Wild nature is still susceptible to conflict, hunting, and interpersonal conflict. But when you see the tragic scenes of predators attacking newborns while they are still in the womb, you will feel heartbroken.
1. Lions eat a wildebeest’s young while it is pregnant.
Wildebeests gallop across the plains as a group. A disguised lioness leaps from her hiding place and charges one of the animals. Seven other members of her pride join her as they start tearing pieces out of the dead wildebeest.
The outnumbered animal is quickly dispatched. However, the fallen creature’s situation significantly worsens when it is discovered that it is pregnant.
2. Moments after the tiny foal struggles to stand, a lion snatches the newborn zebra from its mother.
The horrifying instance is when a hungry lion attacked and murdered a young zebra just as it was standing up for the first time. With a herd of wildebeest in the distance, the mother zebra is seen standing in the open next to its newborn foal, which is laying on the ground. The 70-pound infant slowly emerges from the amniotic sac and struggles to stand. Before the lion abruptly rushes into view and charges the defenceless infant, it makes its first hesitant steps.
The 400-pound predator pierces the foal’s throat with its four-inch-long teeth.
3. The lioness expressed regret after learning that it had killed a pregnant antelope.
These images, while horrifying, also demonstrate how cruel and moving nature can be.
When the Hartebeest foetus was removed from the mother, the lioness did so very gently and placed it on the ground. She then spent a considerable amount of time sniffing and studying the foetus.
A lioness that had just killed an antelope that was pregnant retrieves the calf, attempts to revive it, and even cares for and hides it as if it were her own cub after realising the antelope was pregnant.
