In order to protect her kid from being devoured, a brave elephant mother confronted two lionesses.
According to wildlife photographer Kevin Dooley, who caught the sights in Mana Pools National Park last month, a stray young elephant showed up as the lionesses were hunting a warthog.
According to Mr. Dooley, the elephant calf began chasing the warthog without realizing the predators were nearby before being pinned down by the lions who attempted to kill it.
Mr. Dooley explained that while the warthog would be eaten in a few hours, a baby elephant could keep the lions fed for days.
‘One of the lionesses was very pregnant and in need of food,’ he said.
Because elephants are such difficult prey for lions to kill, most young lions must grow up in pride with other lionesses that specialize in killing elephants before they will attack them. Otherwise, they may avoid them and go for smaller and less dangerous food.
The leopards nipped the elephant’s ears, pushing it to the ground; one leopard then leaped on its back and pulled it to the ground, while another leopard straddled its neck and squeezed.
An adolescent elephant seemed to help its smaller brother when the baby elephant began crying furiously.
The lions eventually released the young elephant calf, but not until the youngster had suffered a fatal injury. Soon after, the mother elephant arrived, charging at the predators seeking to murder her adolescent calf with all her rage and fury.
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