A mother cheetah in Kenya bravely confronted a large lion that was attempting to attack her young. It was caught on camera.

The dramatic events were captured by a local guide as the mother cheetah put her own safety in danger to protect her young.

In the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a 330-pound lion, which is more than three times heavier than a cheetah, was on the prowl. According to the pictures, the ʜᴜɴᴛer was successful in trying to separate the mother cheetah from her kids at first.

But the mother cheetah was fast to jump into action. The mother was ғᴇᴀʀless and stayed in her position to protect her cubs in spite of the ʜᴜɴᴛer’s size and strength. Eventually, she transformed into the prey, ғʀɪɢʜᴛᴇɴing the lion. Kisemei Saruni, 35, who was in the reserve at the time, photographed the incident from a distance of 130 meters.

Saruni claims that he was doing a regular car tour when a male lion emerged from a nearby bush. There was a leopard and her cubs. The lion was lazing around his territory when he came across the cheetah and the cubs. The mother cheetah initially gave up and fled when the lion approached the cubs, but she then changed her mind and chased the lion away.

The cheetah, the fastest creature in the world, can accelerate faster than pricey sports cars. A cheetah chase often lasts less than a minute due to its speed and capacity to move 300 meters in a single step.

Let’s take a look at this amazing moment in the video below: