This explosive picture shows the moment a hasty crocodile was killed after getting trapped in a maze of angry, angry hippos.

The spectacularly rare battle of the beasts was caught on camera by stunned wildlife photographer Vaclav Silha.

The 45 -year-old Czech got the shock of his life after setting up his camera on the banks of the Nile river in the Serengeti national park, Tanzania, to take snaps of a huge group of 50 hippos bathing in the river.

A colossal fight broke out between the group and a sneaky crocodile that strayed too close to a mother with calves.

The unlucky crocodile’s armoured body was no match for the raging hippos - one of the most aggressive creatures in the animal kingdom that can apply several tons of pressure in a single bite.