article_snippet.sent: These heart-stopping pictures show the moment a baby hippo was thrown into the air as a baby hippo was mauled to death after getting caught up in a fight between two adults.
article_snippet.sent: its mother watched in horror as a baby hippo was flung into the air before being dragged along the surface of the water in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in eastern South Africa.
article_snippet.sent: The calfwatched in horror as the hippo was flung into the air before being dragged along the surface of the water in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in eastern South Africa the water in the iSimangaliso Wetland Parkeastern South Africa .
article_snippet.sent: The two male hippos had been fighting for some time and its mother The calf stayed with its mother herd, possibly believing The calf safer to stay out of harm's way herself.
article_snippet.sent: its mother said: 'For hours its mother chased away the sub-adults and younger hippos from the baby as I believe its mother knew the sub-adults and younger hippos would be too rough.
article_snippet.sent: The two male hippos had been fighting for some time and the mother of the calf thought it would be safer to remain with her herd .
article_snippet.sent: Sadly, as the baby closed the baby eye one of the sub-adult hippos grabbed The calf.
article_snippet.sent: the baby attacked the hippo on the neck which forced the sub-adult to bite down harder and then suddenly flicked the baby in the air.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Adult hippos had been fighting for hours before attacking the baby in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park .