Animals

Frustrated at having no one to play with, a baby hippo put on quite a show at the waterhole. As cute as it was, not all the neighbours approved of its “only-child” antics.

Ravenscourt, a dominant leopard at the Dulini Private Game Reserve, successfully stalked and took down an impala in full view of witnesses.

This lioness tried to feed her cubs a meal big enough for a whole pride when she took on an elephant.

This klipspringer couple moved like lightning, playing games like chase, hide and seek, and climbing the rocks!

A pair of intrepid lion cubs are forced to make their way through dangerous crocodile infested waters to reunite with their mom!

A wild dog takes a surprising interest in one of the savannah’s tiniest workers. When curiosity turns clumsy, the moment ends with an awkward stomp and a guilty glance.

This warthog decided to dance with death and antagonize a crocodile which was minding its own business, while a small bird offered moral support.

A leopard clamps its jaws around an impala’s neck in a prolonged and intense struggle. The impala, however, refuses to go down easily.

This spectacular clipping by Kruger Pride Safaris shows the patience and the power of the crocodile species. While this croc didn’t succeed in his efforts to pull down a buffalo, he definitely wowed the spectators!

A magnificent male lion, with a striking blue eye, stole the prey from a leopard in the Thornybush Game Reserve.

A bold jackal disturbs a leopard’s peaceful moment by a waterhole in a bizarre standoff. The leopard’s calm response leaves the jackal’s strange outburst unanswered.

Some spellbinding crocodile rivalry was witnessed by Tamysn du Toit by the Sabie River in the Kruger National Park.

Yusuf Suliman was given an edge-of-seat viewing experience when a pride of lions raided a camp, searching for an easy meal.

A pride, consisting mostly of lionesses, decided to climb a tree to escape rising floodwaters.

A lioness sprinted out in pursuit of a baby wildebeest, securing a kill in view of spectators near the Crocodile Bridge in the Kruger National Park.

A honey badger fearlessly took on a python in a breathtaking sighting witnessed by Wanzen du Toit in the Kruger National Park.

A python swallowed a hornbill whole in this miraculous sighting filmed by Nainesh Bhavan.

A mother lion was sighted teaching her four tiny cubs to climb a tree in a memorable sighting filmed in the MalaMala Game Reserve by Michael Moth.

A lioness which was desperately trying to get a small drink of water was left startled by a hippo in this memorable sighting filmed in the Kruger National Park.

What happens when prey animals don’t run away from predators? Either they are quickly dispatched or a stand-off ensues, as is the case here.