May 24 2007Battle At Kruger

This video was taken while on safari and shows a battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and two crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Throw in Voltron and you've got yourselves a war.
Video after the jump.
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Reader Comments
1. regt - May 24, 2007 8:44 AM
1st
2. Kat - May 24, 2007 8:52 AM
Wow, fucking epic.
3. vanman - May 24, 2007 9:03 AM
I really don't understand why someone would only post the word "first!" and have absolutely no other commentary to give. There seems to be a pattern of doing that on here, and I think I speak for myself and my penis when I say it is lame. It's cheesy to do it even when you have something to say following that word, I can overlook that, but when your only contribution of input to a thread is a single word indicating your chronological place in a new thread, well my friend, it's time to take up crochet, magic the gathering, or good old fashioned PCP.
4. george bush - May 24, 2007 9:05 AM
4th
5. MobiusStrip - May 24, 2007 9:06 AM
We few, we happy few, we Band of Brothers.
6. Andris - May 24, 2007 9:16 AM
holy crap those water buffalo are fucking badass, they came back and reclaimed their injured, how heroic!
7. boardsenseless - May 24, 2007 9:16 AM
Awesome video.
Top Tip for Trolls: Give away the sad fact that your life consists of nothing but grinding routine by simply posting "1st" on every thread you can find.
8. Rocko Solido - May 24, 2007 9:32 AM
This is only the first half of the video, the next five minutes, after preparing to pack up their gear and partake in some ganja, the safari group watches as the buffalo are blindsided by Godzilla, who only serves to agitate the crocodiles, who are trying to get some god damn sleep. The ensuing battle for superiority climaxes upon the rebirth of Steve Irwin, who rises from the shallow and snaps the neck of every creature within a thirty mile radius...with his balls.
9. John - May 24, 2007 9:42 AM
Where were the crocs?
10. JbGood - May 24, 2007 9:46 AM
6. Andris - May 24, 2007 9:16 AM
holy crap those water buffalo are fucking badass, they came back and reclaimed their injured, how heroic!
Heroic? Bunch of loosers..at first they run away like pussies and left the little one at the lion's mercy...
Heroic will be the big fat one stay behind to help the little one's escape...
But this is not the question...they serve a purpose....feed the lions...no more no less.
11. Big ol schmoe - May 24, 2007 9:52 AM
King of the jungle = dethroned.
12. Joe Mamma - May 24, 2007 9:59 AM
Anyone complaining about ppl saying "1st" in the comments.... welcome to the intertubes. Glad to see this seems to be the first time you have ever been in a comment section of site like this. If it really bothers you that much maybe the internet isn't for you. Go back to your lawn bowling championships.
12th
13. vadim - May 24, 2007 10:22 AM
13th. the only number I would post myself on purpose under. And yeah, internet sux. But I can't help it.
14. KRiPPeR - May 24, 2007 10:29 AM
amazing, the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny.
15. andrea - May 24, 2007 12:18 PM
That was amazing. Thanks for posting it!
16. ps - May 24, 2007 1:18 PM
I was sooo hoping that the herd of water buffalo would have forced those lions into the water where the crocs would have had at em. That, my friends and haters, would have been rockin. I did love how the one buffalo launched that lion like 8 feet in the air.
I can't imagine the pain that little buffalo endured being the rope of a tug-o-war between the lions and the crocs. yikes! And he still lived thru it.
17. Atreides - May 24, 2007 2:15 PM
Survival of the fittest... that baby's going to be one helluva buffalo some day
18. Lee - May 24, 2007 2:44 PM
Insane. I can't believe the lions didn't kill that calf. Water buffalo are tough!
19. Jedi Tenken - May 24, 2007 4:36 PM
Glorious! The only way it would be better is if the 300 or so water buffalo had force the lion over into the water and let the crocs eat them while yelling. THIS IS SPARTA! Okay maybe not the last part but it would still be sweet!
20. Ulysses - May 24, 2007 5:43 PM
I recall one of the most amazing nature shows which featured a pride ran by two brothers and their battle with a group of hyenas. It was fascinating because it dispelled that myth that man is the only animal that kills to kill.
