The battle for survival in the natural world is extremely harsh. Predators always take advantage of vulnerable times to eat them. The mother ostrich in the following clip was ambushed by jaguars but still risked her life to protect her cubs.
Specifically, the video captures a scene when the mother ostrich tries to protect the newly born eggs from the fierce and scary cheetah in the savanna.
The cheetahs follow the herd, they search for a target to have a delicious meal. The cheetahs discovered the target were ostrich eggs.
After a while of watching and waiting for the right opportunity, one leopard started to attack the mother ostrich, the other leopards followed suit. Realizing that the eggs are in danger, the mother ostrich risks her life to attack the leopard to protect the eggs.
It used its long legs to kick the leopard’s head, which was trying to eat the eggs that had just been born. Not stopping there, the mother ostrich continued to counterattack despite being surrounded by other cheetahs.
After a fierce battle, the mother ostrich finally saved the eggs when the appearance of her fellows came to the rescue in time and drove the leopards away.
