Lions

The common predators of elephants that eat elephants are lions. According to Karim, elephants are eaten by lions. But only under particular conditions. Unattended elephant calves are ideal prey for hungry lions. They're slower, smaller, and less powerful than adults. As a result, most elephant herds protect themselves from lions as soon as they detect a threat. These predators only attack elephants when there is a severe food deficit, such as when there is a drought or a large scarcity of other food sources. Elephants, due to their massive size, inflict significant damage on lions. Even if the lion succeeds and the elephant does not kill them, the ordeal may deplete the lion's stamina to pursue anything else.

A lion alone cannot kill an elephant. On some occasions, two male lions may join together to kill an elephant, but this is uncommon. Most lions hunt in groups, with as many as 26 female lions being documented hunting down an elephant at once. This is also an unusual number, as a team of seven lionesses can usually perform the work on their own. If lionesses decide to attack an elephant, they will most likely do so in a pack, focusing on the young, sick, or elderly, who are weaker and easier to beat, or females, who have shorter tusks. A lion is powerful enough to defeat a newborn elephant on his own. Instead of attacking from the front, lions drag their victim down from behind. Despite their enormous size, elephants now have the lion as number two on their list of very few predators.