MOTHER NATURE: THIS is the heartbreaking moment a baby monkey clung onto its dead mum as her lifeless body hung from a lion's mouth.

Photographer and safari guide Hendri Venter, 60, captured the brutal moment at South Africa's Zimanga Private Game Reserve.

“As a safari guide, I’ve seen many cruel wildlife encounters, but this tops them all by far,” Hendri said

“Nature – as wonderful and incredible as it can be – can also be frightful, even bordering on atrocious but this is the reality of it.

“Life and death play out in all of our lives. It’s never easy.”
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In one picture, the tiny one-pound money stares forlornly into the camera as it grips onto what is left of its mother's blood-soaked body.

The 400-pound lion can be seen sinking its teeth into its prey as the baby monkey holds on in the hopes of surviving.

In another image, a second lion attempts to join in on the action sending the baby monkey tumbling off its mother before meeting its gruesome end.

Hendri captured the horrifying images from just 65-foot away from the feeding lions.

In the space of less than a minute, the lion had both caught and devoured the unfortunate mother – whilst another lion from the pride snatched and ate the baby.

“I was on a game drive with guests following a pride of seven lions when I noticed one of the males chasing something into the shrub," Hendri recalled.

“He turned around and I instantly noticed the monkey. I quickly grabbed the camera.

“It definitely stirs up emotions seeing a helpless baby cling on to the lifeless body of its mother when there is nothing you can do to help.

One of the lion’s younger brothers also wanted a piece and eventually got hold of the baby which he then killed and ate."

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This is heartbreaking to see. Wish I was there at least I could have done something to help the baby monkey even if it is to fight the lion with karate. Same way Buhari has bared his fangs and sunk his brown teeth on Nigerians with harsh economic policies

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Chai


The Lion should have eaten the baby monkey first.

So that it will go to Heaven and wait for his mother.

Fahdiga:
This is heartbreaking to see. Wish I was there at least I could have done something to help the baby monkey even if it is to fight the lion with karate.

you could try to go pry the already dead monkey from the lion and see what would happen then. At least, we would have one less political idiot on nairaland .

SportsHD:
you could try to go pry the already dead monkey from the lion and see what would happen then. At least, we would have one less political idiot on nairaland .

Trash as usual

I was reading hoping the baby sur...vi... oh fork it tho it's heartbreaking really

But then lions gon eat too right

Oh

TarOrfeeek:


Chai


The Lion should have eaten the baby monkey first.

So that it will go to Heaven and wait for his mother.

Jungle.....

TarOrfeeek:


Chai


The Lion should have eaten the baby monkey first.

So that it will go to Heaven and wait for his mother.

Too bad!!!

At ur age

Natural selection at work

Damn. Mother and child love

So now leopard?

Nothing but the laws of nature.

Righteousness2:
What a Show of Pure Uncompromised and Unadulterated Love from the Baby Monkeu.

Even in the Face of Danger and Death, it stayed steadfast and hung on to its Mother with all it Could.

Today, Everyone claims to Love GOD . But in the face of little inconveniences, you begin to see people give in and give you reasons to give in.

In the Face of little shakings and threats, People who claim to Love GOD, become fearful and give themselves in to the Plan of the devil.

Let this Little Monkey send some knowledge into all.

If you are not ready to Die for the Name of JESUS CHRIST, it does not Matter your knowledge or Title your bear, you are Decieving yourself.

dis one to will not make fp ijn

TarOrfeeek:

Chai

The Lion should have eaten the baby monkey first.
So that it will go to Heaven and wait for his mother.

eleribu