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This scaredy-cat was forced to run for cover when a herd of brave buffalo decided to strike back. The lion found itself outnumbered by its plucky prey and is pictured sprinting away from the African buffalo in the Kruger National Park. The tables turned on the predator when an attempt to pounce on some unsuspecting buffalo failed miserably and left the not so cunning cat with its tail between its legs

| image by  Dave Woollacott 

A baby monkey, a lion cub and tigers cubs play at the Guaipo Manchurian Tiger Park in Shenyang, China | image: REUTERS

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A young female cheetah in the Western Cape, South Africa | image by David Molloy

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Harbin, China: Tigers eat meat in the Siberian tiger park, the world’s largest breeding base for the species. Also known as Amur or Manchurian tigers, they mainly live in east Russia, north-east China and northern parts of the Korean peninsula | image by Wang Jianwei

Thirsty | image by Syahrul Ramadan

Lioness Vs Buffalo - Duba Plains, Okavango Delta, Botswana | image by Brendon Cremer

Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis). The amur leopard is considered to be the most endangered feline in the world | image by Sebastien Bozon

Leopard in sunset | image by Allan Høgholm

 1995, India: by setting off a camera trap, a female tiger captures her own image in Bandhavgarh national park | image by Michael Nicholls

 Coming near | image by fred von winckelmann

Sun Chaser | image by Marsel van Oosten

Cheetah Brothers in Arms - Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa | image by Rudi van den Heever

Cheetah Snarl - Etosha National Park, Namibia | image by Mark Vincent Müller