This is the moment a starving lioness was defeated while trying to bring down a baby elephant, before being found dead just hours later.
Both the painfully thin lioness and her elephant calf adversary were lacking their usual back-up from the pride or herd in this life-and-death struggle.
A starving lioness attacked a baby elephant, and a fight ensued which soon saw the hunter become the hunted
The elephant may have been young, but was still much heavier than the elderly, starving lioness and used this to its advantage.
No escape: The baby elephant uses its body to crush the lioness against the ground as they fight
Battle of the beasts: The elephant may be young, but it is much heavier than the elderly, starving lioness
Winner: Finally the baby elephant chased off its attacker, and the lioness was found dead the following day
This photo shows the lioness earlier in the day before she fought the elephant, her ribcage and hip-bones clearly visible
Ms Wight was on an evening drive through the Nsefu sector of South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, when the unusual scene unfolded.