WATCH: Mother elephant kills crocodile to protect her calf
Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester
The message from this mother elephant was loud and clear: Don’t ever mess with my children!

It goes without saying that mothers would do just about anything to protect their little ones.
A video has gone viral on social media showing a female elephant killing a crocodile that preyed on its calf.
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In the video, the elephant can be seen attacking the crocodile.
Although the crocodile didn’t give up without a fight, it eventually got defeated and died.
The video was posted by Latest Sightings on YouTube.
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“This unlucky crocodile found itself right underneath the feet of the world’s largest land mammal – the African Elephant, and, unfortunately, did not make it to see another day,” reads the video description.
Watch the video below:
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Image credit: YouTube/Latest Sightings
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