Angry elephant flips mother hippopotamus into the air with its trunk as she tries to protect her calf The female hippo emerged relatively unscathed from the attack Scene was captured by wildlife photographer Rian Van Schalkwyk, 40, at the Erindi Private Game Reserve in Windhoek, Namibia They say a mother will do anything for her child even if it means putting herself in harms way. In this case, a fully-grown hippopotamus was flipped several feet into the air as she stood her ground against an aggressive elephant bull, giving her calf time to run to safety. Amazingly, she emerged relatively unscathed from the attack suffering nothing more than a little cut on the side of her body and a rather bruised ego. A mother hippo was flipped several feet into the air as she stood her ground against an aggressive elephant bull, giving her calf time to run to safety A mother hippo was flipped several feet into the air as she stood her ground against an aggressive elephant bull, giving her calf time to run to safety The scene was captured by wildlife photographer Rian Van Schalkwyk, 40, at the Erindi Private Game Reserve in Windhoek, Namibia. I felt incredible privileged to see this. Ive been in the bush a long time, but this was the most spectacular scene Ive ever witnessed, I couldnt believe it, the South African said.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 11:09:25 +0000
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