Touching image of motherly love, a mother giraffe tries to protect her baby’s body against a pack of hungry hyenas

The clip shows a pack of hyenas tearing apart the carcass of a baby giraffe in the presence of a mother deer. Witnessing this scene, the mother giraffe continuously threatened and chased away the hyenas to protect the baby’s corpse. The mother also bows her head to show her affection for the dead baby deer.

Despite all the efforts of the mother giraffe, the hyenas are still able to steal the baby’s carcass to eat. However, not long after that, a male lion appeared to chase away the hyenas and enjoy the carcasses, before the vultures finished “cleaning up” what was left.

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