Buffalo escapes from death in a hurry as lions mob the lone buffalo

On the African savannah, the buffalo is second in size only to elephants, rhinos and hippos. Adult African buffalo's body length is about 3 meters on average, shoulder height is about 1.5 meters, weight is about 600 kilograms on average, the heaviest more than 900 kilograms.

And in contrast to the carnivores of the African savannah, there are few animals that can take down a buffalo. Only lions can pose some threat to it, and lions rely not on individuals, but on teams (on the importance of teams). Even a male lion would have a hard time taking down an adult buffalo, because although the African male lion is over 3 meters long, he only weighs about 300 kilograms, and any adult buffalo weighs as much as twice as much as a male lion.

In nature, strength does not rule everything, but in the absolute power disparity, the animal's fighting ability and skills become less important.

As the "king of the grasslands", the reason why the lions can be rampant in the African savannah, is because it is different from other cats, they like to live in a group, in the hunt, the lion group at least two or more lionesses to participate in the war, especially in the face of the huge buffalo, often the lion group to nesting The lionesses have to come out of the woodwork to take down the buffalo.

While the hunt is tough, a single buffalo kill is usually enough to feed a pride for a few days, so it's a good thing that the buffalo is so rich, even though it's scary when it's mad. However, it is the lions that kill the most buffalo each year. Similarly, the number of lions that die each year from hunting buffalo can account for more than 80 percent of all lion deaths.

In fact, the reason why the lions "love" the buffalo, in addition to the buffalo's large size and meat, there is another point, that is, although the buffalo when the herd animals, but even in the face of a lion, the buffalo will be scattered to run.

And generally run the slowest is the buffalo army in the "old and weak", for the lion, which greatly reduces the difficulty of hunting.