# @bbciplayer on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVtUzDGAd4Y
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59051339-bbciplayer-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/066281141d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-10T15:02:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC iPlayer (@bbciplayer) — https://gondola.cc/bbciplayer

## Caption

These mothers will do anything to protect their cubs – but did it work? 😟🦁 ⁣
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#BigCats247 #BigCats #Lion ⁣
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Get up close to Africa’s magnificent felines. Across dramatic Botswanan landscapes meet the lions, cheetahs and leopards at home in the wilderness – and those filming their lives.

## Stats

- **Views:** 4,746
- **Likes:** 595
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 19

## Tags

lion, bigcats, bigcats247

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