Ferocious crocodile throws baby hippo carcass around, Masai Mara, Kenya

A gruesome scene caught on camera, just opposite Governors' Camp in the Mara River, as a huge crocodile throws around the carcass of a newborn hippo.

It's certainly not often that these ruthless and most efficient apex predators snatch baby hippos from their mothers - in fact as opportunistic as crocodiles are - they will often avoid hippos as they know just how aggressive an angry hippo can be. On this occasion, we did not actually see the kill take place but we noticed the umbilical cord was still attached, therefore it was not entirely clear whether the baby was stillborn and abandoned by its mother, or whether a macabre opportunity to snatch a meal presented itself.

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