Courageous Lioness Tries To Prove Her Seniority And Takes Down An Elephant On Her Own

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Fights between predator and prey are a common everyday occurrence in the wild, especially in the land of Africa. Whether it is hyenas stealing food from a cheetah, African wild dogs hunting an antelope, or a leopard ambushing a warthog. However, watching a lioness single-handedly attempt to take down an elephant on her own is extremely rare. Don’t miss this action in the video above!

Lioness Hunting for Food

The YouTube video clip shown at the beginning of this blog post shares footage of a lioness out hunting. The Information5555 YouTube page shared this video. This channel is a collection of data that has been collected over the internet. It is intended to help impact the education their subscribers are seeking to learn more about. Their most recent videos are of lions, buffaloes, hippos, hyenas, and leopards. 

Massive Elephant Fights Back 

As the video starts out, we see a lioness in the process of attacking an elephant on her own. We would guess that this lioness didn’t set out to hunt for an elephant. However, the opportunity likely presented itself, and she took it as an opportunistic hunter.

But, if there’s one thing the world’s largest land animal is going to do, it is fight back. This African elephant can weigh up to 13,00 pounds and reach up to 14 feet in height. So fighting a lion isn’t as ominous as it may seem to the other animals that reside in Africa. After a few minutes of tussling back and forth, this elephant easily got away from this lioness’ grip and got out as quickly as possible. 

Do Elephants Fear Lions?

When we look at the size of an elephant in comparison with a lion, it’s easy to think elephants could have no fear. However, we know that many predators in the wild are smaller than the prey they hunt. 

For instance, lions weighing up to 550 pounds are known to take down buffalo that can weigh up to 2,000 pounds easily. But we must admit, there is a huge difference between taking down a 2,000-pound animal in comparison to a 13,000-pound animal. Even still, elephants are cautious of lions.

According to the Society of Conservation Biology, “the fear of being attacked by lions will likely have dramatic impacts on elephant behavior, regardless of age. Our results support this notion, whereby we find that African elephants show a strong aversion to the odor of felid predators (i.e., lion and cheetah feces).” 

While lion prides have been known to take down a baby elephant, an adult elephant is highly unusual. This courageous lioness in the video above was perhaps a little too eager to prove her worth to her pride. The fight seemed to end before it even began.