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| Injured, but fighting for survival, the buffalo gets on to its feet and stagger away as the lions squabble (video below) |
May 26, 2016, NewsCrunch
In an amazing stroke of luck, a buffalo escaped with its dear life, after being brought down by a pride of lions.
The lions began to squabble over the sharing the food before finishing the kills, letting the buffalo to escape.
The rare incident was caught on camera by Mike Kirkman, a professional guide at Mala Mala private game reserve in
The nearly five-minute long video shows lions – two males and a female – stalking and attacking a herd of buffalos.
A young prey is surrounded by them. Together they bring it down after a tough struggle and begin sink in their teeth into the hapless animal, which is has been brought down to the ground and completely overpowered.
Just then, another lioness enters the camera frame and tries to get a bite. The lioness in the original hunting pack rushes to chase her away and a fight breaks out. The other two lions reluctantly intervene leaving the buffalo alone.
Injured and clearly in a daze but fighting for survival, the buffalo manages to get on to its feet and stagger away.