{"id":304,"date":"2025-06-12T08:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2025-06-12T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:04:14","slug":"baby-hippo-protects-mother-from-stalking-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"Baby Hippo Protects Mother From Stalking Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A brave young hippo showed the true meaning of courage and strength by standing alone against a hungry lion to protect its mother.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latestsightings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1-7-3.png\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Life in the wild is difficult, especially for younger animals that haven\u2019t reached their full strength or size. For this young hippo, life got extremely dangerous when a hungry lion started eyeing up its mother for a meal.<\/p>\n<p>This footage, provided by Private Kruger Safaris in 2016, shows how these animals never stop fighting for survival, and how courage, even from vulnerable creatures, can make a huge difference in their lives.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"868\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z76stM1z4iw\" title=\"Baby Hippo Protects Mother From Lion\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These two hippos were already experiencing pressures to their struggle for survival even before the arrival of the hungry lion. A drought in Kruger National Park caused the water levels to drop, affecting the availability of food and territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brave young hippo showed the true meaning of courage and strength by standing alone against a hungry lion to protect its mother. Life in the wild is difficult, especially &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}