Cape Town – The laws of nature are cold, calculating and in place with a purpose, as this incident in the Pilanesberg National Park in North West shows.

Captured by field guide Tarryn Rae, aged 32, who has been guiding in the park for the past five years, it sees an unsuspecting, pregnant wildebeest clawed down by the pride, with one lioness clinching the foetus out of its belly and tucking into it like some sort of special delicacy.

Rae who guides for Mankwe Gametrackers, shared the experience with Latest Sightings, explaining how the events of the 05:30am drive unfolded.

The group reached the pride about an hour and a half after it had been called in.

“I often tell my guests that as far as game drives go, it is all about being in the right place at the right time mixed in with a little bit of luck,” she says.

According to Rae, on this day, luck was very much in their favour… Not just once, but twice!

“They were still lying down but not for long. After a few minutes, they got up and started moving towards the road. With it being a weekend, there were quite a few cars around.

“We had the most amazing sighting as the whole pride headed towards the road and crossed over in front of us. We were very excited and my guests were very happy, I always say that the day I’m not excited to share a sighting like this with my guests is the day I should no longer do this job.”