Eagle Snatches Prey From Crocodile's Jaws But Reptile Refuses To Let Go

Wild animals cannot afford the luxury of not relating to one another in one way or another. In some cases, they assist one another and other times, they fight. All these interdependent relationships are referred to as symbiosis. When these wild animals fight one another, there is competition. This Competition Symbiotic relationship is most often over food or space. The same was illustrated through a YouTube video that captures a realistic interaction between an eagle and a crocodile over the same prey.

According to the caption, this video was recorded by Gavin Ellard, a Kruger devotee. It was filmed in Pafuri Border Rest Camp located in the northern part of the park in South Africa.

In the video, the crocodile was dozing off after hunting and getting ready to eat the prey. An eagle comes along and snatches the prey from the reptile. But the crocodile proved to be very persistent and stubborn to let go of its prey and continued to chase the bird. Finally, the bird left the prey and the crocodile, without any delay, took the prey far into the water. Not wanting to take any risk, it then proceeded to munch on its prey while the eagle sat observing from the river side.

The video has over 28 lakh views on YouTube.

A user in the comments section wrote, “I like how the Eagle looks back…"Maybe that wasn’t such a good idea" haha."

Another user stated, “The eagle was very lucky to be alive. It could have become Croc’s next meal."

“Well, it tried," read another comment.

A user mentioned, “The eagle dodged a grim fate, barely escaping the croc’s jaws."

Not every video of interspecies wildlife is frightening. Earlier, a video made the rounds featuring a baby rhinoceros chasing a wildebeest in a thick, unidentified forest.

The baby rhino is seen jumping close to a wildebeest, which is grazing in the background in the clip. It comes to a halt near the gnus and then tries to make a charge towards it. Having been provoked by the calf’s actions, the wildebeest stands in its attacking posture. The calf does not even react to this attacking position of a wildebeest and continues to run in circles around the animal. At some point in time, the wildebeest retreats a little, and the baby rhino copies the same action.

When the gnus gallops away, the calf again decides to charge at it but changes its decision when it realises that the wildebeest does not move an inch showing that it has not been threatened by the baby rhino.