A leopard has taken her __life in her hands by straying very close indeed to a crocodile .
It's unclear whether the female big cat - named Romi - was brave or stupid, but she made it out alive anyway.
Snapped in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Romi kicked back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile.
In fact in some snaps it evens looks like she's standing on it's back.
Appearing unfazed by the dangerous reptile , Romi can't have seen its rows of razor-sharp teeth.
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The pair were spotted by photographer Elmar Weiss and tour guide Alfred Korir on the bank of the Mara River in the Musiara Marsh.
Elmar, 46, of Hamburg, Germany, says: "We watched nervously as Romi climbed down a grassy slope towards the edge of the river."
Leopard are famed for their speeds, running at anything up to 37mph flat out.
But crocodiles are a match, with superstrength in their jaws which can exert 3,700 pounds per square inch (psi) of pressure.
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