Can a Lone Male Lion have a successful predation on a Adult Bull Buffalo?

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(01-20-2015, 05:40 AM)'TheLioness' Wrote: http://blog.londolozi.com/2011/06/buffal...cks-lions/

Watching how easily these two young and inexperienced lionesses took down this buffalo bull, I have no doubt that a male lion has not done the say, not everyone uploads videos or posts accounts online.
*Love the part where the lioness noticed the other buffalo coming in and takes a agile leap of the buffalos head to avid injury.

And I will disagree that tigers are superior hunters because of agility, possibly when it comes to males vs males, however each has their own role, different areas they hunt, different prey, to conclude who is better when each hunts differently is stupid, both have killed very large animals.

 

"Agile leap"
You mean it was gored into the air by the true adult Buffalo Bull, notice the size differnce between the 2 Buffalo. Thats what a Adult Bull looks like.

"A swift attack by the buffalo saw one lioness go flying through the air and it looked like the showdown would swing the way of the buffalo. "

"The epic battle lasted for a good six hours. The inexperience of the 2 Sparta Lionesses became all the more obvious as the story unfolded. They did exceptionally well to get the massive buffalo onto the ground but simply could not complete the hunt and kill their prey."

"After 6 long hours the buffalo miraculously managed to stand up, shake of the lionesses and make a run for it! Torn to pieces; claw and teeth marks scarred his bloody body yet he had escaped death and survived to live another day and give us observers another stirring sighting in the wilderness of "

So here you go, small buffalo, six hour battle and yet they still couldn't make the kill with multiple attackers. 2 male lions I am sure would of made the kill, but there is a huge difference between 1 male lion and 2. You are talking about another 400-500lbs of tooth and claw. Especially the fact that one can attack the front while the other gets a good position on the rear quarter as well as tiring the bull out twice as fast since it must defend two areas instead of one.

I am not sure how to consider a tiger or lion in terms of being a better hunter. But I think it is very valid when saying a tiger is the better solitary hunter. But to rebuttal that, millions of years of evolution has taught lions to hunt as a pride. Even though packer specifically mentions how they are not as coordinated in pride hunting setting and they aren't the cohesive unit people make them out to be. Its more so used in defending territory and that is when he see the group mentality show it self.


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