Giant crocodile devours gazelle in one savage bite after the animal followed its family into a river

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The crocodile launched the brutal attack after the unsuspecting gazelle followed its family into a river in Kenya.


Pictures show the giant predator swimming up behind the unsuspecting gazelle moments before it launched its attack





Photographer, Clifford Knight, captured the moment the male gazelle made a break for freedom, only to be snared in the reptile's giant jaws.

Mr Knight said: 'I noticed a small family of three Thompson's gazelles on the bank. They nervously came down to drink, when one of the females suddenly decided she wanted to cross and boldly led the way.

'As she got into the deeper water she realised a huge crocodile was powering through the water towards her.

'She frantically jumped and plunged, struggling her way forwards against the current in a bid to race it to the shore and safety.'

Despite making it to safety 'by the narrowest of margins' the male who had followed her across the treacherous river was now thrust into the path of the crocodile, Mr Knight said.

'There was no escape as he leapt straight into the jaws of the colossal and ruthless beast.

'It was heart-wrenching to listen to his frantic cries of distress and hear the sound of his bones crunching as the jaws closed down on him, especially as it seemed as though his eyes were looking directly at me, as if pleading for help. His days were over and his demise swift and merciless.

'An incredible moment had unfolded before my eyes and I had been given a rare and precious insight into the way nature works but at the time of the attack I could not believe what I was seeing and felt a mixture of awe and horror at witnessing such a harrowing event.

'However, realising I would probably never see anything like it again, I forced myself to try and concentrate on recording the action.

'The whole scenario was over and finished within 15 minutes leaving me with a strangely heavy heart for the rest of the day.'

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[Melki]

Impressive but...why do you publish that on TA? You wish there were crocs in the Aegean Sea to welcome the refugees?