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Monday, 1 February 2016

Mother elephant skewers buffalo after it gets too close to her three calves

Incredible photos by tourist show matriarch with a missing tusk fling animal to the ground.

The elephant tossing the buffalo into the air) - Thats got to hurt! Youve heard of a flying saucer, but what about a FLYING BUFFALO? This is the shocking moment an unsuspecting buffalo was tossed high into the air like a rag doll by a huge elephant. The buffalo came a little too close for comfort while stalking a herd of elephants in Masai Mara, Kenya. Suddenly, the elephant bull snapped and went in for the kill - digging in his tusks and tossing the buffalo into the air with full force.
Elephant skewers buffalo
STRIKING photos taken by a holidaymaker show the moment a female elephant impaled a buffalo after it got too close to her three young. Kimberly Maurer, 56, was visiting the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya when the confrontation took place.
The elephant tossing the buffalo into the air) - Thats got to hurt! Youve heard of a flying saucer, but what about a FLYING BUFFALO? This is the shocking moment an unsuspecting buffalo was tossed high into the air like a rag doll by a huge elephant. The buffalo came a little too close for comfort while stalking a herd of elephants in Masai Mara, Kenya. Suddenly, the elephant bull snapped and went in for the kill - digging in his tusks and tossing the buffalo into the air with full force.
Flung buffalo to the ground
 She said: “As our vehicle pulled forward a bit, we noticed a Cape buffalo asleep under a bush.”
She added: “As we were watching the elephants grazing and moving toward us, the Cape buffalo raised his head and stood up, which must have been a threatening movement for the elephants.”
The elephant tossing the buffalo into the air) - Thats got to hurt! Youve heard of a flying saucer, but what about a FLYING BUFFALO? This is the shocking moment an unsuspecting buffalo was tossed high into the air like a rag doll by a huge elephant. The buffalo came a little too close for comfort while stalking a herd of elephants in Masai Mara, Kenya. Suddenly, the elephant bull snapped and went in for the kill - digging in his tusks and tossing the buffalo into the air with full force.
Protected three young
At this point the two animals charged at each other and clashed heads with the buffalo, at a significant size disadvantage, collapsing to the ground. 


The elephant tossing the buffalo into the air) - Thats got to hurt! Youve heard of a flying saucer, but what about a FLYING BUFFALO? This is the shocking moment an unsuspecting buffalo was tossed high into the air like a rag doll by a huge elephant. The buffalo came a little too close for comfort while stalking a herd of elephants in Masai Mara, Kenya. Suddenly, the elephant bull snapped and went in for the kill - digging in his tusks and tossing the buffalo into the air with full force.

Kimberly said: “We were in complete shock as [the elephant] then bent down and literally skewered the buffalo with her single tusk and lifted it straight up over her head with her tusk protruding from the other side of the buffalo.” 

The elephant then slammed the bovine animal to the ground before herding her family away and trumpeting at the mortally wounded creature. The tourist said: “This photograph was, no doubt, a once-in-a-lifetime capture for me.”
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