Lions Take Down a Buffalo but the Fight Isn't Over
Clip: Season 2 Episode 6 | 3m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
The Xudum pride works together to bring down a huge buffalo, but things don't go according to plan.
As night falls, Anna and Greg are following the Xudum pride mums and cubs. The cubs, led by Mathata, start to hunt a small herd of male buffalo. For the first time, the cubs and lionesses work together and succeed in bringing a bull down. But the rest of the buffalo herd return — they are not leaving their comrade behind.
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Lions Take Down a Buffalo but the Fight Isn't Over
Clip: Season 2 Episode 6 | 3m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
As night falls, Anna and Greg are following the Xudum pride mums and cubs. The cubs, led by Mathata, start to hunt a small herd of male buffalo. For the first time, the cubs and lionesses work together and succeed in bringing a bull down. But the rest of the buffalo herd return — they are not leaving their comrade behind.
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These buffies do not want to let their comrade go without a fight.
Holy smokes.
Hartman: The buffalo's back up!
This buffalo's not done!
Narrator: Greg and Anna are arriving for the night shift.
Dimitriadis: Mums and cubs are walking straight towards a small group of buffalo.
[Buffalo grunting] Hartman: Mathata wants buffalo for dinner.
♪ Dimitriadis: OK, I see him.
♪ Hartman, on radio: Oh, they're going in.
They're going now.
Dimitriadis: Ooh, OK.
It's on, it's on, it's on.
♪ Dimitriadis: The whole pride is currently chasing.
Narrator: Mathata and the cubs are finally working together with their mums.
Dimitriadis: This buffalo is putting up an amazing fight.
Hartman: That is a huge buff.
It is a battle.
♪ The lionesses and the cubs are working together now.
♪ Dimitriadis: Oh, it's down, it's down.
Hartman: Well, they needed that.
They really needed that.
[Lions snarling] Narrator: This bull will keep the whole pride fed for days.
Dimitriadis: Oh.
Hartman: What's going on here?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, hang on.
One of the buffalo just come in.
♪ Hartman: These buffaloes are coming close to the lions.
Super dangerous.
♪ ♪ Dimitriadis: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hartman: Wow!
They're right in there.
This is crazy.
♪ Hartman: Whoa!
Holy smokes.
These buffies do not want to let their comrade go without a fight.
Dimitriadis: I think these cubs could get killed.
Hartman: Oh, yo!
One of the lions got hammered!
♪ Hartman: The buffalo's back up!
This buffalo's not done!
Oh, what?
She's got him by the snout!
Dimitriadis: How is it alive?
[Gasps] The cub just got thrown!
[Lions snarling] ♪ Hartman: Absolutely unbelievable.
There's cubs running all over the place.
Buffaloes running all over the place.
[Lions roaring] ♪ Hartman: They saved it.
And hows is that for an unexpected turn of events?
Man, what a battle.
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