Pictures document the amazing moment a mother hippo protected her kids from a huge elephant. While on a safari in N’s Erindi Game Reserve, photographer Quintus Strauss stopped to take a picture of a young hippo interacting with its mother.
Quintus quickly became aware of an enraged elephant approaching the baby hippo in the water. The elephant can be seen approaching the young hippo and lifting its foot to crush. Elephant sprayed it, and then knelt down to examine it more ᴄʟᴏsᴇly.
The photographer, who is from Hoedspruit, Mopani, Zᴀᴍʙɪᴀ, saw the mother hippo rushing to the rescue and engaging in combat with the large beast as soon as he began taking pictures of the incident.
The mother of the infant leapt into action and charged the enraged elephant with her ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ jaws. According to photographer Quintus Strauss, he believed the hippo was able to Bɪᴛᴇ the enormous animal on the trunk. The hippo’s vicious Bɪᴛᴇ threw the elephant off-balance, causing the mammoth to fall into the water.
The enraged elephant then used his trunk as a hammer to smash the defenseless calf. Luckily, the child managed to flee. Fortunately, the mother was able to defend her babies and drove the elephant away, leaving it with an injured upper trunk.
Source: https://dailylifeworld.com
