Mother Buffalo attacks Lion who try to eat her baby, Harsh Life of Wild Animals.
00:00:26 Buffalo are reported to kill more hunters in Africa than any other animal. They use their very strong heads to shove and head-butt each other to win females during breeding season. Between buffalo and lion, if it s a one on one fight between an adult lion and an adult bull, 10 out of 10 times it would be the buffalo. The reason is the average weight of an adult lion is 400 to 500 pounds. Average weight of an adult buffalo is 1800 to 2500 pounds. The only way a lion can overcome an adult buffalo is by getting a firm
00:01:42 bite on its throat or windpipe. This can be achieved only when the buffalo is knocked off its feet. And it s literally impossible for a lion to knock an adult buffalo off its feet due to the massive weight of the bovine. Only a pride of lions together can overpower an adult buffalo and that too it takes an effort and usually the buffalo manages to escape. A buffalo has four times the strength of an ox. Both males and females have sharp curved horns extending from the sides of their heads which are used to defend themselves against
00:03:18 predators. They are known to ambush hunters that have wounded or injured them. Buffalo herds are known to stick together and when attacked by predators. It is common to see the whole herd return to save one of their own from the jaws of death. They having the capability to protect themselves, even known can kill lion. The adult African buffalo’s horns are its characteristic feature. They have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head referred to as a boss. It is widely regarded as
00:04:49 one of the most dangerous animals on the African continent. According to some estimates it gores, tramples, and kills over 200 people every year. Individual lion will rarely attack a fully grown buffalo. The buffalo weigh over half a ton. Even if they are running away instead of fighting, the buffalo are hard to kill, typically taking a good sized lion pride to take them down. And that doesn t even consider what the buffalo can do to lions. The pattern of attack of the lion’s pride against buffalo is
00:06:14 usually one lion tries to jump onto the buffalo s back and dig it s teeth and claws into the thick skin. A couple try to bite at the legs and tail. And one will attack from the front and try to get a vice grip on the buffalo s jugular or neck area to get him down. Even acting as a group, it is difficult enough to get a buffalo down due to it s aggressive nature and super strength. Goring a lion with their horns won t kill it outright, but the buffalo are so strong that they can easily fling lions into the air,
00:07:32 or away from them. Either outcome is going to add a lot of damage on top of the wound the horn will will cause. Lions sometimes get killed in such an encounter. Buffalo tossing lion up into the air, butting and kicking it. This is why half the time lions survive by running from the buffalo. Still, there are cases of single lions killing full grown buffalo, but more often than not, entire prides fail at killing the adults.