
Cheetah Mom Defends Her Cubs from a Leopard
Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 3m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Pobe and cubs face a threat in the night – a leopard wants their meal.
Anna is staying with cheetah mum Pobe and her two cubs through the night. While settling into feed on a fresh meal, an unwelcome visitor arrives — a large and potentially dangerous male leopard. Pobe’s mothering instincts take over, and she takes a risk to draw the male leopard away from her cubs.
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Cheetah Mom Defends Her Cubs from a Leopard
Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 3m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Anna is staying with cheetah mum Pobe and her two cubs through the night. While settling into feed on a fresh meal, an unwelcome visitor arrives — a large and potentially dangerous male leopard. Pobe’s mothering instincts take over, and she takes a risk to draw the male leopard away from her cubs.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Oh, God.
I think that is a leopard, that is a male leopard.
It's running in, its running in.
Cheetah mum Pobe has secured her cubs another meal.
As long as she can keep it through another night.
I am really, really chuffed for Pobe and the cubs.
She's doing an incredible job at feeding them.
Wait a second.
Whats she seen?
Pobe looks like she's getting into, like a weird stalk mode, she's seen something.
There is something sat about 100 metres from her.
That is big.
Oh, God, I think that is a leopard.
That is a male leopard.
It's running in, its running in.
I think she's trying to lure this leopard away from the cubs.
This male leopard is one and a half times Pobes weight.
If he catches her, he could easily kill her.
She's jumped at it.
She just jumped on the floor to try and make a sound to lure it away.
She's so, so clever.
Pobes night vision is not as good as a leopards.
But she has one clear advantage.
Pobe is not at her max effort in terms of speed but that leopard is really struggling to keep up with her.
This is crazy.
Pobe has diverted the leopards attention from the cubs.
Okay, this leopard is going to the kill.
But not from her meal.
Couldn't catch anything yourself so youre stealing from a mum and two kids.
He's, hes almost tripping on it as he drags it.
I mean, that is the image of greed right there.
Tripping on his food.
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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 3m 10s | As prey scatter, Pobe charges out of the dust to bring down a meal for herself and her two cubs. (3m 10s)
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