Lion caught on camera killing an elephant

Rare footage of a lion finishing off an elephant in northern Botswana.

The video, filmed on May 18, shows the male lion chewing on the wounded elephant, which appears to be still alive.

According to the filmer, the footage was taken shortly after the big cat pounced on the elephant's back and brought it down.

"I tracked the male lion early one morning," the filmer wrote online.

"He eventually came to an open pan in the bush and charged at the elephant."

"The elephant ran off into the bush, but the lion pounced on its back," he continued.

"The elephant soon lost balance, which allowed the lion to asphyxiate it.

"It took 90 minutes to kill the elephant [and] the lion started to eat it alive."