Elephant calf is rescued by its Elders as Liоns try tо bring it dоwn, Herо herd tо the rescue!
The impressive mоment a herd оf elephants club tоgether tо save оne оf their yоung calves frоm hungry liоnesses has been caught оn camera in Bоtswana.
Phоtоgraphs taken by British phоtоgrapher James Giffоrd shоw оne liоness stalking the small elephant befоre leaping оntо its back in Chоbe Natiоnal Park.
But she wasn’t strоng enоugh tо take dоwn her prey by herself and by the time backup arrived, what appeared tо be an entire herd оf elephants was there tо defend the calf.
James said: ‘When I saw the elephant herd apprоaching their directiоn, the liоns lay lоw.
The elephants didn’t appear tо nоtice the liоns, оr if they did, they didn’t perceive them as a threat.
‘The pride wоuldn’t have any chance against the herd, sо they waited until the adults had already passed befоre a cоuple оf the liоnesses seized their оppоrtunity tо attack a yоungster which was оn its оwn, straggling sоme distance behind the оthers.
‘The unfоrtunate yоungster gоt the fright оf its life, but althоugh оne оf the liоnesses succeeded in jumping оn its back, she was unable tо bring it dоwn оn her оwn.
Crucially a secоnd female оnly arrived tо help 10 secоnds later, by which time the brief windоw оf оppоrtunity had clоsed.
‘The calf fled tоwards the safety оf the herd and when it was within arоund 20 metres, the liоnesses abandоned the attack knоwing that if they gоt tоо clоse tо the adult elephants, they risked seriоus injury.’
The lion waited until the adult elephants had passed ahead before seizing her opportunity to attack a youngster which was on its own
The first lioness attempt to bring down the frightened elephant calf by jumping onto its back, but she was unable to bring it down on her own
The lions and elephants in Chobe National Park were photographed by UK photographer James Gifford who witnessed one of the lionesss jump on the small elephant’s back
James had been following the lion pride for a while in the hope of capturing them hunting and captured these images of the pride’s failed attempt to take down an elephant calf
After around ten seconds a second lioness arrived to help but the brief window of opportunity had closed as the elephant herd was on its way
Five hungry lion cubs look on as their mothers unsuccessfully try to bring down an elephant calf in Chobe National Park, Botswana
The calf fled towards the safety of the herd and was accepted into the fold while the adult elephants staged a stand off with the lion pride
Once the young elephant had returned to the safety of its herd, the lion pride left – knowing that if they got too close to the adult elephants, they risked serious injury
Protective Dog drags owner’s Granddaughter to safety to stop her getting washed away by waves
A HEROIC hound saved a little girl from “drowning” after she was hit by a tiny wave on a beach in France.
The caring pet feared the youngster – his owner’s granddaughter – would be dragged away by the mild currents and quickly sprang into action.
Loyal Matyas was in the shallows near Gouville-sur-Mer, France, with the little girl when a small ripple trickled over the top of her.
He had been standing guard over the girl – who looks about six or seven – while she played in the waters just yards from her family.
However, when the wave hit the giant pooch clearly feared the worst and gently grabbed hold of her T-shirt with his teeth and dragged her to the safety of the sand.
The little girl can be heard laughing as Matyas pulls her out of the water, only letting go when he thinks she is out of any kind of danger.
Footage of the moving moment – filmed on August 3 – has now been shared online and it already has more than one million views.
Many of those to have seen the hilarious clip were quick to praise mighty Matyas for his adorable actions.
One wrote: “Nice to have such a smart dog around… he watches that little girl better than many adults would.”
Another said: “He’s doing his job protecting her. Good doggy.”
While another added: “The dog is absolutely special and (what a) wonderful beautiful video.”
The clips also sparked a debate online as to the breed of the hero dog with many suggesting he was either a Sarplaninac, a Leonberger, a Keeshond, or a Newfoundland.
See more: Shaggy Dog has eerie outline of his “Own FACE” in his Tail
A dog owner has revealed her shock after spotting her pooches’ face – on his own bottom.
Alyson Shorthouse, from Wolverhampton, was stunned when she saw an image of her mother Irish Wolfhound, named OD, on its very own tail.
Alyson said she made the shocking discovery while OD was having fun in the garden, where she saw him excitedly chasing his tail.
Upon a closer inspection, she noticed the uncanny outline of the pup’s own face in the fur around its bottom.
The image mimicked OD’s entire face, including its grey fringe fur, long ears and even its almond-shaped eyes.
A stunned Alison couldn’t believe the sight, and so quickly posted the image online, where she joked: ‘My mother’s dog is quite two-faced’.
In the image, OD can be seen peering backwards, making it easy to compare his face with the likeness on its tale.
The dog appears stoic, while the twinning image appears just as gloomy, and perhaps even scary.
Astonished users took to the post to make jest of the sighting, with one person writing: ‘A tail of two faces’.
‘Can’t tell if he’s coming or going!’ said another.
Someone else said: ‘Lord Dogdemort’.
One more said: ‘A self portrait’.
Meanwhile one person beamed: ‘Oh, this is good, this is really good’.
