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 drinking hole in the African wilderness when a crocodile sprang out of the water and grabbed its trunk.
The herd mates 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 stands 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 with 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 just 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 baby elephant jumped into the deep, murky water and started to roll around, screaming, so it’s obvious he was excited about 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.
With a little assistance from his mother, the baby elephant manages to throw off the crocodile and stagger backward.
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 small 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 charged the crocodile, struggling to survive, letting out a choking squeal.
“Time paused as the calf resisted and pulled the reptile out of the water almost instantly with amazing tenacity.”The crocodile eventually let the calf go after 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.”
