Hungry crocodile seen eating a huge tortoise WHOLE
Horror pics capture the moment a deadly crocodile eats a tortoise in one go after playing football with it
A HUNGRY crocodile has been seen shelling out for a big meal as it swallowed a huge tortoise whole.
The unfortunate leopard tortoise was flung into the air like a football as the hungry crocodiles toyed with it before one of them gobbled it in one go.
Images of the messy meal were taken by part time photographer Lisl Moolman, 42, from Phalaborwa, South Africa, who was on holiday with her family at Kruger National Park.
She said: “I was sitting at the dam, sightseeing and watching animals as they came to drink.
“As is the norm, crocodiles sunbathe at this dam. Everything was quiet and tranquil, until another visitor attracted my attention showing me that a crocodile just caught a leopard tortoise and was moving into the water at great speed.
“I saw a crocodile at the water’s edge moving into the water with high speed, a leopard tortoise clamped tightly between its jaws.
“The tortoise shell is notoriously quite hard to break. It kept the tortoise in its jaws, while some more crocodiles gathered around it.
“It wasn't long before they started fighting over it, and the tortoise disappeared into the depths of the water.
“After a couple of minutes, it drifted to the surface, where a crocodile guarded it until swimming away after about half an hour.”
A leopard tortoise can live up to 100 years, and is the fourth largest species of tortoise in the world, with the heaviest weighing around 50kg.
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