母性是與生俱來的天賦，這天賦會讓媽媽奮起保護自己的小孩，甚至是不忍心看到受傷的孩子遭到危險！
根據Wimp.com報導，在南非波札那(Botswana)的自然保護區Central Kalahari Game Reserve就上演了這樣出人意料的場景，一隻母獅發現了路旁受傷的大耳狐(bat-eared fox)寶寶，結果在公獅準備來大快朵頤時，母獅卻拚死保護了狐狸寶寶。
▼受傷大耳狐寶寶看到母獅顯得很驚恐！
wimp.com / Via http://www.wimp.com/a-lioness-defends-a-helpless-baby-fox-from-a-hungry-lion/
▼沒多久，公獅就趕來準備可以輕鬆吃一頓午餐
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▼結果沒想到晉身為媽媽的母獅，出於母性的本能，不忍心狐狸寶寶就這樣被吃掉
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▼於是在就在公獅逼近小狐狸的時候...
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▼起身打算要保護這個受傷的小可憐
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▼大聲斥退公獅，告訴牠這孩子歸我罩
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▼母獅敢這樣挑戰獅群之首的公獅可謂是相當勇敢
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▼在母獅的堅持下，小狐狸逃過被吃掉的厄運
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▼母獅就目送悻悻然離去的公獅，再跟上去，而小狐狸最後也順利離開逃出生天。
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