (poachers, farmers defending their livestock, reducing habitat,…). Every single loss of a cheetah (cub or adult) is a tragedy. Not only cheetahs are endangered: that’s why some interventions are useful from my point of view.
Plus the lions won't even eat the cheetahs, they kill them just out of spite.
Yes, sir, we agree
@@jugsma6676 I think we all agree 👍 💯
@@greekatso They kill them to eliminate future competitors and this makes me very sad.
Then wouldn't it be better to encourage conservation programs instead of interfering with nature? Besides I cannot think of any way to save a cheetah cub under attack other than to kill the lion, which could also go extinct in the following decades
Very grateful to the rangers for intervening in this situation. The benefits of such an intervention far outweigh any perceived drawback.
I agree. I know a lot say the rule is “never intervene” but I think we Humans have intervened a hell of a lot already. The Rangers wouldn’t even be there if we hadn’t 😅
If people weren't there in 1st place the lion wouldn't of found them, people attracted the lion.
Right? The lions can go dig up a nice fat wart hog for their next meal
Bravo d être intervenu car si on ne fait rien les lions et les hyènes feront disparaître le guépard d Afrique c'est plus dangereux que le braconnage sauf pour les imbéciles qui n'y connaissent rien
There’s a difference between a normal predator-prey relationship (necessary for ecosystem) and a predator being sadistic towards another.
What a brave Mother!
and smart...
@@brucelee2486 yea calling in rangers was genius 😂😂
@@lfgsd8952 😅😅
Deyoung Young; She's not brave in the scence of the word. It's the Mother's instinct❤️ to protect her offspring at all costs. Fear turns to rage. Beautiful to see.
Yes she is a beauty
What an amazingly brave cheetah mother! They were clearly taken by surprise by the lioness' stalk and sudden attack, but the mother did not hesitate *at all* once she realised what was happening. She ran directly towards the danger as her babies fled, and then chased the lioness to make sure she caught her attention when the lioness initially went after the cubs. Looking at how close the mother was prepared to go, it even looked like she was about to use the "cheetah trip" move with a front paw that she would normally use on prey but on a *lioness* (at 0:24) had the lioness not turned at that point to chase her. Not that it would have tripped up a lioness, but such a move would have prompted the switch in focus to the mother. It was very dangerous indeed. Yes, cheetahs are the fastest land animal in the world, but over short distances the lioness is not far behind (second fastest cat in the world), and one false step, skid or trip and it would have been over. Unusual to see rangers directly intervening, but given how endangered cheetah are, I'm glad they did. The lioness didn't go hungry as they don't tend to eat any competitors they kill so she didn't really lose out either.
It's easy to be brave when you can run 70 mph..
For real..
If we’re talking about peak speed yea the (lioness) isn’t that far behind tho 20+ mph is a big gap but on average a lioness would barely hit 45 and a cheetahs acceleration is just not fair compared to other cats
The cheetha knows the lions can’t out run them because they are fast as f
@@michaelthompson9119 "It's easy to be brave when you can run 70 mph.." And also when you are twice as strong and heavy as your competitor..
Thank you for helping. People would say don’t intervene with nature, I say NO. If these animals need help, in the brink of extinction and in complete danger, I’d say YES we need to intervene. It’s our responsibility to take care of mother nature and they are a big part of it and our whole existence.
I'm all for it, we intervene every single day anyways in the form of deforestation and habitat destruction. I see no reason not to keep doing what we are doing.
Kinda pointless. This didn't happen JUST because the people are there. People seem to have this weird idea that nature ONLY happens when we're watching. This would have happened if the people were there or not, simply right place, right time. Besides, Big cats in Africa have been doing this song and dance for millions of years.
I would sacrifice myself for them they are beautiful animals and they should be treated with love and respect
@@Rogue_Death_Angel So you'd allow youself to be mauled to death in place of that animal? In that scenario i'm almost 100% positive that you would rather let the cheeta die than you.
I totally agree. They need to intervene and protect ALL cubs, as most of the cat kingdoms are becoming extinct. This is lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, etc. I think, especially cheetahs.
First time I've seen vehicle or other direct intervention to assist unnecessarily rare and endangered animal loss✔️. Should be more of it👍.
Happens all the time with Cheetahs. We were told by our guide that it happens with wild dogs as well whenever they appear in the Mara. They dont let wild dogs go about their killing spree in the Mara.
Atleast for the child
Lol yeah should be more interference by humans in the animal world....just stupid
@@kartkan Painted dogs don't really go on killing sprees from my knowledge.
