BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br /> Pic: Longleat/BNPS<br /> <br /> *Please use full byline*<br /> <br /> Little and Large show...<br /> <br /> Despite the size difference the proud mother charges into action...<br /> <br /> This plucky mother antelope ignores the golden rule of 'pick on someone your own size' and squares up to a whopping rhinoceros in a bizarre stand-off.<br /> <br /> The brave mum refused to back down when the three-tonne beast came a little too close to her newborn calf - and at one point even clashed horns with it.<br /> <br /> The protective mother antelope, called Ramina, kept her days-old baby Phoenix behind her at all times as she valiantly charged at the massive rhino, called Njanu, despite it being 15 times heavier.<br /> <br /> The unlikely scene was caught on camera by staff at Longleat Safari Park in Wilts.
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