On a recent tour of the Kruger National Park my guest and I were treated to this amazing sighting. We were following the course of the Olifants River when we saw a downed Waterbuck bull splashing in shallow water. How the Waterbuck ended up there is open to speculation, though it appeared to have a wound in its stomach and one of the other bulls standing on the riverbank might have had something to do with that. In any event the Waterbuck was not able to get back up and it didn’t take long for its splashing to attract a Nile Crocodile. It was extremely interesting to see how gingerly the Crocodile dealt with the Waterbuck, even after the antelope drowned itself, and this is likely due to the distasteful oily secretions that covers its coat.