These cheetah cubs may have caught a gazelle – but they have no idea what to do with it. <br /><br />Fascinating pictures by wildlife photographer Laura Dyer show the six-month-olds pawing and chasing the tiny fawn their mother has sourced for them. <br /><br />But, incredibly, their dithering meant a BABOON was able to bound in and snatch the frightened prey away. <br /><br />Laura captured the action in Kenya’s Masai Mara at the Naboisho Conservancy in December. <br /><br />She explains: “The cheetah cubs are just under six months old, and their mom caught this new born baby Thomson's gazelle for them to learn how to hunt on. <br /><br />“Of course, they haven't any idea as this would be the first time they are participating in a hunt, so don't know how to kill the gazelle. <br /><br />“This went on under mom's watchful eye and shepherding for forty minutes or so until a massive male baboon saw the commotion and ran in, stealing the baby gazelle for himself. Baboons do sometimes catch and kill prey, but it's very unusual. <br /><br />Laura was staying at the Kicheche Valley camp.<br /><br />ENDS
