Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) approaches a black-backed jackal (silver-backed jackal) (Canis mesomelas) at a blue wildebeest calf kill, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) calf, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) newborn calf trying to stand for the first time, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Black-backed jackal (silver-backed jackal) (Canis mesomelas) at a blue wildebeest calf kill, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) just-born calf trying to stand, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Blue Wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) new-born calf, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) cow and days-old calf running, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Lioness (Lion Panthera leo) with a blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) calf, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) cows and calves, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Male cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) killing a newborn blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) calf, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), feeding on a wildebeest calf kill in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), feeding on a wildebeest calf kill in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Two male cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) killing a new born blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) calf, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Mother and newborn calf blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus), Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

A newborn blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus), nursing in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) feeding on a wildebeest calf (Connochaetes taurinus), Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Leopard (Panthera pardus) carrying a days-old blue wildebeest (brindled gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) calf up a tree, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) with calf, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Leopard In Tree Licking Lips While Feeding On Wildebeest Calf Near Ndutu, Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, Tanzania

Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mother stares at it's still-wet newborn calf that has just struggled to it's feet in the Ndutu area of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on the Serengeti Plains, Tanzania

Leopard In Tree Licking Lips While Feeding On Wildebeest Calf Near Ndutu, Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, Tanzania

A mother wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, stands above her newly born calf who kneels on the road, looking away, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

A wildebeest calf, Connochaetes taurinus, in grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa

A young cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, hunting a blue wildebeest calf, Connochaetes taurinus. Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Small group of Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) running front view in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa