An impala surrounded by a pack of wild dogs had no other choice than to risk its life by taking a swim with crocodiles and hippos in what could be called a great escape.
Ranger Daniel Hitchings was guiding a safari at the Thornybush Game Reserve within Kruger National Park in South Africa when the impala beat all odds with incredible quickness and agility, avoiding the wild dogs and taking a jump into the water.
As 16 wild dogs watched helplessly, the impala swam toward the other side of the watering hole where a pod of hippos awaited.
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The impala swerved to avoid the hippos and somehow avoided being taken under by crocodiles, making it safely to the other side before prancing away.
“For the impala to escape the wild dogs and then not got taken down by the crocodiles in there and get past the hippos was quite amazing,” Hitchings told Latest Sightings. “Sometimes luck is on your side and sometimes it isn’t.
“It was this impala’s day”
