A knight to the rescue of a damsel and her child in distress:? Bull rescues mother trying to fend off herd of lions attacking her calf when he charges in and KILLS one of the predators
Pick your battles: An attacking buffalo headbutts a lioness during the fierce battle in a river delta in Botswana
‘Big Daddy Buffalo’ charges to the rescue! Hunting lionesses attacked buffalo cow and calf in in Okavango Delta in Botswana Cow found herself outnumbered by the attacking lions, and was ‘saved’ by a hero bull Buffalo bull mauled one of the lionesses who reportedly died two days later
This is the moment when a heroic buffalo came to the rescue of a damsel in distress after the cow came under attack from two lionesses.
The lions had initially stalked a buffalo calf and the mother had charged at the lions to save her young one, but found herself outnumbered during the battle in Okavango Delta in Botswana.
The lions attempted to take down the cow a number of times, but that she was finally ‘saved’ by a bull from the herd. In a dramatic turn of events, a protective macho buffalo steps in, scaring the lions away and nearly mauling the injured lioness to death – saving the mother’s life. The lioness crawled out of the mud and died two days later.
‘The bull came and chased the female lions off the mother buffalo, trying to injure them.
‘Luckily they escaped, but while he chases them he sees the injured female lion and really finishes her off, by mauling her and pushing her into the mud.’
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Outnumbered: The female buffalo had stepped in to protect her calf from the hungry lionesses, but found herself under attack
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Come at me bro: The lionesses had initially stalked and injured a buffalo calf in Okavango Delta in Botswana
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Launch: The lionesses went after the calf and its mother as they grazed with the herd of buffalo
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Two against one: After catching and injuring the young buffalo, the calf’s mother came to its rescue
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Bad move: Despite her heroic efforts to save her young one, the female buffalo soon found herself outnumbered as two lionesses attacked
Futile fight: The buffalo was attacked several times by the hungry lionesses before she was ‘saved’
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Struggle: One of the lionesses jumps into the back of the buffalo as other animals watch on
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Saving grace: In a dramatic turn of events, a protective macho buffalo steps in, scaring the lions away from the female
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Time to go: The lioness appears to realise that the tables have turned as she makes a run for it
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
Hit: The male buffalo charges at the lioness, mauling it with its horns, and dragging it in the mud
Photo: Wim Van De Heever
One of the lionesses emerges from the water covered in mud and injuries.The lioness crawled out of the mud and died two days later
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