At this very time, an elephant herd charged a throng of hippos to acquire the best position at a watering hole. The stunning clash of nature’s giants was witnessed in Sᴏᴜᴛʜ Aғʀɪᴄᴀ’s Pilanesberg Nature Reserve.
Wildlife photographer Corlette Wessels, 47, was only a few yards away when a large elephant cow began to become agitated by the presence of the nearby hippos. The elephant’s foul attitude quickly turned into a charge, forcing the hippo to turn and flee.
After discovering one of the hippos’ herd in peril, many elephants began the chase, sending the hippos running for cover. The elephant and a few other herd members were able to prevent the hippos from striking them with their enormous trunks. But thankfully, a pachyderm calm took hold when the hippos withdrew to a murkier part of the bathing hole.
At the Crocodile Nature Reserve, Corlette asserted that she had never seen anything like this before. She said that the elephant cow appeared to be agitated by the two hippos’ proximity to where she was engaged in drinking, despite the fact that she was not a specialist in animal behavior.
The speed at which everything happened was truly amazing. The elephants were all trumpeting the entire time. Corlette claims that the other hippo also turned up later, with some ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ on its side but otherwise unharmed.
Source: https://dailylifeworld.com
