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Amazing Video Of Lions vs. Buffalo/Crocadiles

NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
edited May 2007 in A Moving Train
This video while filmed by spectators, is unbelievable!

What amazing footage of teamwork, unity and the resulting strength.

http://www.break.com/index/a-brawl-in-the-safari.html



Too bad human beings can't learn to come together like this and work as a team.
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    NMyTree wrote:
    This video while filmed by spectators, is unbelievable!

    What amazing footage of teamwork, unity and the resulting strength.

    http://www.break.com/index/a-brawl-in-the-safari.html



    Too bad human beings can't learn to come together like this and work as a team.

    That's incredible, but how about a fucking focus button by the photographer. You can't see shit half the video.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    That's incredible, but how about a fucking focus button by the photographer. You can't see shit half the video.
    It's a low resolution streaming video. Haven't you ever used youtube?
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    that was cool
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    It's doubtful whether the calf survived that though. The lions had it for a while there before it got away.
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    Byrnzie wrote:
    It's doubtful whether the calf survived that though. The lions had it for a while there before it got away.

    True. That poor calf was getting gnawed on by like five lions and then a fricking crocodile. Lions aren't very quick killers are they? How amazing was it that he was able to walk away though?
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    anyone been on safari? ... was talking with someone last nite who has as well and the weird thing is that about a day into one - all you want to see is something get killed by something ... :| ...

    that would have been cool to see - beats watching a baboon jerk off and eat his own spooge ...
  • Bu$chlagerBu$chlager Posts: 498
    NMyTree wrote:
    Too bad human beings can't learn to come together like this and work as a team.


    I take it you weren't in the NYC area on 9/11?
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    I take it you weren't in the NYC area on 9/11?

    Amen to that.
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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    polaris wrote:
    that would have been cool to see - beats watching a baboon jerk off and eat his own spooge ...

    Thank you very much for that mental image!!!
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    gabers wrote:
    True. That poor calf was getting gnawed on by like five lions and then a fricking crocodile. Lions aren't very quick killers are they? How amazing was it that he was able to walk away though?


    You can't see it on this clip but they normally cover their victims nose and mouth with their mouth to suffocate them. I watch way to much Discovery.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Byrnzie wrote:
    It's doubtful whether the calf survived that though. The lions had it for a while there before it got away.

    You're probably right. While it dod look like at least one lion was trying to sufficate the calf by covering it's mouth; the other lions were digging in with their claws and gnawing of some of the soft-underbelly and such.

    It's likely the calf could have suffered infections from the wounds, or bled out from the wounds.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Gremmie95 wrote:
    You can't see it on this clip but they normally cover their victims nose and mouth with their mouth to suffocate them. I watch way to much Discovery.


    Yeah, they do that.

    Depending on the size and type of prey, a lot of times one goes for the throat, while the other lions try to gnaw on limbs and the soft-underbelly.

    I've seen several videos where at least one lion in the Pride immediately attempts (and often succeeds) in tearing open the soft underbelly.

    One thing I've noticed with larger and bulkier prey, lions often try to jump on their backs and tear open the flesh, there. Whether through biting or clawing, they seem to try to inflict some nasty, deep wounds to the back area. Wonder if they are trying to get to the spinal column or if the deep wounds to the back.....in the hot sun, causes the prey's flesh to burn?
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    NMyTree wrote:
    Yeah, they do that.

    Depending on the size and type of prey, a lot of times one goes for the throat, while the other lions try to gnaw on limbs and the soft-underbelly.

    I've seen several videos where at least one lion in the Pride immediately attempts (and often succeeds) in tearing open the soft underbelly.

    One thing I've noticed with larger and bulkier prey, lions often try to jump on their backs and tear open the flesh, there. Whether through biting or clawing, they seem to try to inflict some nasty, deep wounds to the back area. Wonder if they are trying to get to the spinal column or if the deep wounds to the back.....in the hot sun, causes the prey's flesh to burn?

    i think it's cuz they can't get kicked there ... animal has no defense for the back area ... i could be wrong tho ...
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    polaris wrote:
    i think it's cuz they can't get kicked there ... animal has no defense for the back area ... i could be wrong tho ...

    You could be right. That seems like a very good point.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Gremmie95 wrote:
    You can't see it on this clip but they normally cover their victims nose and mouth with their mouth to suffocate them. I watch way to much Discovery.
    Crushing the windpipe is probably the main method used by lions to finish off prey....that is if they can't snap the neck of the victim or cut through some of the main veins/arteries that tend to run through mammalian necks.

