Huge Male Lion Brothers Take Down a Big Buffalo Like It Was Nothing

Two Big Lion Brothers Combine Their Supreme Strength to Topple a Buffalo with Ease!

In the tense and nail-biting video at the top of the page, a pair of powerful lion brothers hunt a buffalo! When the camera starts rolling, the lions are already within striking distance of the buffalo. The buffalo is already well aware of the two predators, or at least one, staring directly at the lion. Seemingly inviting an attack, the buffalo faces the lion head on. Its long, sharp horns in full view of the predator, the lion doesn’t get dissuaded.

The buffalo realizes that it can’t keep up this face off forever, and begins to try leaving the scene. But each time it turns its horns away from the lion, the patient predator takes a few steps after it. The buffalo is stuck, if it tries to run away, the lion will surely just chase it down! But this buffalo refuses to go out without a fight, and turns to face the lion one last time. Summoning up every last ounce of its courage, the buffalo charges directly towards one of nature’s scariest sights! 

The lion, with all its years experience hunting buffalo, knows exactly what to do. As the buffalo barrels down towards the big cat, it runs away while looking over its shoulder. As the buffalo arrives to spear the lion with its horns, the lion flips to its back and dives to the ground! Dodging beneath the buffalo’s horns, the lion finds itself with a clear shot at the buffalo’s vulnerable neck. Suddenly, the first lion’s brother runs through the tall grass and jumps atop the buffalo’s back. Toppling the big buffalo over in a few seconds, the lions prove that they’re too much for the buffalo to take on!

Run, Roll Over, and Rip: Lions’ Lethal Hunting Strategies

Lions have some of the highest success rates while hunting out of the entire animal kingdom. Due to a combination of their social lifestyles and their remarkable strength, lions’ prey rarely gets away! But another huge reason for their success is their incredibly intelligent hunting strategies! Given their social structure, a pride of lions will often try to surround an entire herd before setting them off into a stampede. Once the herd is in a panicked state, the lions can calmly funnel them into one channel and eventually pick one off!

Once they’ve singled out an individual from the herd, they can either chase and attack from the back, or corner the animal. When hunting buffalo, wildebeest, or other horned species of prey lions will always take extra care in avoiding their sharp and dangerous horns! As perfectly demonstrated by the male lion in the video at the top of the page, this is a killer strategy. By dodging underneath the prey’s horns, the lions are suddenly in a perfect position to deliver a lethal bite. Either severing arteries or suffocating its prey, lions rarely ever lose prey after maneuvering themselves into this position.

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