This is the moment an adolescent elephant made a dramatic escape by fighting off a pride of 14 hungry lionesses.
The battle, which was
captured on film by tourists in the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia,
shows the eight-year-old surrounded by the pack of predators near a
watering hole.
As the lions viciously set
about the youngster - who was separated from its herd - they begin
taking it in turns to leap on its back and sink their teeth into its
backside and legs.
But incredibly, the quick-thinking elephant darts into the water in a desperate bid to shrug off the lions.
And after a lengthy battle, the youngster beats the odds and escapes unscathed.
Tourists had been travelling from Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp when they stumbled across the battle at sunset.
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