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It’s one elephant versus 14 lions in video shot at Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp in Zambia

IF you’ve ever felt like the little guy battling it out against the pack — this video of a young elephant holding his own against a pride of 14 lions is for you.

THIS is a video about the little guy taking on the pack. Except in this case the little guy is a big guy — a juvenile African elephant — and the pack is a pride of 14 hungry lions.

The extraordinary footage shows the solitary elephant fending off the lions near a waterhole. One of the lions sinks its claws into the elephant’s rear flanks and even hitches a ride on the animal’s back.

The elephant manages to shake off some of the lions by entering the water, before turning back and attempting a charge — prompting the predators to come at him again, and an exasperated-sounding witness to mutter “Where are the other elephants? For God’s sake!”

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The New York Post reported that the footage was recorded at the Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp in Zambia, and the elephant — now nicknamed Hercules — has since been reunited with his herd.

The Post quoted an safari ranger who witnessed the event. “In the 30-plus years I have been a safari guide in Zambia at the Luangwe Park, never have I seen anything like this,” said the guide, known only as Innocent. “We were all so worried the baby elephant would be killed right before us.”

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Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/its-one-elephant-versus-14-lions-in-video-shot-at-norman-carr-safaris-chinzombo-camp-in-zambia/news-story/dbed8747dc2b75f1f244cb0103398baf