Injured Buffalo and Lion Waiting for Opportunity ATP Earth
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00:00 Injury is a normal thing because none of us can avoid the unintended accidents.
00:15 But for animals that live in the wild, being injured is a deadly danger, as when injured
00:22 they are many times easier to get into the sights of the other animals, especially the
00:27 herbivores.
00:28 As the buffalo in this video also became the target of a lion, because of the fatal mistake
00:35 like that, the buffalo is injured and the lion seizes the opportunity.
00:46 The buffaloes, especially the African buffalo, are a very hardy species, as its shoulder
00:52 height can be from 1 to 1.7 meters and the head and body length can be from 1.7 to 3.4
00:59 meters.
01:00 And compared with the wild buffalo species, on the other hand, it has a long but stocky
01:06 body, heavier and taller with its short legs, as they weigh from 250 to 450 kilograms, and
01:15 the buffalo's legs in front are stronger than the ones in the back, and associated with
01:21 the need to support the weight of the heavier and more powerful front body.
01:28 And due to herd behaviors, lions rarely hunt alone, but they often hunt with their companions,
01:41 and they work well together as they each do their own thing automatically without any
01:46 competition or misunderstanding, as it is scary to have an enemy that is both strong
01:53 and numerous in numbers, isn't it?
02:08 And that harmony is also shown through the following hunt, and although their prey was
02:13 injured, it was a buffalo anyway, so the lions were not in a hurry, but they slowly had watched
02:19 and followed, as some of them had rushed forward to attack while the rest had stood around,
02:26 blocking the prey's retreat, and when the buffalo falls down, they also automatically
02:31 lie on a part of the buffalo's body to prevent it from escaping and tearing the meat off
02:37 of the rest, as the buffalo couldn't do anything but roar with pitiful cries for his
02:44 aggregated fate.
03:03 In a head-to-head confrontation, even if the situation is more favorable, these lions do
03:09 not dare to venture directly into the wild buffalo, so they have to play with their prey
03:15 to lure the buffaloes a little bit further, and despite being injured, the buffalo still
03:20 had showed the bravery when the donkey was able to let the lion run, and then the mutual
03:27 exploration had ended.
03:30 Using the sharp horns, the lions together had attacked the back of the buffalo, and
03:37 even though the buffaloes had protested fiercely, they were determined not to let go, but they
03:43 tore apart even harder than before, and so on until the buffalo had collapsed, and at
03:50 this time, the winner and the loser were clearly decided.
04:19 In the case of his target standing in the herd, the lion usually waits patiently to
04:40 see if any of them stand apart and then attack, in all cases.
05:00 As the buffalo appears to be still in the process of maturation, being separated as
05:05 its herd grew, and not missing the opportunity, the lion had immediately attacked, as the
05:12 buffalo had screamed for help and another one of the herd had turned to scare the lion
05:16 away, but the other buffalo had continued to slow down, and the lion did not let the
05:22 prey escape a second time, and this time it seems that the buffalo has been left so far
05:28 that even if he cried out, no other buffalo would come to save him.
05:41 However, not every injured wildlife is capable of facing the danger, as there are also some
05:51 lucky cases of being rescued because there are often research groups and animal conservation
05:57 groups in the forests, and this buffalo is one of the lucky ones.
06:04 And realizing that a buffalo was seriously injured in the leg and it had a limp, this
06:09 relief herd had immediately stopped the calm and had took out the bandages to give it some
06:14 first aid, as it seems that the condition of this buffalo's wounds are quite bad as
06:20 its legs are cracked open and flies are swarming it, and with special medicine and first aid
06:26 tools, everyone had immediately treated the buffalo.
06:31 Fortunately, this buffalo has also obediently cooperated and later it was released back
06:37 into the wild.
06:51 Nature is fierce, especially when you are an underdog, and this was really true in the
06:55 case of the herbivores that were already easy targets to suffer the physical injuries, as
07:02 injured lions are also easily caught in the sights of the cunning hyenas, and then we
07:09 can see how dangerous the lives of these animals are when escaping from one's life, as sometimes
07:16 facing a big disaster.
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07:30 about the animal world.
07:32 Goodbye and see you in the next video.
07:48 Bye Bye.
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