{"id":435,"date":"2025-06-24T03:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2025-06-24T03:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:08:51","slug":"crocodile-snaps-at-elephants-trunk-at-victoria-falls-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile Snaps at Elephant\u2019s Trunk at Victoria Falls Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An unusual wildlife encounter was recently captured at a dam near Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, where a persistent crocodile targeted a herd of elephants. The scenes, filmed by Africam\u2019s live cameras, show the croc repeatedly attempting to grab the elephants&#8217; trunks as they drank from the waterhole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj1X0tAS07Gal5ZL1Z7I8SM4mGGP7D5TaiMJmj4NZgoHLO0KTCZq1e2tEZSuL_lrrTPEF175yYOjYsTjWxFA82jWbHzTtZ_J5W2PmI2yFpDc2EbyztdQQLjpjIbmsbE8cvSyQ4BeeRgotJlwv6CfdO7aqarzCRBAMttHrecE11KJvJcFwv3Eg-YV_FWXhU\/s1600\/Crocodile%20Snaps%20at%20Elephant%E2%80%99s%20Trunk%20at%20Victoria%20Falls%20Dam.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elephants are usually too large and powerful for crocodiles to attack, but their trunks remain a vulnerable target. In one tense moment, the croc managed to latch onto an elephant&#8217;s trunk, causing panic among the herd. The elephant shook the predator off, but the croc wasn&#8217;t done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crocodile Tries Taking Down 5 Elephants\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YY8f2euZFlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the day turned to night, the crocodile continued his attempts, lurking in the water and snapping at any elephant brave enough to approach. Though unsuccessful in his hunt, the croc made one thing clear \u2014 when it comes to the water\u2019s edge, he\u2019s in charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unusual wildlife encounter was recently captured at a dam near Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, where a persistent crocodile targeted a herd of elephants. The scenes, filmed by Africam\u2019s live &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}