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A Brave Zebra Chases The Cheetah To Turn The Game Upside Down

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This is the incredible moment a zebra successfully chases a cheetah into a thicket while turning the tables on its mid-charge.

In the amazing photo sequence, a cheetah can be seen charging menacingly toward a group of zebras in Kenya that have inadvertently come too close to her three newborn baby cubs.

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The striped creatures scatter and flee for their lives as the protective mother hare pursues them in what seems to be a foregone conclusion. But in a startling turn of events, one zebra decided to immediately switch from defense to attack.

The animal abruptly turned around and started racing right in the direction of the approaching cat.

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cheetah-chases-zebra

The cheetah skidded to a stop for a while before blasting off oppositely as the much larger quadruped closed in on her. The cheetah appeared to be astonished by the extraordinary daring of her stripy rival.

The zebra led the cheetah across the plains and drove her into the bushes, where she cowered before striding away triumphant.

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The worried cheetah’s youngsters watched in bewilderment as she remained concealed.

Photographer Sebastian Lehrke, 30, photographed the interesting picture at the Naboisho reserve in Kenya, East Africa.

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Despite normally weighing about 80 to 140 pounds and unable to roar, cheetahs are considered huge cats and can be found on the plains of eastern and southern Africa.

When pursuing their prey, they may reach speeds of about 70 mph, making them the fastest animals on Earth.

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cheetah-and-baby-cubs

However, cheetahs are only able to maintain these amazing bursts of speed for a limited distance—just about 250m—before they must slow down.

Cheetahs frequently need to recover for up to 30 minutes after a quick sprint before they can run again because the impact on their bodies is so extreme.

A cheetah typically consumes tiny to medium-sized animals, including hares, impalas, wildebeest calves, and gazelles, according to National Geographic.

Although cheetah packs have been known to successfully chase zebras, a lone cheetah would rarely pursue a zebra due to the vast size difference between the two animals. But any zebra still faces a significant risk from the large predators, so the gallant quadruped who pursued this mother cheetah definitely earned his stripes!

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