@@kartkan but why they let hyena do killing spree in the wild?
good intervention by the rangers, cheetahs need protected farrr more than lions or leopards need it, they’re critically endangered..
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Also cheetah cubs are extremely cute.
desperate times need desperate measures...
They should never intervene
@@paladin3116 they should ALWAYS intervene when it has to do with saving the life of a highly endangered species you fool
Wow! The size difference between a fully grown cheetah and a fully grown lioness is WILD!! Lionesses are HUGE!!!!🤎🖤
That is that ......but the Lioness or the Lion cannot out run the Cheetah ....
@@freyjagunnar1532 lion is so heavy.
@@solnative706 Too heavy 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😅😅👍
@@freyjagunnar1532 lion has faster acceleration and muscle control
@@cw1161 really? 🤔
The cheetah may not be the biggest baddest cat but she is definitely a fierce predator. She is definitely a super bad mom. Solo huntress. So kudos to her for looking out and going to extreme lengths to save her cubbies!! 👏
And she's so fast she can toy with a lioness and literally run rings around her
Well done momma cheetah and rangers! 👏
She put herself out there the best she could to save her babies. Thank goodness they survived. Such a huge difference in sizes.
AMAZING!! Great mama doing her job (protecting her babies) against all the odds, fighting a bigger killer and facing such a certain death... happy that those people interfered during the action! Lucky mommy and cubs
Good cheetah mom! Cheetahs are my favorite, a huge thank you to the ranger.
Me too
@@maribs4636 Me three!
@@zorro11ification 😝😝😝😛🤣
Hats off to the rangers for timely decision to save the endangered species🫡🫡
Because white peoples have killed off the wildlife and ecosystems. African rangers intervene now.
Well done by the rangers ...being a superior creature of this planet we must do our best to maintain the ecological balance of the nature ...Cheetahs are the most vulnerable big cats & they must be taken care of to the fullest !
Whenever you make a comment on these videos suggesting the humans intervene and protect the victim animal, all the purist non-interventionists rabidly attack you, claiming we MUST let nature take its course --- that it's wrong to intervene.
@@issues9828 I agree with you, they shouldn’t intervene
@KC Jones *IT'S ALLAH THE 1 AND ONLY UNSEEN ALL POWERFUL CREATOR OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE NOT MOTHER NATURE!*
@KC Jones Rangers did the right thing, keep crying
@@lfgsd8952 They did, they will, and you can't do anything about it, so stay salty
I'm so glad that car got in the way. Our planet needs every single cheetah we have!
So many appeal to nature fallacies in the comment section. Not surprised tho. We’ve always been told we must let nature follow its course, without a single argument that supports it. So it’s easy to fall in the confirmation bias. Simply by being there, even at a distance, you are already interferring with nature. Great job by the rangers.
Yeah but they were actively trying to prohibit the lion from doing what's in its nature. Just being a tourist bystander & observing is far different & less intrusive than actively getting involved in wild animals activities.
It’s a reserve. That implies curation. I find your ascription contrived. Using "we’ve been told" as a jumping off point is tedious…if not fallacious itself. You sound like I did after my first intro to philosophy course.
@@WillBravoNotEvil still waiting for your argument supporting the “let nature follow its course” idea tho
@@alejandrooo14 I'm still waiting, too
@@alejandrooo14 I'll bite: short answer is humans are just bad at balancing things, and there's a lot of nuance involved in the survival of species, especially in predator-prey situations. Herbivores, however, can be kept alive to whatever degree we like - even then, sort of. Point is, animals need to eat, and there needs to be enough prey to eat from, and the predators need to eat regularly. Humans are really bad at juggling all these factors together and often tend to make things worse - and we already are by killing them for sport though. Even when we intervene with the intent to make things better, doesn't mean we necessarily do. For example, the predator-prey populations often reach a certain equilibrium in order for the predators to survive. Save too many predators, and you likely will end up populating the predators past the point necessary for maintaining the population o the predators. That is, if you have too many predators, they will easily eat the prey to extinction. Once the prey die out, so will the predators. That is just one example in which humans make things worse with the intent to help.
Let's also acknowledge the marvelous instinctive sprint of the cubs at 0:20 with the lioness just a few meters behind them... Great video!
Yeah..breaks me heart seeing those little legs sprinting for its life.
They were ao quick!
The best sighting of the year. ❤️
The stupidest sighting of the year, do not intervene Wildlife, the lioness went hungry because of the stupid humans
@@levent.a.7280 They kill because of competition not to eat 99% of the time. The lioness did not look in the least but hungry. They did the right thing as cheetahs are critically endangered. The Mara also look out for lions by giving them medical treatment. Edit if needed .
