Animals

A wildebeest managed to escape the deathly grip of a pride of lionesses, before succumbing to its injuries, in an incredible sighting witnessed by 43-year-old Safari Guide for Nombekana Safaris, Rodney Nombekana, while on safari with clients in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.

When a young male baboon discovered a leopard cub, he “adopted” it into an uncertain future. Days later, a similar event far away had a more sinister outcome.

A cheetah’s quick reflexes and superior speed saved it when a leopard tried to ambush it.

Having managed to escape an earlier attack, a kudu calf sought refuge on the patio of a game lodge chalet. However, moments later its attacker arrived to finish the job.

There was confusion in the ranks when a pride of lions discovered a freshwater crab crossing a dry riverbed. The plucky crustacean did an excellent job convincing the apex predators it was not to be messed with.

A tree-dwelling boomslang made a fatal mistake by crossing open ground. A flock of angry birds spotted it and relentlessly pecked it into submission.

Strategy, instinct and endurance collide when an impala makes a desperate bid for survival to escape a pack of relentless wild dogs. Who will outlast the other in this epic showdown? 

Between a mother’s fierce determination, the patience of a predator, and unexpected scavengers — this is the wild in its true form. Read on to learn how vultures, warthogs and a leopard all battle over an injured wildebeest calf throughout a five-hour showdown! 

Talk about hitting the snooze button at the wrong time! These buffaloes were so deep in dreamland that they dozed through rising floodwaters that nearly washed them away!

In this unexpected showdown, a group of cheeky juvenile baboons decided they wanted to play a game of tag with a couple of feisty klipspringers sharing their boulder. The klipspringers, however, were not so keen to partake in the game. 

A belligerent turtle recently approached two lions with relentless courage at a waterhole, even looking one of the lions square in the eyes before chasing it away!

A lioness recently showed just how far she would go to track the scent of a pack of wild dogs in a rare sighting viewed by 28-year-old accountant, Ricardo de Fonseca, while on a self-drive near Renosterkoppies on the S114, Kruger National Park.

An angry elephant recently caused pandemonium in a a waterhole near the Shingwedzi camp at the Kruger National Park, leaving a baby hippo stranded and vulnerable on the river banks, in an incredible sighting captured by Gordon Crundwell, while on safari with his wife.

While relocating their pups to a new den site, the unthinkable happens to these wild dogs. As the adults were distracted by pestering hyenas, three male lions appeared out of nowhere, surprising all of them, and leaving the baby wild dogs to fend for themselves.

A leopard sneaked up on a baby wildebeest, giving the poor creature the fright of its life, before killing it as food for its three-month-old cub.

A scrub hare’s efforts to escape proved futile when discovered by a pair of secretarybirds. This, despite the two predatory birds fighting over their intended prey.

Preoccupied with watching a nearby herd of impala, a leopard narrowly escaped being hunted itself. Unbeknown to the leopard, a lion stalked to within a few metres before launching its attack.

A plated lizard barely offered any resistance when a cobra discovered it. As if immobilised by fear, the lizard lay motionless as the snake inspected it, before striking.

These hungry lions started closing in on an older buffalo, but when it cried out for help, they found themselves facing more than they expected.

These wild dogs set themselves the significant challenge of bringing down a fully grown buffalo more than twice their height.