Our first sighting of these young lions pulling down a fully grown female Buffalo.
Lions, already killed a young buffalo male in the bed of the ruaha river, it is the bushbuck pride, the most powerful pride of the area. The calf is big but not enough for 20 and more lions and the herd is not far.
And here they are, lions are attacking again, a bull was left behind and the lions are on it. More and more come, the fight is titanic, the buff is strong and does not give up to his fate. He drags the lions back and forth while they jump on his back and they stay clear of the horns.
As more cats come one lioness grabs the muzzle of the bull, the bull goes down and we think it’s finished. They have him, the females from the front and the young male from the tail.
We think is the end but he does not think the same, he stands with enormous will, the lioness still trying to suffocate him, he trashes her around till she loses the grip and is flown 2 meters away.
The fight starts all over again at full power, but with time passing the buffalo is more and more tired. his bellowing is thundering through the dusty air.
Lions are tired too, some lay down resting but others are still at work, the cries of the bull become more acute. He is bleeding from the nose and from the back but still tries to struggle for life, charging lions and trashing its head around.
More lions jump on its back, the legs start flexing, the bull’s body is swerving side to side but he still tries to break free. It is unbelievable how much fight there is in this bull
Eventually he cannot hold it anymore, you almost can read in his eyes that the fight is over and he is on the losing end. And then he collapses under the weight of the cats, his legs not able to cope with that anymore.
It is all over, a great fighter is gone for good, he will feed the pride and by them will be soon forgotten, but not by us.
