Jaw-dropping images show the torn-apart body of a gazelle fawn hanging from the mouth of an 82-pound alpha-male baboon in Kenya – even though the creatures often work together to keep an eye out for predators.
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Jaw-dropping images show the torn-apart body of a gazelle fawn hanging from the mouth of an 82-pound alpha-male baboon in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in South-Western Kenya
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The baboon and its younger relatives was spotted by photographer Nimit Virdi, from Wellington, India. Pictured: A much younger baboon was later seen cradling the upper half of the gazelle
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Shortly before being killed, the baby gazelle was seen standing uncertainly on the grassland as an elder relative stood in the background
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But its ‘shredded’ body was later pictured in the jaws of the fierce baboon. Mr Virdi was in his car when he saw the baboons in the nature reserve
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‘Baboons will seemingly accept any opportunity to get a full belly – even if it means attacking and killing their friendly neighbour,’ he said. Pictured: The remains of the gazelle being held by a baby baboon
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Mr Virdi said the baboons spent around 30 minutes eating the gazelle fawn and that the younger primate got a look in when the carcass was dropped by its older relative
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‘It was a gut-wrenching moment but it’s something I had never seen before in nature,’ Mr Virdi added