@@levent.a.7280 the lioness did not go hungry cause of this. That attack was solely out of the desire to dispatch of/kill any form of competition. The cheetah cubs would not have been eaten. And its not like if these cubs could ever grow up to be harsh competition and steal a meal from a lion. If anything, the only potential impact on the lioness was preventing it from stealing a meal from these same cheetah cubs in the future (and making them go hungry). On top of that, cheetahs are critically endangered. At some points, interventions must be made to preserve life. Otherwise, the life you claim to want see thrive on its own as nature 'goes its course' will no longer exist. And as Kimberly said, these reserves provide medical treatment to several species, from lions to elephants. Intervention is done in one form or another regardless. So have some emphathy.
I'm glad the rangers intervened to protect the cheetah from being killed just to be killed and not for food. I think intervention should always be considered when those are the circumstances!
This video sends a great message. No matter how great the power, mothers will fight to the death. It's for their own children.🙏🙏❤️
Glad they decided to intervene, we need to protect every single cheetah if we have to opportunity.
Being a Wild Life lover in this case I agree as the Cheetah 🐆 is becoming extinct just glad the the Rangers were there 👍🏻
That lioness would have definitely got that cub and killed it, the mother cheetah done exceptional, never seen a cheetah do the before. And fantastic to see the rangers intervened to help the cheetah, lioness would have killed the cub and left it.
I'm really glad they did intervene on the cheetahs 🐆 behalf. This time. Sometimes it's necessary to intervene with nature, and cheetahs are endangered now 😪😪😪
They should never intervene
@@paladin3116 ..yup to make the law of nature speak itself ..But as a superior creature of this planet it's our responsibility to maintain the balance of the biodiversity at the same time ..Since , cheetahs are highly vulnerable creatures it's must be taken care of as much as possible ...With no harm cause to the lions it's a well done job
What entitles you to decide that sometimes it’s necessary to intervene with nature?
Who are you to say it isn't?
@@brendariggin747 One who possesses the truth.
Bravo for interfering! It is about time we save our remaining wildlife.
You could see the absolute RAGE in her eyes😠 It screamed, “you (and all your babies) WILL NOT predate on my land” It’s a blessing God equipped them with speed because they really don’t have anything else.
this is fine with me, cheetah needs protection or they will go extinct in the next 20years..
Badass Mama Cheetah is like you're not getting my babies
That must be terrifying, even for a cheetah, to see that large, muscular mass charging at you.
I’m so happy that the rangers intervene to protect those beautiful cheetah cubs 👍🏽♥️👍🏽♥️👍🏽♥️👍🏽♥️ Well job done rangers
Thank you for helping the Cheetah mother. ❤
m happy the rangers helped not like others who say let nature take it course while they can clearly help the poor animal's
Thank you so much for helping the mama cheetah 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 more blessings to you!!!!
The fixed stare of the lioness on her prey when she attacks at 00:10 is scary. Her whole body is moving up and down, but her head and her gaze stay fixed as if in a still image.
I’m glad the rangers intervened. Too many of Africa’s animals are killed just by poachers alone. I once saw a video of a man who was showing off his room that had the heads of all the animals he killed in Africa.
Not only poachers .there are foreign organization wich pretend to save animals and have all documents. There main work is poaching since they have access in the wildlife mostly are from Europe .but not all they are 2 or 3 evil groups thats their work for years . its hard to no who are the ones.ones they kill they remove task and take them near accessible area around the borders .some evil rangers as well collaborate with poachers and poach animals
@@captainfokker3951 It’s all about the money at the expense of wildlife.
No Cheetah mom, no cubs, thanks team for the intervention, now we can watch them grow up!
Well done rangers... glad to hear the outcome was positive for Cheetah and cubs!
Well done mother cheetah protecting her cubs.bravo.
This is what human should do, not just filming and make money from it
Cheetahs are critically endangered, they did the right thing. And hats off to that brave cheetah mama
She started heading against an overmuscled monster without any kind of hesitation. Awesome video
So no animal gonna eat is what you're saying🙃
Wow that cheetah mum is so brave .amazing thx for helping
At the Mara Cheetahs with young cubs are generally watched by the Rangers as many of these mothers are either collared or studied. These are critically endangered and are protected even from tourists who get too close. The cheetahs on the other hand are allowed to get close to the safari vehicles and climb on them if they so choose :) (adult ones not mothers with cubs). Was not lucky enough to be chosen by a cheetah, but atleast got to see a mom with 2 cubs close enough.. and yes she was being watched closely by park rangers.
