Animals

The tragic killing of an impala lamb was witnessed by Marine Servonnat in the Okovango Delta, Botswana.

This unusual video shows one male elephant mounting another! However, there’s a perfectly good explanation for the elephants’ strange behaviour.

A tragic misstep turns into a feast in the unforgiving wild as lions capitalize on a giraffe’s fatal error. This heartbreaking sighting serves as a harsh reminder of the unpredictability of life in the wild.

A pride of determined lions chased a hippo in a dramatic sighting in the Kruger National Park.

Leopards should always sleep in trees! This one found that out the hard way when it decided to take a nap on the ground and was found by a lion!

Even in the face of death, a mother’s love refuses to surrender. In this heartbreaking sighting, a mother refuses to leave the side of her dead foal when wild dogs close in.

Two large rhinos approaching a waterhole scared away a lioness and her trio of cubs.

A mother cheetah makes a kill for her cubs, only to face an ambush by winged and four-legged scavengers. In this crazy sighting, everyone wants a piece of the pie!

After bringing down an unknown prey, a pair of lions got into a quarrel. It seems when it comes to food, it’s every lion for themselves.

A wily goose escaped certain death thanks to its constant vigilance. Watch as a crocodile’s attempted ambush fails to impress the goose.

In this silly sighting, a sneaky elephant thinks it’s a ninja, but its trunk gives it away. Sometimes the best encounters in the bush are the humorous ones!

In this encounter, two lion families meet nose to nose on the open road. What happens next though, might surprise you.

A pack of African wild dogs were taking no chances when they spotted a mysterious object in the river. Their nerves on edge, the pack quickly established a defensive perimeter.

Outnumbered but not outmatched, two lions hold their ground as a noisy clan of hyenas pushes their limits. Who will steal the meal in the end?

As a leopard tried to enjoy some personal time, a flock of noisy, nosy neighbours arrived. In typical fashion, they couldn’t keep the news to themselves.

A hippo carcass attracted crocodiles in droves, as witnessed by Marie Tardan by Crook’s Corner in the Kruger National Park.

When a lone African wild dog caught up with an impala ram, a stand-off ensued. The antelope did well to fend off the predator before finally attempting to escape.

A dramatic and successful rescue effort by a buffalo herd was witnessed by Sara Zegut in the Timbavati Game Reserve recently.

The quick reaction of a wildebeest saved it from the threat of a lioness, as she made her way through the bushveld.

Hippos can be quite territorial, as this one demonstrated when a pair of waterbuck tried to cross ‘his’ river in the Kruger National Park.