    The odds are long....but the calf could have survived...thick skin and what-not.
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  • B niceB nice Posts: 182
    the crocodiles = the jews
    the lions = (ironically) the christians
    the buffalos = the muslims


    i am the 7 eleven that is going to be planted on their ass

    god is for idiots
    life has nothing to do with killing time
    Bring it on cause I'm no victim

    b nice loves pearl jam like ed vedder loves america
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    B nice wrote:
    the crocodiles = the jews
    the lions = (ironically) the christians
    the buffalos = the muslims


    i am the 7 eleven that is going to be planted on their ass

    god is for idiots

    okay wtf?! I'm missing something here...
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    B nice wrote:
    the crocodiles = the jews
    the lions = (ironically) the christians
    the buffalos = the muslims


    i am the 7 eleven that is going to be planted on their ass

    god is for idiots

    You, my man take the cake for the DUMBEST POSTS EVER!
  • drew2420drew2420 Posts: 61
    Gremmie95 wrote:
    You, my man take the cake for the DUMBEST POSTS EVER!


    haha true that
  • B niceB nice Posts: 182
    i got a million of 'em
    life has nothing to do with killing time
    Bring it on cause I'm no victim

    b nice loves pearl jam like ed vedder loves america
  • Flannel ShirtFlannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    One of the most baffling things I have ever tried to wrap my head around (the post by B Nice). The video was pretty good too.
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    polaris wrote:
    i think it's cuz they can't get kicked there ... animal has no defense for the back area ... i could be wrong tho ...

    that, and, they're trying to slow it down and throw it off balance.
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    tybird wrote:
    Crushing the windpipe is probably the main method used by lions to finish off prey....that is if they can't snap the neck of the victim or cut through some of the main veins/arteries that tend to run through mammalian necks.

    The odds are long....but the calf could have survived...thick skin and what-not.


    I think the calf did survive. The easier the prey, the more they dilly-dally around, like a cat with a mouse. I get the feeling they weren't even all that hungry, but the ease of the original situation was too hard to resist.
    The lions weren't hunting, they were just resting.
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    polaris wrote:
    anyone been on safari? ... was talking with someone last nite who has as well and the weird thing is that about a day into one - all you want to see is something get killed by something ... :| ...

    that would have been cool to see - beats watching a baboon jerk off and eat his own spooge ...

    I've been on one. I can't say that I was wanting to see something get killed, but I will say that it was the single most incredible experience of my life. It's hard to explain to someone that hasn't been. It was a very primordial and spiritual experience for me. Any one that has the opportunity should take an African safari at least once in their lives.
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    If you can't do Africa, try Yellowstone. :)
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    The lions really didn't scare me much, the elephants were badass. These aren't your sweet, peanut eating, circus elephants. These are huge, pissed off elephants. And when you get a young male in Must, look the hell out. They do this mock charge at your vehicle as a warning and I just about crapped my pants. Coming face to face with a 10,000 pound animal that you know can crush your vehicle like a tin can is a very humbling and awe inspiring experience and one I'll never forget as long as I live.

    What blew me away is that any schmuck can take their car into a National Park if they pay the fee and South Africans seem to do this with no problem. At least with a Game Ranger they know elephant behavior backwards and forwards and they know what to look for and when an elephant is getting agitated and how to handle it.
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    I've been on one. I can't say that I was wanting to see something get killed, but I will say that it was the single most incredible experience of my life. It's hard to explain to someone that hasn't been. It was a very primordial and spiritual experience for me. Any one that has the opportunity should take an African safari at least once in their lives.

    one of the most surreal experiences in my life: riding a bicycle past a pair of giraffes about 100 metres away ...
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    polaris wrote:
    one of the most surreal experiences in my life: riding a bicycle past a pair of giraffes about 100 metres away ...

    Giraffes are amazing. I remember when I went on a walking safari most of the grazing animals will run away when they hear you coming. Giraffes don't seem to give a damn, they just kind of stare at you and you can get quite close to them.
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    I think I'd rather smother
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  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    gue_barium wrote:
    If you can't do Africa, try Yellowstone. :)

    Or Newark, NJ.......Detroit, MI ......or Birmingham, AL

    Plenty of animals there....in all shapes...colors and sizes.
  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    NMyTree wrote:
    Or Newark, NJ.......Detroit, MI ......or Birmingham, AL

    Plenty of animals there....in all shapes...colors and sizes.

    ummm, got a message in there somewhere?

    I'll stick to Yellowstone. It is sometimes referred to as the North American Serengeti.
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