
Cheetah's Epic Takedown
Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
As prey scatter, Pobe charges out of the dust to bring down a meal for herself and her two cubs.
Pobe’s cubs are no longer reliant on her milk; now weened, they need meat to sustain them. Rea and Anna follow in behind and as the cubs play, Pobe takes an opportunity to hunt. Zebra and antelope scatter as she charges out of cover to successfully bring down a meal for the three of them.
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Cheetah's Epic Takedown
Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Pobe’s cubs are no longer reliant on her milk; now weened, they need meat to sustain them. Rea and Anna follow in behind and as the cubs play, Pobe takes an opportunity to hunt. Zebra and antelope scatter as she charges out of cover to successfully bring down a meal for the three of them.
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[Anna] Where is she?
Oh.
Rea and Anna are with cheetah mum Pobe and her five-month-old cubs.
Only a few weeks ago, they were reliant on their mums milk but now they are full-blown carnivores.
Kea and Bo must now eat at least half a kilo of meat a day.
The cubs are really far in the distance.
This could be a moment for Pobe to get a successful hunt in without her cubs distracting her.
She went, she went, she went, she went for them.
They should be coming out to your side.
Where is she?
Oh.
She's done it.
Well done Pobe, what an absolute genius.
Guys, she's got one, she's got one.
I'm... My hands are shaking, everything is shaking.
That was incredible.
She's done that for her cubs, and I can see them coming in.
This is going to be an absolute feast fot them two.
What Kea and Bo need is for mummy to open up this carcass so they can have a meal.
The cubs teeth wont be sharp enough to tear through skin for another 2 months.
Pobe needs to catch her breath a little bit.
But cheetahs need to cool down before theyn can eat.
Cheetahs main tactic for hunting is a full on sprint.
Sometimes being able to go over 100km/h.
Very hard for cheetahs, they are not really able to sweat properly.
You can see her right now, she's having a very heavy pant.
That's just to help with cooling.
This is a really dangerous time for a cheetah because there was quite a lot of commotion when that all went down, a lot of alarm calls.
What Pobe really doesn't want now is the vultures coming in, in huge numbers.
They are like a beacon in the sky to other predators.
It's like dropping a pin.
“Here's your food packets just below”.
Cheetah Mom Defends Her Cubs from a Leopard
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Clip: S2 Ep2 | 3m 12s | Pobe and cubs face a threat in the night – a leopard wants their meal. (3m 12s)
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