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When dinnertime arrives on the sun-scorched savannah of Kenya's Maasai Mara, you either fight for your life or your livelihood... but it doesn't always go according to plan.
As this incredible series of photographs show, there is one kind of free dinner that likes being free, and will fight hoof and tail to keep it that way.
So when Malaika the cheetah tried to hunt down a young wildebeest, the plucky calf stood its ground and gave the predator a nasty surprise.
Tables turned: As this incredible series of photographs show, there is one kind of free dinner that likes being free, and will fight hoof and tail to keep it that way
Charge: The cheetah dodges the wildebeest's horns as it lunges in the long grass
Easy target? The wildebeest calf was slightly slower than the rest of the adult wildebeest and looked like an easy target
The images, taken by British photographer Manoj Shah, show the wildebeest fought back sending the cheetah running from its horns.
The cheetah - named Malaika by local guides - had been tracked for several days by Manoj's party studying her hunting habits.
Manoj said: 'The cheetah mother Malaika had to hunt every day or two to feed herself and the fast growing cub.
'I was taking her pictures as she was seated with the cub on a termite mound. By being on top of the mound the cheetah could scan the vast savanna grassland and easily spot any prey
Attack: Moving at top speed, the cheetah caught up with the wildebeest calf and put her front two feet on the wildebeests back, trying to bring it down
Hanging on: She tried to hold on to the wildebeest as it thrashed about trying to break free
Ferocious: The young wildebeest turns, dips its horns and charges at the unsuspecting cheetah in a last-ditch bid to save its own life
Tussle: An almighty tussle broke out between the two as the wildebeest fought for its life and the cheetah its livelihood
Wild frenzy: The pair circled each other, locked in battle, as - for a brief moment - the hunted became the hunter
Victory: Incredibly, the cheetah ends up giving up the chase and running away
Snapper: The pictures were taken by British photographer Manoj Shah who had been tracking the cheetah for several days, studying her hunting habits
Majestic: Shah was taking her pictures as she was seated with the cub on a termite mound. By being on top of the mound the cheetah could scan the vast savanna grassland and easily spot any prey
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