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Related: About this forumBaby Elephant Fights Off 14 Hungry Lions in Zambia Game Reserve
Incredible footage has emerged of a young elephant fighting off 14 lions at a game reserve in Zambia. The video was shot by guests at Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp.
It shows a lion climbing on the back of the elephant and biting the animal as it enters the water, with the other lions in close pursuit trying to get the elephant to fall down. However, the elephant has the last word as it is seen charging against the lions, which eventually make a hasty retreat.
"In the many years I have been a safari guide in Zambia at the South Luangwa, never have I seen anything like this," said Innocent, one of the top safari guides that works with Norman Carr Safaris.
"We were all so worried the elephant would be killed right before us. What a fighter. It fought off all 14 lions. Incredible."
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/baby-elephant-fights-off-14-hungry-lions-zambia-game-reserve-video-1474653
undeterred
(34,658 posts)bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)eventually succumb? Did the lions just give up? This video leaves me feeling really uneasy.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)from earlier in the incident, before the video started. But there are no adult males in the video so it must have been from another incident.
a kennedy
(29,793 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Why was the poor elephant alone?
undeterred
(34,658 posts)The lions were young and did not like it when the elephant went in the water. Once he got them off his back and he turned to face them and made noise at them, they backed off. I think a group of lions working together is usually able to take down a larger mammal.
Not sure why he was alone - maybe he was thirsty and came to the watering hole by himself.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)It was very scary, very sad and difficult to watch and as they said, to film.
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