Dramatic fight for survival in the Timbavati Game Reserve in South Africa: a lion was biting a buffalo into the leg at a ...

When Ian Hatton and fellow researchers started looking at the numbers of predators and prey in parks across southern and eastern Africa, they found a very consistent relationship between the ...

was about 20 metres away when he captured the attack on camera. He said: "There was a fight going on between the cape buffalo bull and a pride of lions and we could see them leaping upon it.

The buffalo stands its ground despite the ferocity of the predator, using its sharp horns and muscular body to fend off the lion's attacks. Its fearlessness and defense mechanisms then push the ...