An arrogant buffalo was tossed several feet into the air after it decided to battle with a mother elephant. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The mighty elephant attacked the buffalo, tossing it in the air The buffalo, weighing more than 500kg did not survive the battle. These pictures were taken by a photographer who visited Kenya on vacation. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Three younger elephants huddle behind the battling mother elephant From the images, we can see the elephant charging the buffalo as three other elephants stood behind her.
The elephant did not take kindly to being headbutted by the buffalo The elephant innocently walked past the buffalo but the buffalo decided to bring trouble to itself as it went and headbutted the elephant. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rangers concluded that the buffalo must have been unwell to charge at the elephant Immediately, the elephant reacted, driving her tusk into the buffalo, tossing it in the air and inflicting fatal injuries.
The buffalo did not survive the fierce battle The 56-year-old amateur photographer, Kimberly Maurer, said, “This photograph was, no doubt, a once-in-a-lifetime capture for me. As you would imagine, his carcass was a meal for another animal or two.
I started looking through the images on the back of my camera immediately after the attack and became very excited to discover that I had actually captured the event in detail.” The reserve rangers believe that the buffalo’s reaction to the elephant was rather strange, concluding that it must have been unwell.
