While Dennis Browning, a South African tourist, was visiting the Ingwelala Nature Reserve in South Africa, he managed to capture an incredible show of a mother elephant’s bravery and selflessness as she throws herself in front on a pack of African wild dogs to protect her defenseless baby.
At first, the situation seemed doomed, as the mother elephant, her baby, and one other elephant were surrounded and outnumbered by the pack of 14 vicious dogs, but the mother refused to go down quietly. By making loud trumpeting calls, the distressed mothers managed to intimidate the pack, while also calling for some help.
While the elephants clearly are much larger than the wild dogs, the pack outnumbers the mother, which leaves the baby elephant vulnerable to an attack.
Luckily, mom’s loud roars manage to hold off the hungry dogs long enough for a big group of elephants to show up and provide some much-needed backup.
Watch the entire video below to see what this brave mom does when a pack of wild dogs threatens her baby.
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[Featured image credit: National Geographic]