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Injured male lion stampede by buffalo herd and died
Injured male lion stampede by buffalo herd and died
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Injured male lion stampede by buffalo herd and died
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A injured lion was crushed to death by a relentless stampede of buffalo heard.
Earlier, this lion was expelled from his pride by other male lions, Unfortunately he was spotted by large group of African buffalo, Well know for their aggressive behavior. African buffalo and Lion are enemy of each other and never hesitate to kill on other. It is incident of Kruger national Park South Africa. This whole incident was captured by game ranger Lyle Greg. Here is the Image of this rare incident. The male Lion try to hide himself in tall grass when he saw the herd of African Buffalo  *This image is copyright of its original author At first, He kept himself hide, But unfortunately the direction of wind changes and the herd got the lion scent. They attack him in group  *This image is copyright of its original author But due to injuries in his hind leg, He unsuccessfully tried to run away from this charging herd. This injury he got in fight with other male lions.  *This image is copyright of its original author Buffalo caught him and knocked him on to the ground. Poor lion was helpless.  *This image is copyright of its original author By attacking one by one with their powerful horn, they buffalo make sure their eternal enemy can not escape. They were merciless at the moment.  *This image is copyright of its original author The brutal stampede continue for long time. Game ranger Lyle Gregg told, "This lion was injured by coalition of five males from a different pride"  *This image is copyright of its original author After the initial hit they just gored him on the ground until a big bull jumped on his head. The relentless attack on Lion after goring change with Stamp on his head.  *This image is copyright of its original author The male lion died, He could not survived this brutal attack, confirmed by management of Kruger park  *This image is copyright of its original author
Yes definitely, King is already Injured and he was unlucky . In Africa any solitary and injured animal is not safe
An any wildlife setting, a solitary injured animal is usually doomed.
Nature gives no way to the weak. 
Intense pictures! Thanks for sharing @sanjay
This is the Old Jock Male lion ( father of the 5 jock Males) The death of a King Feb 2012 7 years ago 2 Kings joined the Jock pride of lions, they ruled with an iron paw and defended the territory from all attackers with brute force until 2 years ago when one of the Kings died leaving his brother to defend the females and the territory, which he did with the same aggressive and defiant attitude. He fathered 7 cubs, 2 females which are still in the pride and 5 males. About 3 months ago he and his sons were ousted by 3 males from the Malembane pride of males and had to move off to pastures new. Unfortunately the life of a male lion is a difficult one and over the past few months he grew old and weak until on the 29th of February 2012 on a warm morning, a herd of about 200 buffalo found him and his sons. They chased the sons off and he lay weak under a leadwood tree with buffalo all around, hoping not to be noticed. Unfortunately they picked up his scent and moved in. Lions and buffalo are mortal enemies. He had taken buffalo down many times and on this day it was the buffalo’s time for revenge. They moved in and in a brutal attack took their revenge on the weak King. He fought off each attack like he had in the past but it was too much for him. The buffalo attacked for about 20 minutes until they were satisfied that he had finally been dethroned and was no longer a threat. This left all the rangers that knew the King and had witnessed the attack with mixed emotions. He will be missed but he has given us 5 sons to follow. Here is a video of the encounter captured by a Jock Safari Lodge. 
Whoaa man what a tough way to go. Ive seen a vid like this before, the lions play dead, they lay flat on their sides, then when those cows come in they spring up like a Jack & the Box, bites the bull then fall back down again. I hate Jack in the Box btw, horrible burgers, In N Out is way better. Anyways it looked like laying low was working for awhile, but right at the end there, I think the lion made the mistake of not looking behind it, it was just motionless thinking that would keep it safe, but then bam got hit from behind. Doesn't seem to move after that, but video ends, so hard to know. Wow that is some video footage, to bad it was injured, bulls musta tracked that thing down thinking they could finish him off. Its hard thinking herbivores are assassins but this will change your mind.
