henric
04-02-2014, 11:08 PM
A lioness looks around helplessly after her cub fell down a ravine and couldn't make it back up the cliff.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/1.jpg
Other members of the pride attempt to rescue the cub but stop trying when they realize it is too steep.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/2.jpg
Only the mother lion is willing to take the risk.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/3.jpg
Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/4.jpg
These dramatic frames were taken by wildlife photographer Jean-Francois Largot at Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/5.jpg
Safe and sound, the lioness gives the cub a big welcome-back lick.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/1.jpg
Other members of the pride attempt to rescue the cub but stop trying when they realize it is too steep.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/2.jpg
Only the mother lion is willing to take the risk.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/3.jpg
Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/4.jpg
These dramatic frames were taken by wildlife photographer Jean-Francois Largot at Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve.
http://www.yesemails.com/babyemails/savingcub/5.jpg
Safe and sound, the lioness gives the cub a big welcome-back lick.