My friend, I wish you could’ve done the write up for our description of this video. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and apt description of the events which unfolded. As you mentioned, we were really blessed to be able to experience something as dramatic as this was and certainly as you mentioned, nature at its most brutal. The highlight of this for Kerry and I was being involved in the intervention; to be able to be so close to the young calf was special and even though our involvement was minimal it will be an event which will certainly stick with us for life.

Wel i see a mother who isnt doing much to protect her young..wich is strange bcs normaly the lions would'nt come close knowing momma wil kill them.

In this case, when we darted the mother. It was found she was carrying an infection which is why her response to the lions was so subdued.

The mother was wick

Ok she was very sick

Fully agree with your sentiment. Us as humans have been the cause of their endangered status and for the serious decline in numbers and therefore where we can, we should intervene and assist. The intervention took place two days after the event and therefore the lions were not negatively impacted. It’s a win win situation in my opinion 💪

They will make video

I concur entirely

nature (humans) helping nature (rhinos). I don't see the conflict what so ever. Now maybe that changes if that was the only meat for the last few lions.

Yes I think the same way

Niño?

@@samuelnavarrorivera4997 No, you can read in an answer that the mother had an infection from birthing the calve. So she ran in economy mode.

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Agreed and thank you John 💪🙏

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Yes, humans have to intervene because other humans have endangered this species . Plus, I don't think those Lions are an endangered species .

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​@@JustJoe326 We should not

Thank you for your kind words 😄. The scientific team and the research team as well as the vet deserve all the credit for their actions. We humans have had such a negative impact on the overall Rhino population that a small win like this is massive and certainly the right thing to do 😄

Thank you. Agreed, and it probably bought him just enough time to make it.

I imagine he had to be 😮

They were brave like Guru Govind Singh ji. No one will defeat them. Waheguru ji ka Khalsa waheguru ji ki Fateh.

It seems like the rhinoceros' eyesight is a bit poor

@@wanimalworld 100%. Their eye sight is extremely poor 💪

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they should not.

To Save The Rhino Population

@@COUNT.BLISS.1234 its engendered when it recovers they wont intervene

Unfortunately we only found out during the intervention that she was carrying an intervention from birthing the calf. This is what made her response lethargic. Whilst watching this incident I too was equally as confused by her lack of response but it made sense afterwards.

لانهم لا يجرؤون على مهاجمتها هم يعرفون أنهم سيلقون مصيرهم

@@KrugerGoneWild Did you mean carry an infection ?

@@twitteringothers5059 100%, typo on my behalf.

Agreed, its incredible to watch something so small, bravely take on these lions 🙌 It certainly saved his life and bought him enough time for the zebras to come on to the scene to distract the lionesses.

At that age, baby doesn’t realise the danger

🌈🌈🌈That is a white rhino. The last time I checked, the black rhino is extinct in the wild except probably in captivity. Black rhinos are more aggressive. 🌈🌈🌈

Fully agreed, nature is an incredible privilege which we all get to share 🙌

Africa the symbol of life ❤🎉

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That little calf is going to grow up to be a beast of a bull rhino ❤️💪 It’s truly incredible the will to survive he showed in that face of those lions.

Fully agreed, it’s an incredible feat of determination and instinct to fight to survive. The fact that he survived that attack is truly incredible.

We are so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for watching. On a personal note, and as I’m sure you felt as well, it was an extremely emotional event. The work of the scientific team and the vet and his understudies was remarkable. In all about 30 people were involved in various ways and it was such a positive outcome for such a deserving young calf.

It’s incredible that at probably 1.5 weeks old, he had the audacity to charge that lioness. Her ego definitely took a knock in that moment.

@@KrugerGoneWildis the baby rhino doing better?

100%, the baby rhino survived this incident 💪

Fully agree, he really was a hero 😄🏅

He’s an absolute champion 💪

هل هجموا عليها

@@user-yl6wx8xu6l نعم هجموا عليهما ولكن الله أنقذهما ثم الذين تدخلوا من الناس الطيبين المخلصين والحمدلله .

Fuck your god delusion.

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Lol

mother has poor eyesight and was sick. normally she'd chase those lions away.

@lordbottaro5449. What's bold when NONE of the lions tried to distract the mother given how much of them there was ? what's bold when an adult lioness showed fear or a tiny calf ? look at the distance sometimes between calf & mother & yet they failed, those coward clumsy lions all put together don't even have the brain power of that lil rhino calf.😂

Are you for real? A lumbering Rhino couldn't defend this calf against a pride of lions in a hundred years. They would simply wear the calf down over a few hours. It was only human intervention that saved it.

