鱷魚生性兇殘，但面對救仔心切的河馬母親來勢洶洶，連鱷魚都被嚇到落荒而逃。在南非野生動物公園的克魯格國家公園（Kruger National Park），攝影師Renata Ewald的鏡頭捕捉到15呎鱷魚差點被河馬咬爆頭的一幕。

The 'furious' hippo clamped its teeth down, missing the crocodile's head by inches - when the reptile wandered too close to it and its baby

Renata Ewald憶述當時的情況:「有一隻兇猛的15呎鱷魚咬住一個斑馬頭，準備在河邊開餐，但牠沒留意到附近有一群河馬，河馬媽媽擔心鱷魚不懷好意，故先下手為強！撲向鱷魚，誓要把鱷魚斬草除根。」

Renata指鱷魚本來看來一心只想開餐，故牠對河馬的攻擊冷不提防，牠一邊迴避河馬媽媽的攻擊，但另一方面又不想放棄口中的食物，故牠沒有鬆口，只是不斷迴避，再趁機會跳落水游回鱷魚群的身邊，只可嘆句獨食難肥，牠只好與其他鱷魚分享了。

▼鱷魚本來打算獨自享用肥美斑馬頭大餐。

The crocodile was snapped walking through the Kruger National Park in South Africa with the head of a dead zebra in its jaws

▼鱷魚在河岸開餐，引起河馬媽媽注意，怕牠對仔仔造成威脅。

Protective hippo mothers keep their young away from boisterous family group, to ensure they are not injured by other pack members

▼河馬主動出擊，差點把鱷魚的頭咬掉

Photographer Renata said she was 'totally amazed' at how fast the hippo moved through the water to try and attack the crocodile

▼鱷魚無奈把斑馬頭帶回家「進貢」。

Despite refusing to let go of the zebra during its tussle with the hippo, the other crocodiles stole it when it returned to the dam

來源：Daily Mail 每日郵報