One of the brothers (sorry for the basterized Swahili) was named Mondovu and that meant "The Peaceful One" the other was name Intiedoowayla and that meant, "He Who Greats With Fire" and this lion hated the hyena clan and would kill any he saw on sight.
I also learned that female hyena's have large penise's and a way to show submission was to lick her cock.
That last sentence was horrible but my weekly challange was to write "lick her cock" in a comment field and I found this vid a perfect place to do so.
~9356~
21. Ulysses - May 24, 2007 6:11 PM
I am sorry for my last comment.
I just watched the vid and was moved to tears. Dispite what we think of ourselves we can't help but see ourselves as the Water Buffalo. We try to imagine ourselves as the lions, even the crocs--predators, masters of our domain. But in fact we are the hunted.
This was why that freak got his videos played after the Virgina Tech Massacre. We find horror in our hearts when faced with a true predator. We are the tribe who survived 100,000 years ago in South Africa, huddled around the fire that we managed to light with our wonderous thumbs--and there is a part of us which remembers the fear of the lions roar at night.
Yes, we may watch this and focus and the "bravery" of the lions, the insane pull between the croc and the lions may thrill us, but in the end, when the calf struggles and is protected and welcomed back to the herd--the herd that banded together and tried to save it--we can only feel our hearts drop at the sight and tears form in our eyes.
The payoff is the survival of the calf. If the calf had died the video would only be sad.
Wet Cunt.
22. zombies - May 24, 2007 6:22 PM
ok first rule of life you dont have to out run the lions you just have to be faster the person behind you.
wonder if that buffalo lived on to the next day. im sure it was F**KED Up
23. Steve - May 24, 2007 6:54 PM
23rd
24. Andreas - May 24, 2007 9:35 PM
OMG, this is like Age of Empires: Animals Expansion. Did you see how the buffaloes are in square formation? That was pretty cool/. I wonder how the few buffaloes that were with the calf told the big herd that he was about to be eaten. Is this proof of an advanced language system in animals?
25. Alex - May 24, 2007 10:25 PM
In your face Discovery....
26. Alex - May 24, 2007 10:28 PM
and National Geographic too...
27. Lhyzz - May 25, 2007 4:23 AM
Real life drama > TV.
28. David - May 25, 2007 5:21 AM
28th
29. Dave - May 25, 2007 6:06 AM
First!
30. frylock - May 25, 2007 7:29 AM
Why did they turn the car on a little bit before the lions were about to attack?
31. PooPants - May 25, 2007 3:25 PM
#12
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32. meatwad - May 26, 2007 7:29 PM
There can be only one highlander.
33. o-z - May 27, 2007 4:37 PM
great movie
34. Raf - May 28, 2007 7:26 AM
water buffalo sucky suck suck. first one triggers a fight, lets a smaller one take the rap then comes back with another thirty to finish the battle? If these were people they'd be little wanna be homeboy wankers
35. cbrandt - May 28, 2007 8:45 PM
Fantastic bit of video! the bird and animal sounds along with the spoken accents brought back fond memories - among which, in 05 we witnessed a herd of elephant save a Grevy's Zebra in Samburu NR, Kenya - we thought the zebra was finished, just like the buffalo calf. The elephants charged, the cat let go, and the zebra sprang to life and got away. Alas, the escape isn't on film as I'd set the camera down to get the car out of the way of the blasted irate elephants. Anyway, this was even better - no words to describe it. Thank you.
36. Ha - June 4, 2007 1:38 AM
that was my friends mom in the convoy
37. avsky - June 8, 2007 8:44 AM
i hate how americans always point out the fucking obvious and make it such a big deal, especially the women.
38. El Dabe - June 21, 2007 7:41 PM
FIRST!!!!!
39. Derek - July 18, 2007 8:20 PM
King of the Jungle my ass
And this would have been SO much more awesome if the baby had been ripped in half during the buffalo tug-of-war.
40. assmolestor - July 31, 2007 1:23 AM
40th
41. srs - August 8, 2007 11:59 AM
1st