Africam, well-known for their live cameras all over Africa, captured this footage from multiple sightings on one of their Dam Cams in Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, and shared the footage with Latest Sightings.
Even as babies, elephants tend to be bigger than the typical crocodile’s prey. From the footage, we can also see that the croc would challenge some of the biggest elephants in the herd, so this wasn’t about food.
Elephants can drink well over 200 litres of water a day and are always on the lookout for the cleanest water sources. This waterhole overlooking the Zambezi National Park is the perfect spot for them, which is probably why they kept returning, even after a few encounters with the elephant-hating crocodile.
The interactions led to nothing more than a few light-hearted frights in the beginning. However, this crocodile was persistent. Every time the herd came for a drink, it would make its way toward them and wait in stealth for an opportunity to strike.
It really seemed that the crocodile had some sort of resentment towards elephants. Something that we’ve never seen before.
One morning, the herd decided to go for a drink again. The smallest of the elies drank from the little stream, while the adults went straight for the waterhole. Lo and behold, the crocodile was waiting for them again, but this time it was different…
The crocodile was in full stealth mode, and out of all the space available, one of the elephants decided to drink right next to the crocodile’s trap!
The crocodile waited patiently, letting the elephant take a sip. Then, as soon as the elephant came in for another, the crocodile snapped as hard as it could, grabbing the very tip of the elephant’s trunk.
The elephant let out the loudest scream from the pain, then immediately pulled back. The crocodile had finally gotten one of the elephants. The bite was so strong, and with the crocodile being too stubborn to let go, the elephant was forced to drag the crocodile out of the water, hanging by its trunk.