"the ranges decided to intervene" - impalas quitely cry in the bush
“Yeah, that Leopard snack you ordered. I couldn’t get it”.
Woah, I've never seen a ranger step in like that before in all these videos. I guess it happens sometimes.
It's not supposed to. It's unethical
@@k.m.f369 It's not unethical. There are fewer than 7 thousand cheetahs left in the wild, this is not a usual circumstance and is the opposite of unethical.
@@k.m.f369 Nah fuck Lions
@k.m.f369 no it isn't. Humans are a part of nature and the earth's care takers
@@k.m.f369 its not unethical people are forced to now, as poachers and illegal hunters had pushed their numbers real low. so every effort to save these animals should be done to help their numbers grow up back.
The rangers did the right thing to intervene. Thank you 🙏
That cheetah mother🔥🔥
Wow! Cheetah mama didn't run away.. stood up to lioness.. so brave
💯 Haven’t seen this kind of human intervention for ages It’s almost extinct nowadays Everyone just watches Well done Rangers 👌👋👋👋
Feel sorry for the cheetahs .confined with bigger more agressive predators.
They aren't confined. This is the Maasai Mara. They are out in the wild. It was just a case of wrong place, wrong time.
Good intervention. Losing that mother would mean losing the cubs of an already endangered species. We have already actively worked against their survival on this planet, so we really do owe them.
Mum playing real life chicken with a killer in a game of bluff that she can't afford to lose 👏🙏💪
Amazing footage. Brave Cheetah mother and salute to the Rangers for intervening. It sucks seeing any predator lose a meal like that but knowing the current status of Cheetahs, im glad they helped.
lioness wont eat that cub, just kill it.
Great job with the intervention! First time I've witnessed this!
Defended? Eh, not so much… but distracted? ABSOLUTELY YES! Good job Cheetah Momma!
Finally a wildlife video showing rangers doing their best!
😲 Man, that was a close call! My ❤️ dropped!
Same
Considering humans are the reason Cheetahs numbers were low by poaching them into endangered level, Lions are finishing them off and putting them into the critically endangered list. Intervention in preserving the cheetah population is the least humans can do for getting the cheetah to this level to begin with.
What a rare and beautiful sighting...Wild life always suprise us..Mother Cheetah is very brave and ready to face the devil for her cubs 💚..Long live Cheetah 🐆
That is the first time I’ve seen, on any wildlife videos, a park ranger actually intervene in a situation like this.
She was willing to die for her babies, thank god the rangers intervened. Good moms like that need protection
Nope I don't think the situation was so grim as to make the cheetah risk its life. The cheetah was already doing a great job of distracting the lioness, the ranger didn't need to interfere.
@@Teri_Berk lions kill 90% of cheatah cubs and that lioness was super fast
@@josephthogo271 Surely, that lioness was running for a kill. What I tried to point out was that the grownup cheetah was exceptionally good at diverting off the lioness. The cheetahs were already defending themselves by their own means quite successfully. In other words: The nature was taking care of itself quite in harmony. No need to interfere with a Range Rover. That's all.
@@Teri_Berk lion would have killed the mother and the cheatah would be orphans
@@Teri_Berk The Cheetah was doing fine, yes, but with the intervention, it increases her chances, so it was still a good cause.
She’s a hero
Honestly knowing how cheetahs are prone to terrible anxiety, that mother real brave. Like, I’d never expect a cheetah to face down with a lion like that knowing how terrified they are of lions.
Finally! Someone protects these amazing these beautifull Little souls!
Most don't realize that the cheetah population in Africa is declining at a massive rate in the last 10 years, mainly due to poaching, habitat loss and competition with other predators for food. So interventions by humans for them can be an exception. If such interventions are not made, we might see the extinction of the African cheetahs in the next 50 years.
What an intense moment
God bless Masai mara rangers thank you for protecting the Cheetah family
0:40 Thank you for being truthful. Knew ppl could try to intervene. Maybe not allowed or promoted, but a reality.
That moment on 00:23 when mama cheetah decides to go for the lioness was one of the most badass moment ever seen in wilderness!
She wasn't "going for" it, she was just gambling. I mean you do realize the cheetah would be dead if that lioness took her that seriously now, right 😃
@@musadays8083she almost touched the lioness, seems like she was ready to trip her if she didn't turn around which is beyond brave
@@onurhayr1937 A cheetah doesn't have the strength to trip a lioness, my friend 😂
Whew! That was close. Thanks for the intervention. 👌
This was beautiful just in the way you can see the cheetah’s body move in comparison to the lioness. She was fast and fluid, yards away before the lioness could even change direction. Gorgeous watching them in motion.
