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The tragic moment of the old lion was captured by Deon Kelbrick, 24, a guide who works at the Sabi Sand Game Nature Reserve, showing the moment when a lone old male lion is surrounded by his herd of wild buffalo.
Deon Kelbrick said the incident occurred when the lions tried to attack the African buffalo herd for hunting, but were suddenly met with fierce resistance from the buffalo herd, prompting the predators to retreat. An elderly male lion couldn’t keep up, so he got stuck behind, immediately surrounded by a herd of wild buffalo.
Herds of wild buffalo continually trampled, killed, and tossed the old lion down with their horns. Although the lion tried to resist, due to his weakness and loneliness, he could not escape from the encirclement of the buffalo herd.
The old lion then ran to hide under a tree, but was still chased and attacked by a herd of wild buffalo.
“This was a scene that I was saddened to witness. The lions had to flee when the buffaloes fiercely resisted. Unfortunately, the old lion was unable to run in time due to his old age of him and was injured. sees it.
The old lion was trampled and beaten by a herd of buffalo for about 15 minutes. It wasn’t until the lions came back to help that the buffaloes agreed to go. The old lion was lucky to still be alive, but I’m sure he was badly injured,” Deon Kelbrick said.
Deon Kelbrick added that this old lion was injured four years ago and had to hobble, which is why he couldn’t keep up with the herd when the buffaloes counterattacked.
The clip of the tragic image of the old lion “caused fear” after being published on social networks and saddened many Internet users, when the “lord of the steppe” had lost his position and power. I
The African buffalo is one of the largest herbivores in Africa. Although this is one of the favorite prey items, lions often face great difficulty in defeating buffalo.
Lions need to have the good coordination of the whole pride or the cooperation of at least 2 individuals to be able to defeat a wild buffalo. However, a prolific male lion can single-handedly defeat a full-grown buffalo, although not always the male lion dares to take the risk.