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Watch a Hungry Crocodile Launch a Sneak Attack and Snap an Elephant’s Trunk

IAN WARKENTIN by IAN WARKENTIN
May 11, 2023
Watch a Hungry Crocodile Launch a Sneak Attack and Snap an Elephant’s Trunk

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Key Points:

  • This article covers a short video of a group of elephants drinking on the shoreline of a muddy body of water.
  • You soon heard a woman gasp and realize that there is an alligator attacking the trunk of the elephant in the front.
  • The elephant fights off the beast and charges into the water to fling it off its trunk.

Elephants are known for having caring, intelligent natures. They are social and develop deep bonds, displaying emotion when one of their family members passes. They playfully enjoy one another’s company, demonstrating their love for one another with trunk hugs.

It’s hard not to feel a sense of tenderness when thinking of these majestic creatures. Clearly, that’s the general sentiment in this clip. A horrified crowd of spectators gasps in unison when a crocodile attacks the matriarch of an elephant family.

What Do Elephants Use Their Trunks For?

The trunk of an elephant is incredibly muscular, with approximately 150,000 different muscle units strewn throughout it. It’s essentially an elephant’s nose — they use it to breathe, smell, trumpet, and for grabbing yummy snacks.

They also use their trunks to drink water. They do this by sucking up the water (up to eight liters at once!) and then spraying it back into their mouths.

Despite their immense size, elephants do well in the water. They use their trunks as snorkels and float quite well, allowing them to remain submerged for hours at a time.

Aside from using their trunks for a variety of purposes, elephants also use their tusks (which are actually teeth) to help with food gathering, stripping bark from trees, and defending themselves.

Do Crocodiles Hunt Elephants?

Crocodiles are incredibly opportunistic creatures, snapping at virtually anything they can turn into prey. They are known for hunting baby elephants but as you’ll see in this clip, crocodiles are unrelenting, and may even try to take down a full-grown elephant. Along with baby elephants, crocodiles also eat frogs, fish, crustaceans, and even each other sometimes!

Crocodile and Elephant
A small crocodile rests near an elephant as it hydrates at a watering hole.

©iStock.com/Udo Kieslich

These reptiles are carnivores, and even humans have fallen prey to them. Some of the larger prey they take down and consume include wildebeest, wild boars, deer, and sharks. Crocs typically consume somewhere between two to five pounds of meat every day. Ultimately, it depends on the size of the croc and the available food sources in its area.

Crocodile vs. Elephant

In this clip, an elephant family has approached a watering hole to hydrate. The matriarch leads the way, a second elephant, and a calf following close behind. The matriarch starts drinking water as the calf steps into the water, shielded by the lady boss. The other elephant walks around to the other side. It’s a peaceful moment and you can hear the spectators murmur behind the camera as they take in the sweet scene.

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Just as the second largest elephant makes its way to the edge of the water, a crocodile lunges out of the water, snapping its jaws shut onto the matriarch’s trunk. The elephant family tries to retreat, but the matriarch is left to battle it out with the crocodile. She moves her head up and down, trying to get the croc to release her trunk. The croc’s jaws are too strong, however, and she ends up getting pulled into the water.

You can hear the horrified screams of the spectators as they fear they’re about to witness the worst. Once in the water and closer to the croc, the matriarch uses her tusks to send the croc flying. Once the croc releases her trunk, she is able to make it back out of the water and to her family. She’s injured but she’s whole.

Watch this elephant handle a crocodile’s ambush like a pro.

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IAN WARKENTIN

I am broadly interested in how human activities influence the ability of wildlife to persist in the modified environments that we create.

Specifically, my research investigates how the configuration and composition of landscapes influence the movement and population dynamics of forest birds. Both natural and human-derived fragmenting of habitat can influence where birds settle, how they access the resources they need to survive and reproduce, and these factors in turn affect population demographics. Most recently, I have been studying the ability of individuals to move through and utilize forested areas which have been modified through timber harvest as they seek out resources for the breeding and postfledging phases. As well I am working in collaboration with Parks Canada scientists to examine in the influence of high density moose populations on forest bird communities in Gros Morne National Park. Many of my projects are conducted in collaboration or consultation with representatives of industry and government agencies, seeking to improve the management and sustainability of natural resource extraction.

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