Animals

We don’t recommend getting your romance on to interrupt a fight, but it certainly seems to be a tactic that works for buffaloes. While 2 bulls were battling it out, 2 other bulls had a different activity in mind and came rolling by doing ‘piggyback rides’. The fighting bulls stopped to watch.

A leopard trapped a baby elephant in a tree before being rescued by its protective mother.

Trapped in the claws of a martial eagle, this lizard tried to effect a desperate escape, but had its eyes ripped out as a result.

When a pair of African wild dogs chased an impala, little did they realise they were soon to be hunted themselves. In their path lay a pride of lions, which managed to catch the lead dog.

A miraculous sequence of rare occurrences – two impala kills, a hippo emerging from the waters to intimidate a pack of wild dogs and a hyena vs wild dogs showdown – was captured in a single sighting by Francois Pienaar and Rogan Roams.

When a mother crocodile carefully lays her eggs in the sand, two sneaky monitor lizards creep in for an unexpected feast. This sighting is a perfect example of why a mother’s job is never done!

Leopards are known for their stealth and precision, but even the most skilled hunters can be caught off guard. See what happens when a bold hyena gives a sleepy leopard a startling surprise in this comical encounter!

Chaos reigned supreme in the Sabi Sabi area, as a single impala kill traded hands between big cats and birds.

A lion roadblock, the loving embrace of two puff adders, and an elephant playing in the dust doing what appears to be gym leg-ups, are among the miraculous sightings captured by photographer Jan Bergh in the Kruger National Park.

A group of warthogs ganged up on a cheetah stealing its kill and causing it to flee the scene, in a recent sighting by Shakera near the Crocodile Bridge in the Kruger National Park.

This sneaky hyena managed to get so close to an enormous python that it stole the python’s next meal right from its grip.

When three territorial males cornered an intruder lion on a riverbank, the stage was set for a dramatic showdown. However, the stakes were raised when some other heavyweights arrived to voice their displeasure.

Chaos reigns in the Kruger National Park as three different predators compete over an impala which clung desperately to life.

This duiker cried out for help in its final moments of life in a tragic sighting that showcases nature’s grim aspect.

A fierce battle between hyenas and wild dogs resulted in the hyenas taking shelter, until it the wild dogs decided they weren’t so bad after all.

50-year-old field guide, Jan Kriel witnessed three male lions ruthlessly surround and take down a female buffalo which had been left vulnerable by a broken leg, in a miraculous sighting recorded in the Kruger National Park.

A distressed buffalo ran straight into the tyre of a safari vehicle to shake off an attacking male lion, in a magnificent moment of triumph captured on film by Jennifer Coleman and Liechen Tonkin at the Ivory Tree Lodge.

Nature is filled with unexpected moments, where sometimes the very laws of nature appear suspended, as when this blue waxbill bird found itself trapped in the web of a golden orb spider.

Rain, one of the most famous cheetahs in South Africa, was known for being an extremely successful mother who helped save the cheetah population in Pilanesberg. She was also an incredible teacher, and today her lessons are being passed down to her grandkids. We received a sighting recently of Rain’s daughter, Tale, making an impala…