Instead of facing one hyena, a wildebeest chose to run right off a cliff in one of the riskiest escape attempts we’ve seen.

A herd of wildebeests were being chased by hyenas in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve when one wildebeest turned from the main herd and created its own escape route, albeit a very risky one.

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