Watch A Cornered Crocodile Fight Five Adult Lions
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A crocodile is a powerful, intimidating creature. However, between facing a crocodile and facing a team of lions, you would probably take your chances against a crocodile.
In the case of this crocodile, he was cornered by a team of menacing lions—but he was courageous.
This video starts with an eerie calmness. It’s a wildlife scene and you can hear muffled commentary behind the camera. A crocodile is on a grassy area a few feet from a lake just behind him. Just ahead of him are two lions scoping him out. The video cuts forward and suddenly there is a team of five lions surrounding the crocodile.
One of the lions on the left approaches the crocodile and quickly darts back when the crocodile looks over. Multiple lions let out low, threatening growls. Two other lions approach the crocodile from the front and side, cornering him.
As the two more aggressive lions approach, the surrounding team of lions grows more interested. Another lion attempts to approach the crocodile with a low growl, darting forward and then stepping back as the crocodile strikes at him.
The crocodile stands his ground, his face reaching forward and upward, keeping his gaze steady on the growing threats surrounding him. The lions have increased in number, with now a total of six surrounding the crocodile.
Only two of the lions have attempted to approach the crocodile with aggression, and with very little action as of yet, the other lions seem to lose interest and start walking away from the croc.
It appears they’re counting on one of the more aggressive lions to strike first, so they can move in. There’s one lion that keeps looking back. She’s perhaps the leader of the pack.
She’s not ready to let this one go. Alone, she approaches the croc again and stands close by. Encouraged by her persistence, the other lions return.
They attempt to paw at the croc, but he has had enough. In a flash, he snaps his jaws loudly (a sound you’d certainly never want to hear in person), and thrashes his body to the right and then to the left to snap again. He is letting all those lions know if he goes down, he’s taking as many of them down as he can with him.
As he thrashes away from one lion, the other takes the opportunity to bite at the croc’s back. Feeling that first blow, the croc quickly turns around and retreats into the water as the team of lions rushes up behind him, large paws grasping at his tail.
The croc manages to plunge into the water just in time to safety. The group of lions stares off into the lake the crocodile disappeared into, and a hippopotamus can be heard in the background, sounding like he’s laughing at the situation.
It adds a touch of comedic relief amid a tense moment. The lions didn’t get their meal, but that croc got to live another day.
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A crocodile is a powerful, intimidating creature. However, between facing a crocodile and facing a team of lions, you would probably take your chances against a crocodile.
In the case of this crocodile, he was cornered by a team of menacing lions—but he was courageous.
This video starts with an eerie calmness. It’s a wildlife scene and you can hear muffled commentary behind the camera. A crocodile is on a grassy area a few feet from a lake just behind him. Just ahead of him are two lions scoping him out. The video cuts forward and suddenly there is a team of five lions surrounding the crocodile.
One of the lions on the left approaches the crocodile and quickly darts back when the crocodile looks over. Multiple lions let out low, threatening growls. Two other lions approach the crocodile from the front and side, cornering him.
As the two more aggressive lions approach, the surrounding team of lions grows more interested. Another lion attempts to approach the crocodile with a low growl, darting forward and then stepping back as the crocodile strikes at him.
The crocodile stands his ground, his face reaching forward and upward, keeping his gaze steady on the growing threats surrounding him. The lions have increased in number, with now a total of six surrounding the crocodile.
Only two of the lions have attempted to approach the crocodile with aggression, and with very little action as of yet, the other lions seem to lose interest and start walking away from the croc.
It appears they’re counting on one of the more aggressive lions to strike first, so they can move in. There’s one lion that keeps looking back. She’s perhaps the leader of the pack.
She’s not ready to let this one go. Alone, she approaches the croc again and stands close by. Encouraged by her persistence, the other lions return.
They attempt to paw at the croc, but he has had enough. In a flash, he snaps his jaws loudly (a sound you’d certainly never want to hear in person), and thrashes his body to the right and then to the left to snap again. He is letting all those lions know if he goes down, he’s taking as many of them down as he can with him.
As he thrashes away from one lion, the other takes the opportunity to bite at the croc’s back. Feeling that first blow, the croc quickly turns around and retreats into the water as the team of lions rushes up behind him, large paws grasping at his tail.
The croc manages to plunge into the water just in time to safety. The group of lions stares off into the lake the crocodile disappeared into, and a hippopotamus can be heard in the background, sounding like he’s laughing at the situation.
It adds a touch of comedic relief amid a tense moment. The lions didn’t get their meal, but that croc got to live another day.