Brave Mongoose Fends Off Four Lions

Mongooses are one of the bravest animals in nature. There’s the famous fictional mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in the Jungle Book that battles a cobra. And then there’s this real-life mongoose in Kenya that was caught on film in Masaai Mara National Park fending off four lions!

Photographer Jerome Guillaumot came across the scene after spotting the four young lions surrounding the terrified marsh mongoose. Amazing!

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