Heres a similar video, ppl think the lion died, it didn't it was just tired, blood on its face was from biting the bull mostly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcFJRymHNaI  (05-06-2017, 07:57 AM)Garfield Wrote: Whoaa man what a tough way to go. Ive seen a vid like this before, the lions play dead, they lay flat on their sides, then when those cows come in they spring up like a Jack & the Box, bites the bull then fall back down again. I hate Jack in the Box btw, horrible burgers, In N Out is way better. Anyways it looked like laying low was working for awhile, but right at the end there, I think the lion made the mistake of not looking behind it, it was just motionless thinking that would keep it safe, but then bam got hit from behind. Doesn't seem to move after that, but video ends, so hard to know. Wow that is some video footage, to bad it was injured, bulls musta tracked that thing down thinking they could finish him off. Its hard thinking herbivores are assassins but this will change your mind. you have any reliable sources that the lion survived? Seemed like it was game over to me. (05-06-2017, 08:37 AM)sik94 Wrote:(05-06-2017, 07:57 AM)Garfield Wrote: Whoaa man what a tough way to go. Ive seen a vid like this before, the lions play dead, they lay flat on their sides, then when those cows come in they spring up like a Jack & the Box, bites the bull then fall back down again. I hate Jack in the Box btw, horrible burgers, In N Out is way better. Anyways it looked like laying low was working for awhile, but right at the end there, I think the lion made the mistake of not looking behind it, it was just motionless thinking that would keep it safe, but then bam got hit from behind. Doesn't seem to move after that, but video ends, so hard to know. Wow that is some video footage, to bad it was injured, bulls musta tracked that thing down thinking they could finish him off. Its hard thinking herbivores are assassins but this will change your mind. Well just because its laying flat and motionless don't mean its dead, you can see it in the other video I posted, its a trick. But that last charge by the bull may have gotten it, because it seemed the lion didn't see it coming, but even then, it snapped up to bite it. So I guess wed have to ask the bros that filmed this thing, or the rangers that were there. Actually wait a second which video do you mean the one I posted, or the one on the thread, the one I posted I'm sure the lion survived?
I am talking about the link you posted. You say that its playing dead but isn't that a prey species evolutionary behavior? I don't know why an apex predator like the lion would evolve to play dead. The lion seemed very desperate for a meal and was giving it one last try. He wasn't in that bad of a shape either so idk why it didn't just simply try to get away, maybe it had some sort of injury but who knows. I just googled it and an this is what I found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...uries.html (05-06-2017, 09:39 AM)sik94 Wrote: I am talking about the link you posted. You say that its playing dead but isn't that a prey species evolutionary behavior? I don't know why an apex predator like the lion would evolve to play dead. The lion seemed very desperate for a meal and was giving it one last try. He wasn't in that bad of a shape either so idk why it didn't just simply try to get away, maybe it had some sort of injury but who knows. I just googled it and an this is what I found. Oh ok, well I guess it did die, but that was two days later, I mean the lion did pretty good while it was fighting the bull, it didn't directly die from it in the actual battle, it just was two weakened from no food, so it must of got a horn or two in the head, but yeah it totally playing dead, that's what they do, so the bulls don't no whats up, then the lions spring up for the attack again. You can tell becaz its totally still like dead then all of sudden right when the bull turns its head even a little, the lion is back on its feet and on the attack. Pretty amazing. (05-06-2017, 08:37 AM)sik94 Wrote: you have any reliable sources that the lion survived? Seemed like it was game over to me. Like @ The full story here: From: Shenton Safaris july 2014: At Kaingo and Mwamba Camps, deep in the South Luangwa National Park, we are lucky enough to share our territory with three separate lion prides. One of the males in the pride doesn’t seem to be in a very good condition because he’s got a lot of scars all over his body which we think may be due to a skin disease. Let’s hope he makes it for another season because those males make for a very nice coalition. Patrick after checking with the South Luangwa Conservation Society and the Zambian Carnivore Program, both of whom have seen the lion, they tend to think that he has Ringworm, but will proceed to some skin and blood testing should his condition worsen. Photos by Patrick and Meyam Njobvu  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Sep 27, 2014 by Matt Armstrong-Ford Over the past few weeks we have noticed that the Mwamba Kaingo Pride had one of its two males missing. The male – known as Ringo or Limpy had been seen less and less, he has been behaving strangely. The last time he was seen with the whole pride was at a kill on lion plain where he fed and left without any interaction with other pride members. He has now made Mwamba bush camp his home. With fresh water and a constant supply of food it seems a good place to spend the last of your days.