Ewald captured a hippopotamus pouncing on a crocodile with a zebra head in its mouth.
According to the daily mail of June 7, Renata Ewald, a wildlife photographer from South Africa, captured an amazing scene in Kruger National Park in South Africa: a 4.6-meter-long crocodile crossing a river with a zebra's head in its mouth scared the baby hippopotamus, and the hippopotamus's mother began to beat the crocodile violently. Eventually, the crocodile was forced to dive underwater.
Ewald, 50, was filming the crocodile and captured this amazing scene. At that time, a large crocodile with the head of a dead zebra in its mouth suddenly entered the water, very close to the mother and baby hippo. The hippo mother is so angry that she pounces on the crocodile and tries to bite it.
"The crocodile was unknowingly close to where the hippopotamus and its children were," Ewald said. I don't know if he wants to avoid other crocodiles in the water. All of a sudden, the mother Hippo pounced on the crocodile, and I was completely stunned by the hippo's swift attack on the crocodile in the water. I thought it would bite the crocodile in half. The crocodile immediately turned, but refused to give up the zebra's head in its mouth. '
After struggling to escape, the crocodile dived into the water immediately. "Despite efforts to ensure food safety, the crocodile was forced to return to other crocodiles after the conflict with the hippopotamus, and the food in its mouth was quickly stolen," Ewald said. '
At that time, the crocodile was too close to the hippo mother and the baby crocodile. The angry Hippo mother opened her mouth and bit the crocodile's head. The latter escaped by a few inches.
The crocodile, with the head of a dead zebra in its mouth, is crossing Kruger National Park.
After escaping the hippopotamus attack, the crocodile dived into the water, but his lunch was stolen by other crocodiles.
The mother Hippo was resting in the water as the crocodile entered the water.
The crocodile, with a spotted horse's head in its mouth, swam towards the hippopotamus and its children.
Ewald said he was shocked by the speed with which hippos attack crocodiles in the water.