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This is the rare moment a hyena clan rescued one of its fallen members from a brutal lion attack.

Sivert Brendmoe was on safari at Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa, on September 7 when a lion pride suddenly launched an attack on a stray hyena.

Epic footage captured the four lions bringing down the unusual prey with one of the males pinning it to the ground by its throat.

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