I posted another similar story from South Africa were the lion got stomped to death by buffaloes after it was forced out of the pride by the other lions. This lion was clever , it could have ended up for him like this breh
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The lion, who had earlier been forced out of his pride and beaten, attempts to hide from the herd of buffalo in the long grass
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But after a change in wind direction, the buffalo pick up on the lion's scent and begin to stampede towards the big cat
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The lion attempts to run away from the incoming buffalo, even though he was weak and sore from a previous attack by other lions
The lion then lay down in the long grass in a bid to hide but he was eventually spotted by the herd.
Eventually the buffalo caught up with him, before goring him, jumping on his death and crushing him to death.
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But despite the lion's best efforts at running away, the buffalo catch up with him, and initially knock him on to the ground
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The buffalo then begin to gore the lion with their horns to make sure he can't escape as more animals begin to charge in
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The stampede was captured on camera by game ranger Lyle Gregg, who had spotted the animal during an early morning drive around Kruger National Park
He explained: 'This male belonged to a pride which I knew very well, I had seen him everyday for two years.
'He had just been forced out by a coalition of five males from a different pride and we were concerned about him because he had taken a huge beating by the coalition just days before.
'As we sat there watching him I heard buffalo calling and remember saying to my guests that if this is a big herd he could be in trouble."
He added: 'The herd got to about thirty metres away and were walking past him when all of a sudden the wind changed direction and the buffalo picked
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