WATCH: Desperate gazelle charges at eagle in attempt to save its newborn
Never mess with a mother's child.
This is the incredible moment a gazelle mom charged headfirst at a huge eagle to try and save her newborn baby.
Safari guide Kevin Sayialel was leading a group at Great Plains Conservation's Mara Plains Camp, Kenya, when he spotted a martial eagle with prey in its claws.
The extraordinary footage, filmed by Kevin, showed the brave mother running directly at the eagle, whose wingspan can reach eight feet long.
Despite repeatedly sending the eagle flying into the air to escape, unfortunately, the gazelle’s fawn, only a few days old, could not be saved.
Kevin said: “In my 14 years as a guide for Great Plains Conservation, I have never seen anything like this before.
“We had just started our evening game drive when I spotted the eagle diving. I drove straight over, where the eagle was fighting with a Thomson's gazelle.
“The fight lasted for a few minutes, and eventually, the eagle ended up taking the fawn.
“Just like any mother, gazelles will defend their young as much as they can, but this actual sort of action I had never seen before.”
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