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Clinging on for dear life to the side of a vertical cliff,
the tiny lion cub cries out pitifully for help.
His mother arrives at the edge of the precipice with
three other lionesses and a male. The females
start to clamber down together but turn
back daunted by the sheer drop.
Eventually one single factor determines which of them
will risk her life to save the youngster - motherly love.
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The drama begins: The mother arrives at the edge of the cliff as
her son cries out for rescue after being trapped when he slipped
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On the brink: Four lionesses look over the edge before aborting
their rescue mission because of the sheer drop
Slowly, agonizingly, the big cat edges her way down towards her
terrified son, using her powerful claws to grip the crumbling cliff side.
One slip from her and both animals could end up dead at the bottom
of the ravine.
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Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother
circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws.
She then begins the equally perilous journey back to the top.
Minutes later, they arrive and she gives the frightened
creature a consoling lick on the head.
The dramatic rescue, captured by wildlife photographer
Jean-Francois Largot, was played out in Kenya 's Masai
Mara game reserve.
Despite the presence of wardens to deter poachers, day-to-day
life for the lions is not without its dangers ...
as the cub learned the hard way.
[]
Rescue mission: The mother inches her way down the cliff face
to rescue the terrified cub before locking him in her jaws and
making her way back up the cliff face
[]
Motherly love: The mother gives her son a lick to say
that all is well in the pride following the drama
Clinging on for dear life to the side of a vertical cliff,
the tiny lion cub cries out pitifully for help.
His mother arrives at the edge of the precipice with
three other lionesses and a male. The females
start to clamber down together but turn
back daunted by the sheer drop.
Eventually one single factor determines which of them
will risk her life to save the youngster - motherly love.
[]
The drama begins: The mother arrives at the edge of the cliff as
her son cries out for rescue after being trapped when he slipped
[]
On the brink: Four lionesses look over the edge before aborting
their rescue mission because of the sheer drop
Slowly, agonizingly, the big cat edges her way down towards her
terrified son, using her powerful claws to grip the crumbling cliff side.
One slip from her and both animals could end up dead at the bottom
of the ravine.
[]
Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother
circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws.
She then begins the equally perilous journey back to the top.
Minutes later, they arrive and she gives the frightened
creature a consoling lick on the head.
The dramatic rescue, captured by wildlife photographer
Jean-Francois Largot, was played out in Kenya 's Masai
Mara game reserve.
Despite the presence of wardens to deter poachers, day-to-day
life for the lions is not without its dangers ...
as the cub learned the hard way.
[]
Rescue mission: The mother inches her way down the cliff face
to rescue the terrified cub before locking him in her jaws and
making her way back up the cliff face
[]
Motherly love: The mother gives her son a lick to say
that all is well in the pride following the drama
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