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Best chicken fight partner ever. And at least he was polite enough to not knock over the beer. PS, this wasn't zoomed it, this was actual distance. **UPDATED: This is NOT a chlorinated pool.

When a mother elephant decides to take a drink from a river, she is unaware that there is danger lurking right below the surface. A huge 10 ft crocodile decides to latch its jaws onto the unsuspecting elephant's trunk. The young elephants watch helplessly as the crocodile attacks and the mother fights back. This event calls to mind a short story by the author of "The Junglebook" Rudyard Kipli

Some parents feel an immediate, loving connection when meeting their child for the first time. Zawadi, a male lion at the Oregon Zoo, is not that kind of parent. Since their birth last fall, lion cubs Kamali, Zalika and Angalia have been cared for primarily by their mother and zoo staff. During the last week of February, the three girls were introduced to their father, Zawadi, who did not se

Tourists hanging out of their car at a lion sighting. This lion felt threatened and barked at the tourists. If he had decided to attack, there wouldn't have been enough time to get in the car and close the window. SANPark's Rules: No part of the body may protrude from the car, either through the window or a sunroof, unless in designated areas. Taken on the S1 near Skukuza in the Kruger Na

Four lions were left with their tails between their legs when a mongoose bravely took on the predators. Despite being under two feet tall, the aggressive mongoose growled at the felines and even bit one on the nose. The shocking fight, which was photographed in 2011 but has just been released, began in the Masaai Mara National Park, Kenya, when photographer Jerome Guillaumot came across four y

I thought for sure this baby buffalo was going to be the lion’s lunch. But I underestimated his mother’s protective instinct! I like to think I’d do anything to protect my kids from danger… even charge a lion! I guess when the moment comes and your kid is about to be hurt, your instinct takes over and you don’t think about yourself at all. All I can say is THANK GOD FOR MOTHERS! If yo

THIS is the moment a rampaging elephant flipped a car carrying two tourists. The massive bull first crushed the front of the hatchback before flipping it over with astonishing ease and trampling it again. The terrifying attack was captured in South Africa's Kruger National Park two weeks ago - but has only just been released. A female passenger had to be rushed to hospital with a gore wound to h

A LONE lioness shows her awesome power by bringing down a young giraffe single-handedly. The rare sight was captured on video by game ranger Jone Fick at the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa. With terrifying speed and deadly precision the lioness brought down the year-old calf in front of its distraught mother in broad daylight. The event was unusual as lionesses normally hunt in packs at n

A group of animal researchers decided to build a car, fixed with a camera, and drive it into a pride of lions in Botswana to see what kind of footage they would end up with. Nothing could have prepared them for what they captured! The men drove the remote controlled 4X4 buggy, also known as “Car L,” slowly into the pride and the lions were curious but cautious at first. The lions quickly