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This is the moment a coalition of cheetah cubs surrounded a small gazelle, but lacked the killer instinct to rip it apart for lunch.
Instead, a large baboon bounded into view to drag off the tiny fawn.
The footage was captured by Laura Dyer in Kenya's Masai Mara inside the Naboishio Conservancy.
These three cheetah cubs failed miserably to finish off this newborn gazelle after it was tracked down by their mother in Kenya's Masai Mara
The cheetahs were supposed to use the fawn as hunting practice before ripping it apart and enjoying their next meal
Instead, a hungry baboon, pictured, bounded across the scrubland and killed the fawn before carrying it off, leaving the cheetahs hungry
The unfortunate fawn had been tracked down by the cheetah's mother who delivered it to her cubs as a learning exercise.
The six-month-old cubs were supposed to jump on the gazelle and rip it apart.
Instead they surrounded the smaller animal but failed to attack and kill their next meal.
One of the cubs struck the gazelle with its paw prompting
