Baby elephant fights off attack by 14 lions at watering hole

The odds are massively against the flappy-eared fighter in this sunset showdown as he is covered by the ravenous predators

The junior jumbo takes to water to face off against his 14 predators

A pride of 14 hungry lions surround a baby elephant as they prepare for a fight that is far from fair.The battle - captured on film by tourists in the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia - shows the one-year-old beast surrounded by the pack of predators near a watering hole.

As the lions viciously set about the youngster - who was separated from its herd - they begin taking it in turns to leap on its back and sink their teeth into its backside and legs.Things look grim for the junior jumbo as the lions move in for the kill with three then four clinging to his torso as he looks for an escape route.But, with the walls closing and time running out, the elephant heads for the water in a desperate bid to shrug off the lions.And after a lengthy battle, the youngster defies all the odds to emerge unscathed.

The group of tourists had been travelling from Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp when they stumbled across the sunset showdown.Safari guide, Innocent, who works for Norman Carr Safaris and was driving the Jeep, said: "In many years I have been a safari guide in Zambia at the South Luangwa, never have I seen anything like this.

"We were all so worried the elephant would be killed right before us. What a fighter. It fought off all 14 lions - incredible."

The tourists who witnessed the incredible scrap - Jesse Nash, Dan Christoffel, Steve Baker and Nina Krakowski - have since named the elephant 'Hercules'.

The fight is almost as an epic as a natural showdown we reported on last month, when two black bears slugged it out in the street in an amazing viral video.

Young elephant survives attack by 14 Lions