Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo

00:00:41 There are predators and there are prey.

00:04:58 The skew-horned buffalo bull is the herd's pathfinder

00:07:48 before drying out to a faded savanna

00:11:16 the newborn calves.

00:16:13 with nothing but claws and teeth

00:19:44 they first panic them with a strange, growling charge.

00:24:19 The females that have run and hunted hard will need the next kill to be theirs.

00:28:05 These are the risk-takers.

00:31:16 And it is here that the whole pride is needed to distract and counter

00:34:58 but the herd has been emboldened by a wave of successes

00:38:14 The incensed Tsaro females could easily cross right in behind them

00:42:23 Most lions recover well from the deep cuts they endure in their violent life

00:45:23 but not these lions.

00:47:44 may be a further factor in making them into these enormous Okavango swamp cats.

00:52:47 Instantly, the buffalo settle

00:56:34 just in time for their own additions to Duba plains.

01:00:27 They still need the buffalo

01:05:24 rather than running away wildly

01:09:31 but to retire from the field, beaten, and to find the other females.

01:14:39 When they make their third kill of the day

01:19:05 and foreboding in their innocent, but perceptive, minds.

01:22:41 They are now rallying to his call.

01:25:47 It is a vivid display of determination

01:30:36 of a distinct race or even species of lion?