Lion Predation

[Pckts]

‎Buddhilini De Soyza‎ 


One of the more gruesome yet special moments from the Mara from our recent trip in December 2018! We came across the Enkuyani pride early one morning with Orbanoti happily digging a water hog hole watched by his brother Lolpapit and a few females and sub adults. At one point there was a big commotion followed by a loud squeal. We thought it was all over for the water hog but all Orbanoti had done was to injure one and in retaliation he got a pretty nasty scratch on his nose as well. After this he was reluctant to dig too vigorously so he took to sitting down next to the hole. After a while the water hog decided to make a run for it and erupted from the hole. To our surprise there was not just one water hog in the hole but three. Two managed to escape but this desperate escape attempt spelt death for the injured one!

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