Sometimes you just have to stepped in specially for the underdogs! Great Job 👏
Thank u for intervening....without necessarily to injured or hurt any of the animals. 😍😍😍
Brave mama cheetah....and good decision by rangers!
I am happy the rangers intervened. Cheetas are soo rare, they deserve to be saved, each and every one of them.
Love the care of the Masai's true treasures! Thank you rangers!🙏❤️🥰
Ranger congratulation ! 🙏👍
My days the size difference! 😳I thought cheetahs were closer in size to lions than that.
Here the mother cheetah compensates the size difference by being proactive and taking calculated risks. Btw, I don't think it was necessary for the vehicle to interfere, the cheetah was already doing a good job of distracting the lioness.
female cheetah is smaller than a male cheetah
Lions or lioness have more muscles than a cheetah
@@wpower7435 Ik that 🙄 I just thought cheetahs were closer in height and length to lions than this.
@@laesmeralda6586 it is a fact lol don't take it as if you're bothered🤨. No surprise that they are Africa's strongest felin and top predator of their environment.
Because humans are the reason cheetahs are almost extinct, human intervening to help protect them was most definitely the right thing to do
I am so glad the rangers intervened. Cheetahs do need a bit more protection.
0:55 The other lioness : " What is up ? What did you do ?" "Not much . Played catch " "Who won ? " " It does not matter . So you were sleeping all the time ? It is time to take a nap. What a hot day ..."
😂😂😂
Mom cheetah was pretty determined but glad the rangers chased the lioness off.
There is a First Time for everything. I saw for the first time : intervention I saw for the first time : when they call something cheetah, it is a cheetah indeed.
What a courageous mother. She will risk her life for her cubs. Powerful.
Intervention is always preferable to the alternative of extinction in these kind of cases.
Usually very against any type human intervention. However I am aware of the cheetahs endangered existence. So to see the park ranger intervene for this is actually very heart warming. You can still see the will to fight in the chetah, which in turn shows us we need to fight with them, for survival sakes. It’s a shame to break up natural interactions such as this, but at the cost of a species being eradicated if nothing is done. I will stand in support of human interactions for the Cheetahs.
Cheetahs are not endangered, you're just ignorant and wrong.
😄 that cheetah gave that lioness a workout . Way to go girl 😜
Cheetah's are like that one annoying kid that swears you and runs away
For once we see humans intervene to save endangered wildlife rather than film a predator killings vulnerable cubs. That's conservation.
Its not the same... Nature needs balance cheetahs are needed ... As predators need the prey they kill
i thought it is illegal to intervene?
Cheetah numbers are decreasing the rangers had to intervene
@@rapttortom4826 that's good to know. thanks.
Wow! That huge green animal popped out of nowhere and began to drive off the lion. What a beast! King of Savannah indeed. 😂
The cheetah knows the lion doesn’t have a chance of catching her
Awww the look on the lioness face at d end of fhe video was like sad that she failed….but im happy with the outcome
Unusual to see intervention by rangers. It's a debatable issue with pros and cons. Happy to see cheetah being saved as they face extinction, besides not being Lion's natural prey. However haven't seen similar videos where one animal kills another, merely to limit competition. Survival of fittest as Darwin said.
Yeah. It wasn't right for them to interfere with nature. It's survival of the fittest & every cat for themselves - not a Disney movie.
@@jaybiggs97 disagree. This is not thousands of years ago when it was millions of big cats and no humans hunting them or taking all the land etc... Extinction is close on hand so you do whatever you have to do to save them. If there was only 5000 wildebeest in the wild then you save them too but there are millions because they are not hunted by poachers like the big cats. It is obvious you do not realize just how big the market is for cheetah fur. Also why not us humans just wipe out everything. It's survival of the fittest right? Use our guns and just kill all animals since we are more fit than the animals. Or let Russia head to head with Ukraine with no outside help from the rest of the world. Survival of the fittest right? It may not be a Disney movie but maybe it should be and we should try to make it so
@@macheadg5er you nailed it. We must protect them when we can, since their numbers are so low.
@@jaybiggs97 it is a national reserve .cheetas numbers are way down .and they are harder to introduce to place with other bigger predators .
One has to see them next to each other to understand how massive lions are.
Lion was like hey that dumb human drove that big truck and got in my way , otherwise that cheetah was no match .😊