August 2, 2018 – To swim or not to swim. An unlucky impala found himself stranded on a island with a hungry crocodile. The impala must choose between starving or racing to shore. For more, join our safaris daily at Safari Live.
Would you rather stay on a small island and starve to death or jump in the water with a 12-foot Nile crocodile?
This is not a hypothetical thought experiment. These were the only choices left to an impala Wednesday morning just outside of Kruger National Park in South Africa. And when the impala finally made a decision—jumping into the water after the croc had crawled onto the island—it did not end well.
Once the young animal leaps, the crocodile gives chase and rapidly gains ground. Unexpectedly, a hippo charges into the fray, presumably to punish the croc for invading its territory, and the water turns into a boiling cauldron of interspecies conflict.
In the end, the crocodile snags the impala, and another
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