@@kingy002Thanks for your input, Attenborough.

Thanks for your input, Attenborough. 😂

@@shubhodeepmitra5505 It was quite a good response, eh.

Haha, ya these lions definitely made a meal of this situation. They had the upper hand and fortunately they were then distracted by a harem of Zebra.

They had every opportunity to take down this calf. They absolutely pawned it.

Thank you. Great question, unfortunately she was carrying an infection which made her response to the Lions very lethargic. This was from birthing the calf. The decision was made to give her a cocktail of meds whilst the Calf was treated just to help her regain her strength faster to ultimately be able to protect the calf.

@@KrugerGoneWildyes, I was a little confused as to the mother Rhino's lack of response to the obvious threat of lions all around. Your explanation definitely clears it up. Having any type of infection can definitely make an animal not as responsive. Glad they both got medical attention.

When it comes to rhinos It is necessary help them in certain situations

@@davidsantossilvadavid6706agree 💯

@@KrugerGoneWildThanks for the explanation. I too was a bit puzzled as to why the mother was not reacting.

You are 100% correct. The mother was found to be carrying an infection from birthing the calf when we did the intervention. She was treated as well.

So unfortunately it was found during the intervention that the mother was carrying an infection from birthing the calf. Both the mother and calf were treated accordingly and in the days that followed the scientific team did indeed keep track of their progress to make sure all was fine.

The scientific team and vet did intervene and assess and give appropriate care and meds to both the Mom and Calf. It was found on assessment during the intervention that the mother was carrying an infection from birthing the calf and this was treated as well.

@@KrugerGoneWild Thank you so much to kind-hearted scientific team and the veterinarians who helped this poor little family!!!🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️

Hence the intervention which took place. Had this not been a critically endangered animal (caused by humans and specifically poaching) we would’ve let nature take its course.

Thank you my brother 💪❤️

Fully agreed. It’s a tough decision always with wildlife. I’m a firm believer of letting nature take its course however in the case of Rhino’s human intervention is necessary.

100%. It was certainly an intriguing sighting. Regardless of the health of the mother, in reality, if the lions have the desire and the persistence, they could’ve worn her out in good or bad health. What’s amazing about this Pride is that it’s certainly a learnt and specialized behavior. We’ve seen it a number of times where the sub adults (they have almost reached adulthood in this video) have taunted and teased full grown rhino’s with zero chance of success whilst that male (who’s quite young himself) and his mother watches on. It’s a behavior which has started to pay off in circumstances like the above where mothers are isolated with new born calves. Fortunately in this case, a harem of zebra came from over the rise and the mother lioness turned her attention towards them instead. Had these lioness’s been fully grown I have no doubt that this calf wouldn’t have made it that day. It’s the lack of experience of the young lionesses and the unwillingness of the mother to potentially injure herself that most likely caused them to divert there attention. This allowed the Rhino’s enough time to move off. Ultimately though, the mother being sick certainly had a huge impact on this particular case.

@@KrugerGoneWild Wow! You are awesome. 💯👍

You are spot on in your observation regarding the mother of the sub adult females (I use the term sub adult loosely as they were around 2 at the time) and their 4 year old male older brother. However, what saved this rhino was a series of fortunate events where a harem of zebra came over a rise and distracted the lions for long enough for the mother rhino and her calf to move out of the area. Certainly, the decision was made by the scientific team to intervene due to the endangered status of rhino’s due to Rhino poaching. It was during this intervention that it was realized the mother was carrying an infection from birthing the calf which is why her response was so lethargic. Really appreciate your comment and input. Thank you 🙏

@@KrugerGoneWild Thank you for your added input with information we did not have. Be well...

Thank you so much 🙏💪 We are glad you enjoyed the video, hopefully we can keep posting content which you enjoy 🙏

@@KrugerGoneWild Most welcome :) Have a wonderful evening!

Thank you so much for taking time to watch the entire video and your comments are certainly appreciated. I agree with you fully, I also believe that we let nature takes it course and that we don’t intervene unless the animal has been impacted through human element. However, due to the critically endangered status of Rhino’s, interventions in cases like this do occur and these decisions are made by the scientific team. The intervention took place two days after this incident so the lions weren’t impacted at all. Upon darting the mother, on assessment it was realized that she was actually carrying an infection from birthing the calf which is why her response to the lions looked extremely lethargic. Hope this helps your understanding of the video and the events which took place 🙏💪

Thank you my brother 🙏🏅

Bro what 😂😂😂😂😂😂

History wise America is still a baby.

