{"id":1654,"date":"2012-07-26T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T10:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1654"},"modified":"2012-07-26T10:47:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T10:47:13","slug":"lioness-and-crocodile-fight-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/lioness-and-crocodile-fight-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Lioness and crocodile fight it out"},"content":{"rendered":"
Who would win in a fight between a lioness and a crocodile?<\/p>\n
It may not be a question that has been given much consideration in the past, but it is one that animal watchers in the Okavanga Delta in Botswana got the answer to recently.<\/p>\n
The lioness was trying to take her pride across a river when she noticed the reptile and felt compelled to protect her cubs.<\/p>\n
Demonstrating considerable bravery, the big cat attacked the crocodile in the water.<\/p>\n
After her pride successfully crossed, she forced the croc under water and made a dash for dry land.<\/p>\n
Photographer Pia Dierickx was lucky enough to catch the sequence of events on camera.<\/p>\n
The Belgian remarked: "Luckily for the lioness the crocodile did not have an opportunity to do the death roll because her mouth was kept closed between the front legs of the lioness."<\/p>\n
It certainly puts a whole new spin on the term mother's pride.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lioness picked a fight with a crocodile so her pride could cross a river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n