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Buffalo vs. Lion vs. Crocodile

Category: Animals • Ecology
Posted on: May 22, 2007 3:17 PM, by Jeremy

Amazing video. Lionesses snag a ~~water~~ cape buffalo calf and fight over it with crocs until the herd returns to scare them off.

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For some reason I watched and found myself thinking pro wrestling has nothing on nature videos.

Posted by: Dr William Dyer | May 22, 2007 5:09 PM

Isn't that a Cape Buffalo? Although they look similar to the Asian water buffalo, the latter don't live in Africa.

Posted by: Pov | May 22, 2007 6:42 PM

You're absolutely right, Pov. Good call.

Posted by: Jeremy Bruno | May 22, 2007 6:45 PM

Now that's real life!

Posted by: Ardem | May 26, 2007 2:06 AM

Amazing yes, I live in South Africa. And it is really amazing.
Buffalo are one of the few truly feared herbivores. I�ve seen lions take on a hippo in the water before. But seeing the crocs dig in was quite a surprise

Posted by: Werner | May 26, 2007 9:21 AM

I think that this is one of the most exciting video sequences I've ever seen - amazing.

Posted by: Darren Naish | May 26, 2007 12:19 PM

How do we know this is not a fake?

Posted by: Greg Laden | May 29, 2007 10:30 PM

@Greg Laden

Don't suspect everything in life. U will loose more in life than u gain. Just njoy the video :)

Posted by: sudhir | June 5, 2007 2:00 PM

That is awesome. Those buffalo came back and they were like, "what now?! what now?!"

Posted by: Stephanie | June 5, 2007 4:33 PM

WOW, those cats got punked!

Posted by: pete | August 8, 2007 8:59 PM

I was amazed at the way the buffalo communicated and reached a consensus to carry out counter attack. It's really amazing.

Posted by: steve | August 11, 2007 11:37 AM

Greg - Just out of curiosity, how would this video be faked? Herds of trained lions and buffalo? Unprecedentedly good CGI technology that the technicians are keeping secret for the purposes of prank wildlife videos, rather than selling to Hollywood?

;)

Posted by: MPW | August 11, 2007 12:24 PM

I lived in South Africa for nearly 5 years and witnessed adult female lions (with cubs) do similar with a herd of Buffalo. They divided the herd and I was amazed to see the Pride focus on just one Buffalo and chase it down. The herd charged the Lions and the Buffalo escaped, without a tail. Sadly, the young cubs went hungry. Fabulous footage! You are very lucky to see such a struggle.

Posted by: Debbie-lyn | September 16, 2007 10:55 AM

ABC had a web-clips TV show (ICaught?) that featured this a couple of months ago. They interviewed the guy who captured it all, and of course, showed the video a few timess.

Pretty good stuff.

Posted by: Measure | November 3, 2007 1:19 PM

That is awesome... It is awesome how God has put a since of family in aniamls see how the buffalo came back for their young and they worked together to save it.. See animals do have feeling and they care about each other as well.... God bless

Posted by: Lakin | January 15, 2008 10:25 AM

Get somehow God neglected to give you as much "since." What a bastard.

Posted by: Garibaldi's Underpants | January 15, 2008 12:16 PM

Ohh... Garibaldi I haven't seen you in a while! I've missed you!

Posted by: Steve Higgins | January 15, 2008 12:35 PM

Garibaldi, "Get" it looks as though you have a lot of "since" as well. What a bastard.

Posted by: The Real McCoy | May 9, 2008 12:14 PM