Cheetah eats a woman's head off. Or rather, gentley snacks on her ear lobe

Before lunch was served

Cheetah eats a woman's head off. Or rather, gentley snacks on her ear lobe

Check out these images of a cheetah attack on 60-year-old Violet D'Mello that were was captured on film by her husband who was watching from outside the animal's enclosure. 

A fun game of rolly polly at the Zoo

D'Mello had gone to the aid of two children who were on the lunch menu of the Cheetah.

She needed stitches to her head and suffered injuries around her eyes and leg. I just love how her husband kept filming while Violet was mauled by the animals. Loving marriage much?

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Pat, Lick and Eat!

I spied this hilariously set of cheetahs getting up to no good on Facebook somewhere. It looks like they’ve made friends with a baby gazelle / impala, patted them with friendly paws (to show friendship), licked them (for taste of course) and then had them for lunch. Nature at its finest.

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Cheetah snacks on lunch by the neck

Nice and quick: A cheetah eating a wildebeast of some sort. Cheetahs also hunt together.

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Three hungry cheetah lunch on a springbok

Double Trouble!

This picture of two cheetahs hunting a springbok was a category winner in the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 competition. The winning photographer had this to say of the photo:

"Today, as it's Christmas Day, we'll photograph a cheetah kill", Bridgena announced to her family. They promptly fell about laughing. They had, after all, spent five days watching a trio of cheetahs in South Africa's Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park without seeing any activity. But Bridgena had discovered that the cheetah brothers had a favourite watch-out dune and a routine.

 By driving out at dawn to the spot, she hoped to be in position before rather than after any hunt. It was a good call. The cheetahs were positioned up on the dune, only the tops of their heads visible. When a trail of springbok passed by below, the brothers ignored the adults. 

But the moment a young springbok appeared, they sprinted after it, one heading it off, one tripping it up and the third making the kill. Within ten seconds it was over. The cheetahs had their meal and Bridgena had a phenomenal shot.

How about checking out some Lions eating giraffe?

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