Tag "Animals"

Wildebeests Brave Croc-Infested Waters to Cross

Photographer and regular contributor Nick Dale sent this dramatic footage to Latest Sightings. He filmed it while on safari in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. The Great…

Young Elephant Practices Walking for the First Time

Life is full of ‘firsts’. The same is true for animals. While humans take a couple of months to begin to take their first steps, little elephants…

Buffalos Leave Slow Calf Behind to Face a Lioness by Itself 

On a rainy late Sunday afternoon near Satara, safari-goer Lizaan Schlesinger found herself in the middle of a scene that laid bare both the beauty and brutality of…

Leopard And Cub Share Playful Moment

Kayla Du Toit submitted this charming sequence to Latest Sightings. She filmed it in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve. Xidulu and Nhenhe This video is a…

Tortoises Have Terrifying Close Call With Big Lion

Pieter van Wyk sent this video to Latest Sightings. He filmed the encounter at MalaMala in South Africa’s Sabi Sands Game Reserves. Courting tortoises As the video…

Hyena Finds Itself Cornered in the Water by Curious Wild Dogs

The pool provided the hyena with a means of refuge, offering it some kind of protection, since wild dogs are less confident in aquatic confrontations. Frenzied pack…

Baboons Pull on Leopard’s Tail

Most people have had the misfortune of having annoying neighbors that seem to go out of their way to be irritating, but that’s nothing compared to what…

Lion Creeps Through Grass While Stalking Its Prey 

The Silent Opening Scene The video filmed by ranger and wildlife photographer Kevan Dobbie begins with an image that could have been pulled straight from a nature…

Wild Dog Plays Tag With Laughing Hyena

This hyena just couldn’t let sleeping dogs lie, and it paid the price as a result. Trying to sneak into a competing predator’s area seems like a…

Adorable Lion Cub Pounces on Mom

Parents can be no fun at times! However, this little lion cub was determined to have fun, even after Mom had fallen asleep. It’s brothers and sisters…