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author With so many close sightings of Ringo from the Mwamba photographic hide, which is dug into the Mwamba riverbank, it was easy to see that all was not well with this magnificent male. It appeared that he had quite bad mange over his body but also possibly an underlying ailment that was causing him to lose weight rapidly. This said, within two days of making Mwamba Bush Camp his new home he managed to take down a female buffalo on his own, right in front of our eyes by drowning it in the waterhole at the hide. Unfortunately he was unable to eat much of the half submerged carcass as the fight took too much out of him. Instead he lay beside it guarding his prize for the next few days. A week later and Ringo was looking weaker and weaker. We heard commotion coming from the direction of the hide. We rushed over to find him hanging from the muzzle of a very much alive female buffalo. The rest of the herd watched closely from a short distance, occasionally coming in close enough to assist their comrade. What followed over the next few hours can only be described as an epic battle between two gladiators fighting to the death.  *This image is copyright of its original author The drama took place in the same way you would see two heavyweight boxers fighting for the world title. After three minute bouts both titans would stand and stare at each other, out of breath. Each waiting for the other to make the next move.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author After each interval it was evident both fighters were getting weaker and weaker. At one point both Ringo and the buffalo were so exhausted, he just lay under her bleeding nose licking the blood like Energade  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author After an hour and a half and into round ten with the buffalo barely on her feet and the lion hugging her with his locked claws the referee came in to intervene.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author A very large bull buffalo charged in and attempted to scoop Ringo up with his horns to gore him to death and put an end to the fight. It was amazing to see how Ringo managed to evade most of these fatal blows by lying flat against the earth, making it very difficult for the bull to get the curve of his horns under his body. However a couple of blows were landed and at least one or two real cracking sounds came from the lion’s rib cage as bones were snapped.  *This image is copyright of its original author This had the effect of keeping the lion down which allowed the severely weakened female buffalo to re-join her herd. With that the battered lion warrior managed to drag himself under a bush. By now the dust had settled and the sun had dropped below the horizon. He had taken a terrible beating and we all thought he would surely soon depart this world. However Ringo’s story had one more chapter. Like any true king he was not quite done. Early the following morning, not far from Mwamba Camp, he summoned his awesome strength again and took down an impala. He had recovered enough to make one last effort to survive and showed very little sign of the epic encounter of the previous day. This just shows the strength and power of the magnificent beasts and their instinct to survive against all odds.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author On Sep 30, 2014 by Derek A big thank you to south Luangwa Conservation Society (SLCS), The Zambia Carnivore Program (ZCP) and The Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZWA) for assisting us with the darting and relocation of the Mwamba male who had made Mwamba bush camp his home. As im sure most of you are aware from following our page there has been a lot of activity surrounding The Mwamba Male. The Mwamba Pride often move into the area directly surrounding Mwamba Bush Camp at this time of year, but the dominant male was behaving in an unusually aggressive manner. [i]We reported the unusual behaviour to ZAWA who decided he should be relocated to the far reaches of his territory away from any camps, where he could have become a danger to humans. Decisions to interfere with the processes of nature are not made lightly, but the safety of park guests is always the priority as is the safety of the animals. Any animal who attacks a human would have to be put down and ultimately that is also an outcome we would strenuously avoid. Once ZAWA had instructed us we called SLCS and ZCP to come in and relocate him. When the team arrived the Mwamba male was resting close to the Mwamba hide under a bush with an impala he had killed that morning. The process of darting him went smoothly and he was loaded and moved to Kapanda lagoon out near our Baobab Forest.  *This image is copyright of its original author When he came around he immediately started feeding on the impala carcass that was also moved with him and everyone was pleased to see the positive reaction he had to the experience. After seeing all was well the two teams left him to figure out his surroundings. He was found dead two days later. It is suspected that he suffered fatal internal injuries from his battle with the buffalo at Mwamba a couple of days prior to his re-location. This injury may have sparked the aggressive behaviour in the first place.  *This image is copyright of its original author He was an iconic beast. This male lion had been photographed and enjoyed by thousands of our guests over the past several years; all of whom had carried those memories of Wild Africa back out into their lives. We are so sorry to see him go, but he went out like the legend he was. RIP (05-09-2017, 02:15 PM)Fredymrt Wrote:(05-06-2017, 08:37 AM)sik94 Wrote: you have any reliable sources that the lion survived? Seemed like it was game over to me. So yo sayin this lion was a sick dude, that makes sense ta me, becuz I can totally see dat, it wasn't full strength when fighten the buffalo. If it wasn't sick, it would of won that battle hands down I bet.
Yeah that seems to be the same animal, you can see the same spots on the lion in the video. That lion did a pretty good job of avoiding the horns from that buffalo though, I thought that buffalo must have gotten a horn in or two but doesn't seem so. Thanks for providing the verification guys. That lion showed the fighting spirit he had.
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