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This little elephant clearly thought size doesn’t matter when it comes to a fight with a huge buffalo…

But the calf got a hell of a shock as the beast sent it flying into the air with a crunching butt

The animal confronted the buffalo at a watering hole in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Wildlife guide Conrad Cramer took these amazing pictures.

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He said: “The young elephant ran up to him, ears out and its little head lifted, typical of an adult elephant when trying to intimidate another animal or human.

“The buffalo found no humour in this and picked up the little one and threw him in the air.

“What surprised me was that the other elephants were in no way disturbed by the chain of events, but rather seemed to see it as a life lesson that the youngster had to learn.”

The calf was unhurt.