Daddy UK....Junior US...the natural order of the Universe.

@@harrykey2448 britannia rules no more. even having a hard time keeping scotland.

Why?

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Great question, it’s an anti septic which was applied into the puncture and surface wounds.

​@@KrugerGoneWild I see, so sad that the Lions actually hurt it, I thought otherwise. I'm so glad that you guys intervened! Honestly, even if the mom wasn't "lethargic" I think it would have been good to step in, just b/c they are endangered. Such a magnificent animal.

@@gonicito - the mom was lethargic never seen a rhino mom that doesnt react to defend her youngster - quite unusual ...

​@@chrisschopenhauer6261 She was lethargic due to an infection.

As is his right. He’s the one that keeps those females alive or hyenas would just be wiping out female lions left and right. When the males are away, hyenas will follow the pride of female lions and steal every prey they kill.

@@kevinmyers440 depende de las leonas que sean ignorante de la vida

He was looking out for his safet from the horn, and wanted to give the impression to the females that hes not hungry so they catch it

He didn't cause the rhino would have destroyed him if he would have make a dum move!

​​@@kevinmyers440Typical lame excuse for the USELESS thing.

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Or lions.

100%.

See my response on your latest comment 💪

You are 100% correct. She was carrying an infection from birthing the calf. Over and above that, it would be almost impossible to isolate the calf without tranquillizing her.

@@KrugerGoneWild I'm glad you were able to help them!

It’s a fair comment. In this case though the mom was suffering from an infection so she struggled to defend the calf. In terms of hippos, new born calf’s are equally at risk of predation however they don’t venture to far from water so incidents like that are not recorded very often as they return to the water when under threat. New born hippos are more at risk from dominant male hippos than other predators.

That’s Ukuva, he’s just a mommy’s boy in reality. Bit of a softy as far as lios go. He’s still quite young though in fairness and slowly learning what his world is about. He wasn’t too keen to get involved in this at all.

@jason not necessarily. It only takes a lion to jump on the back of the rhino and by distracting it, the other lions take the calf. Seen it happen in countless other videos such as elephants and buffalo. The mere distraction is normally enough.

​@@967mviews2Well, elephants and buffalos aint Rhinos. There's a reason she's called a RHINO!

@@afrofeast kudos to you recognising that they're different animals. Without your preeminent observation, none of us viewing that animal would have been any the wiser. 👏

​@@967mviews2I thought it was a badger.

@harrykey2448 if @afro hadn't kindly pointed out that it was a rhino, then I would have thought it was a blue whale.

Thank you so much for subscribing 🙏💪 So if I’m correct and you’re referring to when the guy is crouching over the Rhino Calf with his phone in his hand; I think what you’re seeing moving is the Rhino Calf’s ear which is popping out from the side of the bandage? Hope this helps.

His name is Ukuva, to be honest. He’s the lazies male lion on planet earth. He’s only about 4 years old in this video, he hangs around with his mother a lot. Essentially waiting for food and in return he has had to baby sit his mothers new cubs which are sub adults (around 2 in this video)

​@@KrugerGoneWildHis dad tolerates this?

It was a difficult situation. The Rhino’s had to be tracked on foot and it was very difficult terrain; extremely rocky.

Appreciate your input 💪

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There’s around 15000 +- left in the wild. There numbers have dwindled drastically sadly.

To be fair, there is no obligation to assist regarding any natural inter species interactions. However, the decision was made due to their endangered status. It also took a while to track these Rhino’s as they moved in to a dense drainage line in a very challenging terrain. The fact that both of these Rhino’s survived thanks to human intervention is a massive win amongst many losses which this species sadly incurs due to Rhino poaching.

a pessoa que estava filmando desde o início deveriam ter alertado os guardar para intervir pois as espécies são raras

Moc Vám děkuji😘💕 za srdce.

Brilliant question, the amount of sedative that filters through to the milk is almost negligible and therefore won’t have any effects.

@@KrugerGoneWildthanks... i was wondering if the little one would be able to keep up with mom being drowsy !! and glad you saved it !!!

Disagree, it becomes a whole new ball with endangered species. With general game non interference is the golden rule but for white rhinos which are being decimated through poaching, the game changes.