{"id":460,"date":"2025-06-27T15:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2025-06-27T15:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:56:14","slug":"heartless-buck-throws-baby-back-into-crocodiles-jaws-after-it-escaped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"Heartless Buck Throws Baby Back into Crocodile\u2019s Jaws After it Escaped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After being chased into a dam by an aggressive rival, a young waterbuck finds itself in even greater peril when a crocodile grabs hold of it. In a desperate struggle for survival, the buck miraculously breaks free. But just as it reaches the shore, the rival male is waiting and forces it back into the.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjk7S6_p9ScqvL4_OAT7D0pswspFfscWmERxjJ8TVny97J-r7ZZe7aurhtUzNKIND9OXdggYlmBToxPa9x2BxX9i7tcS6mM4llLb3QPnA-R628EzartEq_il8NPWitfASlJnOZigm5PFUnKGOdYaoYP4gfu37_2BIGFub_9ndW9S6SECz2cOc8pC7PSR8U\/s1600\/Heartless%20Buck%20Throws%20Baby%20Back%20into%20Crocodile%E2%80%99s%20Jaws%20After%20it%20Escaped.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg Lederle submitted this challenging video to Latest Sightings. He witnessed the incident at Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Please note that this content may be challenging for sensitive viewers.<\/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=\"Heartless Buck Throws Baby Back into Crocodile\u2019s Jaws After it Escaped\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SqyMw7udKtI?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>A strange sight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Greg\u2019s video begins, we see a crocodile holding a waterbuck calf in the shallows of a dam. On the adjacent shore, a mature male looks on. At first glance, it is unclear why the calf does not escape, as the croc seems to be resting its head on the calf\u2019s body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being chased into a dam by an aggressive rival, a young waterbuck finds itself in even greater peril when a crocodile grabs hold of it. In a desperate struggle &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","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=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}