A crocodile grabbed hold of a waterbuck and tried to take it down. But the waterbuck fought hard for its life!
In his own words, he tells us of his experience as he played witness to this battle of wills between a crocodile that had latched onto the leg of a waterbuck and the waterbuck’s efforts to escape;
There was a splash at the far end of the dam. Thinking it was a hippo, we did not pay much attention to it at first, but when a group of waterbuck appeared seemingly agitated, and we saw that one was struggling with something
As the waterbuck tired, the croc managed to pull it back to the water’s edge, where the buck lay still for a while. After a short breather, the waterbuck then made a break for it when the croc changed its grip. The buck managed to hobble away but had a broken front leg. We stayed for a while to watch the other waterbuck checking out what had gone on.
“We were excited to see the battle for survival but at the same time sad to see the waterbuck immobilized. We had to book into Satara, so we left the scene when there was no further action.”
There were also a few passing vehicles at the scene and one foreign group stopped to ask Mr. Johnson what they were looking at, but this was already after the waterbuck had escaped.
When asked how rare this sighting was for Mr. Johnson, he replied; “Very rare!” Then shared some advice for anyone visiting the Kruger National Park. “Always have your camera ready and steady when you go out of camp, as you never know what you will see!”
