Birmingham Coalition Male Lineage

[Horizon]

(07-28-2023, 09:22 PM)Horizon Wrote:

(07-28-2023, 08:19 PM)Tylermartin! Wrote:

(07-28-2023, 04:30 PM)Horizon Wrote:

(07-28-2023, 10:07 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:

(07-28-2023, 10:00 AM)Horizon Wrote: One of the boys standing directly in front of the cow and holding its head. These boys need to hone their skills.

Nothing wrong with it, he is making easier for his brother who is on the throat, as buffalo cant move his head.

Yes, I have seen it. You are right, the head was locked in place due to his brother holding the throat. But just in case the throat grip is lost for any reason, he would be the first to suffer in that head on position. With bulls, wrestling gets tighter and grip is lost so often.
May be, this being a cow, he took that risk.

Also, its funny to watch the sister at the back.

I think they call it the death kiss when they put their mouths over the buffaloes another way of killing them other than going for the throat

Its seems safe for lions to do so once the buffalo is down. When its still standing on all four, I think there is a risk.
Its a cow, so its possible the young male didn't sense the risk.

The most effective buffalo hunts I have seen is when Lions get into one of the two positions. 1.Under and on to the throat(like one of the males doing it here). 2. Climb up on the buffalo and bring it down to the ground using the body weight.
Its not to say to say anything else doesn't work but it becomes a slog.

With the benefit of watching the video, seems it went head on as it was a smaller sized cow . Likely, he would do it differently on a bull.

If they stay together, they are at a stage where it might not be easy for other coalitions to kill them, may be just chase them away at the best. Only concern is if they get injured tackling buffaloes, that's the way their numbers could go down. Reply