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Lion vs. hyena
Posted on 10 April, 2015 by Etali Safari Lodge  in Animal Encounters 
Posted: April 10, 2015
 
Thulani Sibuyi, a tracker at Etali Safari Lodge captured these impressive shots during a game drive in the Madikwe Game Reserve.
 

 
The Leyalo male lion and his pride had been feasting on a female buffalo when a two spotted hyena approached. Overwhelmed by the smell of the buffalo one of the the hyenas came carelessly close.

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In a flash the Leyalo male was upon him. After toying with the hyena for a few minutes, the lion finished him off with a with a fatal bite to the neck, breaking his spine.

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Lions do not generally eat the other predators they kill and afterwards the hyena was left for the vultures, jackals and other hyenas.

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