John Loxton, Stolen Kill (ANIMAL 2024)

At the end of a high speed chase a cheetah sits over his kill but watches intently as a lion approaches. The lion snatches the kill and walks off to eat it.. There is no confrontation, such is the pecking order between predators in East Africa. The cheetah is left hungry.

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