Safari-goers in the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia captured a moment they never expected to witness, when an eight-year-old elephant managed to beat off a savage attack by 14 hungry lionesses.
The near-three minute fight shows the feisty elephant surrounded by predators near a watering hole.
In a bid to shrug off its attackers, the quick-thinking elephant darts into the water. However, the lions, not too fazed by the water, also bound into the shallow depths.
After a long battle, the elephant beats the odds and escapes unharmed. It is shown triumphantly flapping its ears, and splashing through the water.
'We were on safari as observers, witnessing a cycle of life that is, at times, very cruel,' Jesse Nash, a New York-based journalist who witnessed the event told MailOnline.
The safari tour guide, Innocent, said of the incident: “In many years I have been a safari guide in Zambia at the South Luangwa, never have I seen anything like this. We were all so worried the elephant would be killed right before us. What a fighter. It fought off all 14 lions - incredible.”