A Scottish woman who survived a grisly mauling by cheetahs as her husband snapped photos of the terrifying attack has opened up about her horrific ordeal at the paws of the deadly cats.

The vacation of a lifetime to celebrate her 60th birthday turned into a violent nightmare for Violet D’Mello when she was mauled by two cheetahs named Mark and Monty at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on April 28.

A British woman was savagely attacked by two cheetahs recently while enjoy "a trip of a lifetime" to a South African wildlife park. But what was probably more painful was the fact that her husband took pictures of the whole ordeal rather than rushing to her aid!

Violet D’Mello, 60, went to pet the purportedly tame animals as permitted. But she was left traumatized when she was mauled by the cheetahs, suffering injuries to her head, stomach and legs and nearly losing an eye.

The chimpanzee "Cheetah," who played Tarzan's sidekick in the films from the 1930s, died at 80 on Saturday at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida after suffering kidney failure earlier in the week.

The chimp provided comic relief to the late Johnny Weissmuller in films such as Tarzan and His Mate, and Tarzan the Ape Man. The chimp lived on Weissmuller's estate until 1960, when it moved into the sanctuary.

"It is with great sadness that the community has lost a dear friend and family member," Suncoast said in a statement.