This elephant encounters a dangerous predator at a watering hole — and almost loses her trunk.

The African elephant is the world’s largest living land mammal, standing at up to 13ft in height and often weighing more than 13,000 pounds. These gentle giants inhabit many different ranges throughout Sub-Saharan Africa including woodlands, forests, and deserts.

African elephants live in arranged family units consisting of about ten relatives and their calves. They are herbivorous creatures, utilizing their long trunks to attain and consume enormous amounts of vegetation on a daily basis. They are capable of eating up to nearly 1,000 pounds — each day.

Elephants are some of the most intelligent animals, ranked closely beside humans, apes, and some dolphin species. A highly developed neocortex attributes to their historic display of many human-like emotions, including grief, play, humor, and the capacity for memory.

Crocodiles are large aquatic predators that primarily feed on birds, fish, reptiles, and mammals. These animals have a powerful body and webbed feet that make for fast reaction times and quick movement.

Excellent night vision provides for their exceptional nocturnal hunting skills. They also have a highly developed sense of smell.

These ambush predators prefer to wait quietly beneath the water for their unsuspecting prey. Large saltwater crocodiles have been documented taking down big mammals such as buffalo and deer, but rarely do crocodiles hunt elephants.

This unique interaction is a very uncommon occurrence in the animal kingdom.