This Elephant 'Nose' There's A Crocodile Lurking Below
The image was captured by photographer Ian Salisbury, who manages a safari lodge nearby.
"One of our guests had seen a crocodile try a similar attack on another elephant earlier in the day so, camera in hand, I went to see if there might be a repeat performance," Salisbury told Caters News Agency. "The action was so quick – a couple of seconds – and fortunately I had the camera pointing in the right direction. Having spent 30 years in the African bush, I [realize] how lucky I was to catch the scene."
The elephant dismissed the crocodile, who'd clearly bit off more than he could chew, with a quick shake of his trunk. Neither animal appears to have been seriously injured in the incident.
Crocodiles aside, African elephants face a variety of threats in the wild, particularly from poachers in search of ivory and meat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies African elephants as "vulnerable." In 2012 alone, as many as 35,000 elephants may have been killed for their ivory.
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November 11, 2013
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