Even the staff of the national park said that this is the first time they have witnessed a crocodile attack like this.
These impressive photos were taken by a tourist named Martin Nyfeler from Kloten, Switzerland, during a visit to Luangwa National Park, southern Zambia, in September 2010. Here, this man saw the mother elephant and her baby elephant standing in a water hole. The peaceful scene was completely ruined by the sudden appearance of a Nile crocodile.
Although elephants are not usually the prey of crocodiles, the 6m-long animal still jumped out of the water and grabbed the trunk of the mother elephant. “Although alligators are getting bigger, most of their menu is fish or small animals” – Jason Bell, assistant curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Philadelphia Zoo said. “However, there are still many opportunistic crocodiles, often lying in wait for the animals to come close to the water’s edge to attack.
It is often the baby hippo, African buffalo … can be scared by crocodiles. for example, and dragged it into the water,” added Mr. Jason. Despite the sudden attack, the mother elephant was still able to run away from the water, but the adult crocodile still refused to give up. According to visitor Nyfeler, the guide at the park said this is the first time they have seen this scene.
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Even for the fierce Nile crocodile, killing an elephant is not easy. There are many cases that after launching the attack, the crocodile realizes it is his own mistake because the opponent is too big.
But no matter how big the weight of the prey, the hungry crocodiles still come to get something to put on their hungry stomach. The mother elephant ran away but the crocodile still hung on its trunk.
Then a miracle happened, the baby elephant did not know how clumsy fell and fell right into the enemy. Thanks to that, the crocodile was willing to let go of the mother elephant and return to the lake.
The two elephants continued to run away. In the end, it was only thanks to a small inadvertent action of the baby elephant that helped the mother and daughter escape the stubborn crocodile. This is probably a pretty happy ending for them.