Not many animals can successfully fight off a pride of 14 lions. <br /> <br />This young elephant managed to do just that when 14 of the big cats attacked near a water hole at the Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp in Zambia. <br /> <br />The dramatic video clip, taken by journalist Jesse Nash, Long Island Art Professor Dan Christoffel, naturalist Steve Baker and Australian television personality Nina Karnikowski as they went on a safari tour, shows the elephant hugely outnumbered. <br /> <br />At one point the one-year-old elephant has three lionesses digging their claws into its back. <br /> <br />Their safari guide said: ‘In the 30-plus years I have been a safari guide in Zambia at the Luangwe Park, never have I seen anything like this. <br /> <br />‘We were all so worried the baby elephant would be killed right before us.’ <br /> <br />The baby elephant has now been reunited with its herd – and given a new nickname. <br /> <br />‘We’ve named the little fella Hercules. What a fighter,’ the guide added.
