Nature Is Metal
Pick Up The Blitz 📽 by @mhgoeswild Lions and zebras know each other very well. Their ancestors have coexisted on the African continent for over 20 million years, and the modern day versions of both have 2 to 3 million years of experience dealing with the ins and outs of survival on the same field of battle. The stripes know that the young one is a target. If a chase ensues, the lions will be looking to pick off the slowest, most inexperienced member of the group, and the baby zebra is the odd one out. If not for the heroics of what I assume to be the mother zebra, the youngster would be lunch meat. She put her body on the line to box out the predatory advances of the lion, and thwarted her plan for an easy meal. This isn’t always the case, which is what makes this video even cooler. Had the math been different, like facing multiple lions instead of just one, the mother might have had to leave her foal to fend for itself. Evolution forces this harsh choice because her survival ensures future offspring. With a single lion, she can risk defending her young, but against a pride, fleeing maximizes her chance to reproduce again. While this might seem heartless, it is a strategy honed over millions of years of predator-prey conflict. Lucky for the foal, mom didn’t have to make that decision. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. Our team checks the submission page daily
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Incredible. Like watching a lead blocker on a TD run but WAY more on the line here
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Mother's love is stronger than anything! 😍
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That’s a three down back you can leave her in obvious passing situations to pick up the weak side blitz.
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Motherheart🔥❤️😍
23 hours ago
Aw. That mother tried so hard to keep her baby alive and away from the lion. What a great distraction for the lion.
1 days ago
😱😱 Como expuso su vida por la de la cría!! Admirable!!
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The Mother Power 😍😍😍
1 days ago
Impressive Zebra 🦓 well done
1 days ago
Nothing like a round house kick to the jaw to put things into perspective
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W mom fr
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Phenomenal defense
22 hours ago
Solid Defense
22 hours ago
Holy what a good mom! She seemed willing to even sacrifice herself