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00:02 COMM: This was the moment a five ton male
elephant charged a mother hippo.
00:07 Female hippos can weigh upwards of 1.5 tons,
but the elephant bull was able to flip the hippo cow into the air with ease, using just
its powerful trunk.
00:18 The elephant was grazing alongside a herd
of hippos at the Erindi Private Game Reserve in Namibia, but took exception when a mother
hippo too near for his liking, and decided to stand her ground to protect her calf.
00:32 Amazingly, the mother emerged relativity unscathed
from the attack, apparently suffering nothing worse than cuts and a bruised ego.
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