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

[Dr Panthera]

(10-22-2015, 12:39 AM)Pckts Wrote: Could you show the link to that book where beverly speaks about a lone lion taking down a bull buffalo?

I have changed my mind over the years that it is possible, since I have now seen male and female tigers take down bull guar, I have no reason to think that a Lone lion couldn't take down a smaller bull cape. Its just such a rare occurrence and I'll i have seen over the years are failed attempts or pride hunting.
I had only read of one story of a Healthy bull buffalo falling victim to a lone male lion, so its obviously a rarity for many reasons you have stated above.

I also have to ask, do you have any pictures of these accounts?
I know we would all love to see them.

The book is called Relentless Enemies I will see if I can get you the specific pages of it showing predation of single lions on Buffalo Bulls , in my recent research trip in Africa I did take some great pictures that I will post over the next few weeks, I regret that I missed photographing some great accounts due to running out of battery once and  memory card another time but the photographer with us should get me something:
A male lion male crocodile interaction on the Mara river bank
A male lion driving 14 hyenas off an elephant carcass
A male lion strangulating a buffalo bull
A pride of lionesses eating a buffalo
A male zebra chewing a new born Thomson s gazelle until it dies!!!!!
I hope I can get pictures of some of all of this because I did see all that in less than a month in Africa...wildlife is truly the greatest spectacle on earth and I am a researcher and observer intransed with its beauty more than a professional photographer documenting it. Reply