我們難免都會碰到很不幸的一天,好像凡事都跟自己做對。然而,比上不足、但比下總有餘,請來看看這隻牛羚的遭遇吧… (請先準備好衛生紙。)
![The unfortunate wildebeest was drinking at the water's edge with it's calf looking on, left, when the hungry crocodile struck](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBB2C00000578-0-image-a-2_1432201331668.jpg)
一位名叫Neil Goodes的攝影師在南非薩比桑德野生動物園 (Sabi Sands safari park, South Africa) 旅遊時,目睹了河邊的一場牛羚與鱷魚的激烈生死激鬥,而且結果令人出乎意料。
帶著小牛羚的牛羚媽媽在河岸邊喝水,結果伺機埋伏的鱷魚突然一躍襲向牛羚!
![](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBBE600000578-0-image-a-11_1432202283665.jpg)
牛羚OS:「啊呀~夭壽!啊你誰啊,忽然在那邊亂咬!」
不過鱷魚的咬力實在過於強大,一拉一扯之間牛羚也站不穩一個踉蹌就要跌倒。
![The wildebeest wants to remain on its hooves as the crocodile attempts to rotate it and drag the desperate animal into the water](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBB8700000578-0-image-a-5_1432201645459.jpg)
鱷魚強大的下顎將牛羚的脖子咬住準備把它拖下水。
![The crocodile has a firm grip on the wildebeest's neck as it drags it into the river and away from the shoreline](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBBBC00000578-0-image-a-7_1432202006185.jpg)
牛羚OS:「我只是想喝個水啊~~~~」
從牛羚媽媽的眼神可以看出她的驚恐,而再過不久就會被鱷魚拖下水…
![The wildebeest looks distressed as the crocodile wraps itself around the stricken animal's body while trying to pull it under the water](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBCF400000578-0-image-a-20_1432202820300.jpg)
這時河馬突然從河底冒出!以為他是要來解救牛羚的嗎?錯了,河馬一張口就咬向牛羚的屁股呀!
![Yet, as the crocodile thinks it has succeeded in securing its lunch, a hippopotamus arrives and bites the wildebeest's rump](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBBD100000578-0-image-a-9_1432202089638.jpg)
連我差點都要幫牛羚罵出聲:「河馬你搞什麼毛啊你!」
牛羚、河馬和鱷魚在河中跳起了死亡之舞,看來牛羚可能性命不保…
![The wildebeest appears to be suffering as the two fearsome beasts battle over its corpse in the South African river](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBBFB00000578-0-image-a-17_1432202434027.jpg)
無論怎樣,我都不太懂河馬你到底來幹嘛的。
![The hippo tries to break the crocodile's grip by diving underneath the wildebeest's neck and try lift it out of the water](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBBF300000578-0-image-a-13_1432202306900.jpg)
結果出乎意料地,河馬擊退了鱷魚 (但河馬很明顯忘記他自己是草食性動物)… 但牛羚也已經死了。
![At one stage, it seems the hippo, who appears to have forgotten it is a herbivore, has managed to scare off the crocodile](http://teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28EDBE3700000578-0-image-a-18_1432202715279.jpg)
Neil Goodes事後餘悸猶存地說,在這野生動物園裡能目睹生與死的瞬間,相較之下人類搭著吉普車在動物園裡是相對幸福的一件事。而且在這場長達一小時的動物激鬥中,除了彼此鬥爭的騷動聲外其實周邊非常安靜。
來源:Daily Mail
或是可以到攝影師Neil Goodes的網站看看更多精彩的照片!雖然結局很悲劇 (對我們來說),但這其實就是最真實的大自然的生態,通常人類也無權或無法干涉…分享給你的朋友們一起看看大自然每天上演的”悲劇”吧。
(往下還有更多精彩文章!)