Painful: The buffalo crashes through the lions in a desperate bid to rescue its mortally injured friend
Buffalo's brutal revenge:
A herd of buffalo were attacked by a pack of lions in South AfricaOne angry buffalo fearlessly charged into the lions to save its friend
The lion was badly impaled on the colossal animal's sharp horns
The brave buffalo was unable to save its friend as several other lions moved in for the kill
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A
brave buffalo proved its loyalty to its herd when it charged into a
pride of lions after seeing one of its friends lying injured and
surrounded by the hungry predators in a game reserve in South Africa.
The
buffalo used all its strength to gore one of the startled lions with
its sharp horns, tossing the winded animal into the air with ease as the
other lions scattered.
Sadly
despite the heroics of the buffalo, its friend was too badly injured to
escape and was set upon by several other lions, who raced to the scene
after hearing the commotion.
Brute force:The stunned lion lies in the sand after being impaled by the angry buffalo in South Africa
The
injured buffalo can be seen being pinned down by the pack of lions and
in a bid to rescue his injured friend another buffalo charged towards
the lions.
One
of the lions ran towards the buffalo in an attempt to tackle it to the
ground, but the lion was struck by the angry buffalo, impaled on its
horn and flung into the air.
As the
lion crashed to the ground it seemed the buffalo may have secured the
chance for a quick getaway but the pride of lions were soon joined by
two adult male lions.
The lion reinforcements jumped onto the buffalo's back and sank their teeth in, leading to a grisly end for the buffalo.
Brazilian
photographer Mariangela Matarazzo Lee, 54, captured the dramatic scenes
while on safari with his family and friends at Mala Mala Game Reserve
in South Africa.
Moving in for the kill: The pride of
lions quickly surrounded the struggling buffalo and set upon it with
their sharp claws and teeth
Take down: As the lion crashed to the
ground it seemed the buffalo may have secured the chance for a quick
getaway but the pride of lions were soon joined by two adult male lions
Impressive: Brazilian photographer
Mariangela Matarazzo Lee, 54, captured the dramatic scenes while on
safari with his family and friends at Mala Mala Game Reserve in South
Africa
'It
was quite a surprise, our ranger spotted a couple of cars at the other
side of the river. They were all just parked there with their binoculars
trying to take a glance of something happening at our side of the
bank,' she said.
'When we arrived there were 12 young lions of the same pride that had knocked down a bull and were trying to kill it.
'Just
next to them were a dozen other buffalos observing. Suddenly one of
them decided to rescue his injured friend that was lying in the middle
of the lions,' she recalled.
'The buffalo came rushing towards the lions and one of the males tried to tackle the buffalo.
'That
was when it got hooked on the horn and was swung by the buffalo several
times until he was tossed away and landed terribly on the floor.
'When we thought it was all over two huge male adult lions arrived with two females from another pride roaring a lot,' she said.
'All the young ones fled and the injured buffalo stood up trying to escape but he was hurt really bad and very tired.
'One
of the lions stood in front of it while the other one walked around the
buffalo and jumped on top of it and knocked him down again.
'The two males took care of the rest and made a quick kill.'
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