497 Spectacular river crossing
The power of the bay crocodile was obvious to many viewers when they were in the Agusan swamp in the Philippines, and the local natives regarded it as a demon.
Although the size of the bay crocodile shown in the camera is not as large as that of the Agusan swamp, it has the temperament of an innate apex predator.
Quiet as a virgin, moving as a rabbit!
So can this eager bay crocodile catch an elephant?
Or can you eat an elephant?
It has become the most intense issue discussed by the audience in the live broadcast room at this time.
After all, it just waited quietly, watching the whole herd.
Liu Wei looked at the barrage and explained, "Brothers, there is only one way for a bay crocodile to prey on an elephant, that is, when the elephant herd crosses the river, it drowns or is swept away by the flood, especially the young elephants in the herd, it is waiting for the opportunity."
Don't forget, I also gave you a science popularization, crocodile is also a scavenger, and the carcass of an elephant soaked in the river will become a delicacy. ”
Just finished speaking.
The bay crocodile in the camera swings its body into the river.
It does not face the feet of the herd, it will stay quietly in the water, not far from the herd, waiting for the drowning elephant.
The bull elephant who surveyed the terrain had noticed it, but he didn't pay too much attention to the bay crocodile, he knew that the bay crocodile was careful, and instead of worrying about a sneaky crocodile, it was better to find the most suitable place for the elephant herd to cross the river to ensure the safety of the elephant herd members.
Bull elephants shoulder this responsibility.
It is also showing its responsibility to the female elephant it likes.
The bull elephant walked to the edge of a shallow beach with sparse vegetation growing on the river's edge, stopped, and looked at the opposite side, where a half-meter-high slope led directly into the depths of the river.
It is well aware that only by keeping the swimming distance to a minimum can the elephants cross the river safely.
It thinks that the distance from the front to the other side of the river is just right.
It turned around and screamed at the distant herd, communicating with the parents of the herd through infrasound waves to explain its judgment.
Liu Wei probably guessed its thoughts, and said with certainty, "Brothers, the adult male elephant has determined the location of crossing the river, and now the entire herd is moving in its direction.
I visually measured that the distance from the male elephant to the other side of the river is about 400 meters, and if the elephant herd wants to cross the river, it must meet one condition, that is, the shortest swimming distance, although the water nature of the elephant is not bad, but due to the weight of the elephant, they cannot maintain their body in the deep water for a long time.
This is also an important basis for adult bulls to find a location to cross the river.
The height of an adult bull elephant is about 25 meters, which means that in the width of the river in front of him of 400 meters, the less the depth of the river exceeds its height, the better, and there are many juvenile elephants and young elephants in the herd.
This is undoubtedly a test of life and death for the group, but there is no way, there is abundant food on the other side of the river, and they need that food, so they can only fight for their lives!"
"Give it a go, turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!"
"I pray for you, come on, elephants!"
"What is the purpose of living? and suffering from hunger!"
"You look embarrassed to fight for life!"
The audience sighed that from the difficulty of elephant foraging for food to their own life.
By this time, the elephant herd had gathered by the river.
In order to shoot the spectacular river crossing scene, Liu Wei took off a drone, which hung over the river and overlooked the rainforest.
"Looks like they're crossing the river for the first time, and they're not ready yet!" Liu Wei observed.
The bull elephant took the lead by sliding from a half-meter-high slope into the river, and the tumbling river submerged its body, but after a few seconds, it popped up and exhaled water through its nose, and slowly swam towards the opposite bank under the impact of the river.
In the wide river, the elephant, which is more than two meters tall, only shows its nose and head, and the rest of its body is submerged by the river.
It swam forward with all its might.
He swam a distance of more than 100 meters and slowed down.
More and more bodies are coming out of the water.
The deep water that proved to be able to submerge its body was only more than 100 meters, bringing good news to the herd of elephants preparing to cross the river.
The body of the bull elephant emerged from the river, and it reached the shallows on the opposite bank.
He flapped his ears and turned back to the elephants and let out a long howl.
It seems to convey the meaning of Ann.
At this moment, a pair of eyes appeared at the edge of the river.
A pair of deep eyes stared at the herd of elephants preparing to cross the river.
The bay crocodile sensed that his opportunity had come.
In the footage of the drone.
Some of the adult females in the herd stumbled into the river, struggling to swim to the opposite bank in the face of the huge impact of the river.
One after another, the elephants followed.
It was the turn of the baby elephant to get into the water.
Its two front hooves hesitated, it had nowhere to put it in the face of a half-meter-high slope, and it didn't know what to do after jumping into the water.
The head of the herd, its mother, who is standing next to it, touches the edge of its eyes with its long nose and gives it encouragement.
Finally it fell into the river.
It's just a casual roll.
The moment it rolled down, its mother jumped into the water and blocked it underneath it, fearing that it would be swept away by the merciless raging river, and then the two adult female elephants who had stayed on the shore also jumped into the water, swimming above the calves.
In this way, the baby elephant is caught between its mother and relatives.
Mothers encourage their children as they swim.
In order to survive, parents of elephant herds can only teach their children the skills of swimming for the first time as practice.
It also knows the danger of being drowned in the river, and all it can do is keep its body in the back of the child and prevent it from being washed away.
Not far from them there was an uninvited guest.
The crocodile's eyes were always fixed on the baby elephant, and it could not rush forward to snatch the baby from the massive body of the three adult females, but it was sure that the baby would drown if it could not swim over.
Drones photograph the wide river.
More than 30 elephants on the river surface are connected into a line, because of the impact of the river, this line looks a little tortuous, but the scene is shocking enough, like a fire and armed police soldier who has cast an iron wall with his body in the flood.
The elephant's body undulates in the river.
The viewer can clearly observe their swimming through the perspective of the drone.
Liu Wei also watched the entire herd closely.
Suddenly, he frowned.
The baby elephant caught between the female's body sank and had not shown its head for several seconds.
Liu Wei's heart tightened.
His worst fears had happened, when the baby elephant, which was still feeding, had become physically exhausted.
But the next scene hits the heart and touches the heart.
Its mother and two relatives in front of it used their long trunks to support the body of the baby elephant, allowing it to breathe outside the water.
For the three adult females, they are not only helping the young elephants with their noses, but also swimming in the raging waters.
Liu Wei let out an inner cry: "Come on!"
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