Photographer Duncan Fraser captured the encounter at Sunset Dam on his way back to camp at dusk.Lion bites hippo: Predator runs away with tail between legs when calf’s mother attacks
Two fierce lions attacked a herd of hippos as they emerged from a day of wallowing in the water. But the encounter didn’t go as the predators hoped
A lion’s savage attack on a hippo calf did not go as the savage predator hoped after the youngster’s mum came charging to the rescue.Two fierce lions attacked a herd of hippos as they emerged from a day of wallowing in the water at Kruger National Park, a South African nature reserve.
These incredible pictures show one of the beasts leaping onto a hippo calf who had become separated from its mother – attempting to bring the struggling baby to the ground.
But the powerful predator was forced to turn tail when confronted by the calf’s angry mother.