When a crocodile attempted to bite off his trunk, the baby elephant, with the assistance of his mother, managed to make a lucky escape.
A juvenile elephant was swimming around the deep end of a watering hole in the African wilderness when a crocodile sprung out of the water and grabbed its trunk.
The herd members snorted and trunked as they struggled to keep the helpless young calf safe from the danger.
The crocodile was scared off by the juvenile elephant, which overpowered it and threw it back into the dark water to escape the threat.
A crocodile sits rigidly in the water a few feet away from a newborn elephant drinking at a watering hole in the African jungle. In a second, the crocodile leaps out of the water and closes its jaws around the calf’s trunk.
The incredible photos taken in Zimbabwe’s Zambezi Valley by Mana Pools were captured using Francois Borman’s camera.”This is not what I expected to see at all! He cried, “I was out in the jungle hoping for some activity for several hours.”
When I go out with my camera, I typically have very high standards, but this is absolutely incredible to see.
“A local crocodile observed the herd of small elephants coming down to drink and chased the baby calf playing in the shallows for a while, measuring them up,” the observer wrote.
The newborn elephant sprang into the murky, deep water and started to roll about, shouting, indicating that he was pleased with the water.
Francois Borman, a skilled photographer and farmer from Zimbabwe, captured these incredible images near the Mana Pools in the Zambezi Valley.
While they snorted and trumpeted in an attempt to protect the defenseless newborn elephant, the rest of the herd crowded around in amazement.
The newborn elephant shrugs off the crocodile and stumbles backward with a little aid from his mother.
He said, “It clearly didn’t think about the dangers that might be present in the murky waters, nor did it have to worry about the outside world.”
The little calf did not know how to use its trunk to drink; it bent down to drink from its lips. After a while, it stood up and attempted to reach the water with its trunk.
“When the crocodile jumped onto the baby elephant’s trunk and grabbed it, it was a mess.”The calf rushed the crocodile, struggling to survive, letting out a choking shriek.
“Time paused as the calf resisted and pulled the reptile out of the water almost instantly with amazing tenacity.”The crocodile ultimately let the calf go when additional elephants hurried to the scene to help.
“I was ecstatic to see my photos because I knew they were unique.”
“These kinds of shots are the reward—wildlife photographers have to wait a long time in hopes of catching that particular sight.”
