{"id":419899,"date":"2025-09-13T01:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/419899\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:40:14","slug":"cheetahs-bullied-by-baby-warthog-as-tourists-watch-in-disbelief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/419899\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheetahs &#8216;bullied&#8217; by baby warthog as tourists watch in disbelief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When three cheetahs singled out a baby warthog recently in South Africa, they probably did not expect much resistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But the accompanying footage shows that even baby warthogs can possess the spirit of a lion.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Cheetah put on defensive by baby warthog.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8db1acbca79e6f411cf77adc33f0d5ad.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cheetah put on defensive by baby warthog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOdsqT3CMZA\/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:footage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">footage<\/a>, captured by Richard Melvin in Kruger National Park, shows the warthog chasing the frightened cheetah brothers, one after another, as astonished tourists provide commentary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLook at those little girls,\u201d a woman jokes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/spot-huge-rattlesnake-encountered-alabama-194314185.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ALSO: Can you spot the &#039;huge&#039; rattlesnake encountered by Alabama hiker?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALSO: Can you spot the &#8216;huge&#8217; rattlesnake encountered by Alabama hiker?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI don\u2019t believe it!\u201d a man chimes in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reads the Latest Kruger description: &#8220;Typically, baby warthogs end up as prey for bigger cats. But, this little warthog had other plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen it found itself surrounded by three cheetah brothers, it absolutely humiliated the cats by chasing THEM around! And they ran fast!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cheetahs are the planet\u2019s fastest land animals and can attain speeds of 70 mph. Baby warthogs are often preyed upon by cheetahs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on For The Win: <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2025\/09\/12\/cheetahs-bullied-baby-warthog-video-south-africa-kruger\/86113478007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cheetahs &#039;bullied&#039; by baby warthog as tourists watch in disbelief;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cheetahs &#8216;bullied&#8217; by baby warthog as tourists watch in disbelief<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When three cheetahs singled out a baby warthog recently in South Africa, they probably did not expect much&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[143696,143698,70,2196,16,15,143697,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-419899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-kruger-national-park","9":"tag-richard-melvin","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-south-africa","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-warthog","15":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115194444111086183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}