Drama as Lions Eat Buffalo

An evening drive in Kruger National Park turned into a fabulous sighting of lions attempting to feast on a buffalo they had killed. A drama unfolded between the lions and buffaloes as they tried to guard one of their fallen herd. This video takes you through the action that played out over two days with the lions and buffalo.
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Please note that we made an error comparing the weight of the lion vs the buffalo. Buffaloes can weigh 3-4 times more than an adult male lion.

[@QwerQwer-rb1ro]

So very interesting and amazing footage....I enjoyed it as much as you must have, thank you for sharing😊

[@WanialaIssa]

❤

[@artyfhartie2269]

When I was a little kid, I saw a really big lion at Walmart

[@jaykartel5660]

There's a Giraffe 🦒 at toys r us, u gotta pay to feed or pet it however.

[@Jojikiba]

1:53 Male lions weigh about 200 kg so a buffalo can be four times their weight.

[@wilkinsonsworld]

You are absolutely right. Thanks for pointing out the error.

[@vaughansamuelson6552]

Very interesting and dramatic. I wondered who pulled the carcass out of the water. By the way, you can put a corrective caption over the video at the time of the weight error. Excellent, thank you.

[@wilkinsonsworld]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. We will look into the corrective caption.

[@danielwebster5748]

Although that's probably true for most Lions I have seen a couple of males take down buffaloes when by their self. Usually the males eat first but some Buffalo come by not paying any attention to the male lion and he killed the Buffalo and allowed the females and cubs to eat and he didn't eat any of the Buffalo and he had no help killing it he done it completely alone.

[@wilkinsonsworld]

That must have been a wonderful sighting for you. It is fairly unusual for a male to take down a buffalo and not eat. And it's true, lions will use any opportunity to take down an animal that isn't paying attention. Thanks for your interest.