This is super dangerous situation.

Oh gosh, if Bongwe sees her, this could be the end.

♪ Greg: We have run into Lediba.

Narrator: After vanishing with her cub... Greg: Oh, so good to see you.

Narrator: ...Greg has found leopard mum Lediba.

Greg: Oh, man.

The last few weeks have been very stressful because there's been so many males really threatening the area.

♪ Oh, gosh.

Another one.

Oh, my word.

Big male leopard.

♪ This is Bongwe, and he's the dominant male in this area.

He's fully mature, about seven years old.

♪ Oh, Lediba.

If the cub is nearby, this is super dangerous situation.

♪ Narrator: Bongwe and Lediba's territories overlap, but male territories are four times larger than females'... Greg: Whoa!

What?

Narrator: so interactions like this are rare.

Greg: He's about double her size, and she's trying to push him off.

♪ It's working.

Lediba.

Ballsy, eh?

Lediba really can't afford to get injured here with a cub to protect.

♪ Holy smokes.

Here comes the cub.

Oh, gosh.

If Bongwe sees her, this could be the end.

♪ I cannot believe my eyes.

♪ Oh, my gosh.

He's seen her.

♪ Oh, my word.

He's not reacting at all.

There's only one reason why a male wouldn't kill a cub.

Bongwe must be her father.

♪ That's amazing.

Bongwe is her dad for sure.

Ha!

♪ That's cool.

I'm--I'm stoked.

Oh, gosh.

That is heart-wrenching.

I thought that it could have been trouble for that little cub, but now it looks like he's actually the defender.

Fantastic.

Go, Bongwe.

Narrator: Although he'll play no active role in rearing his cub, Bongwe will challenge any intruder male leopards in the area.

Happy days for everybody involved.