Amazing Footage of a Male Lion Taking Down a Buffalo with Consumate Ease Befofe your Very Eyes!

A common myth you often hear is that only females in a lion pride do the hunting. The theory being that this is because male lions leave the pride at around the age of two or three and therefore have insufficient time to learn adequate hunting skills from their fellows. Nonsense! While it is true the females do the lions share of the hunting, this is not due to a lack of skill on the part of the male but rather a simple gender specific difference in priorities. The males are too busy patrolling territorial boundaries to hunt in front of our eager cameras! They are busy keeping other males away from the females and their children in order to prevent the famous infanticide, in which male lions will kill cubs below the age of six months. They are busy fighting off the encroachment of hyenas who will happily kill lions and their cubs at every opportunity due to intense inter specific competition, where two species are competing for the same finite resource: food! But as this video shows, male lions are certainly well equipped for battle and powerful hunters in their own right. The kings of the jungle! Able to take down a buffalo weighing around eight to nine hundred kilograms in a single blow with one swipe of a mighty paw before suffocating the buffalo with powerful jaws tightly clenched on the throat. Thankfully a quick and relatively painless death! Lions are more than capable hunters, often brought in to take down the bigger prey including giraffe and even elephant. They are the ultimate bad ass of the Bush. This myth that male lions cannot and will not hunt needs to be dispelled!

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[liberty]

Two male lions coming in late, "okay, you can have the food; we're going after the girl."

[mdabdullah]

Taking down a beast of that size with your bare hands and brute strength... Now that is impressive of next levels

[jiu-jitsu-is-my-peace]

The thing no one has commented on is the intelligence of the take down. Heavy on the rear hips, immediately attacks the spine, grabs its left side so it can’t roll onto its from hooves and immediately attacks the most vulnerable part. Extremely smart animal.

[southfieldmichigan]

To those saying a male lion can't take down a full grown Buffalo Here you go

[donaldtrumps]

The size difference between the male and female lion is incredible

[MrAitraining]

lol 0:47 the 2 other males were like, "eh forget the buffalo, let's see who can get with this babe"

[ume]

Lioness: "Honey, ,we need back up"
Lion: "yes, , up on its back "

[topbanga]

other 2 male lions were like, "u got this dude, we gonna go get a quickie before dinner"

[bonnybonny]

It is incredible how the lion knows exactly when to stop choking. Underrated skill

[southwestroadtrips]

1:52 wildebeests in background: *Glad it's not us*

[mckenzie]

And some actually think the Male Lion never does a kill

[agreenl]

He is a very experienced hunter. Perfect execution.

[leoyuz]

This young male going to be a leader of the pride soon!👍

[andrethompson]

The other two males seemed more interested in mating than eating. They're like he's got this lets have some fun 🦁

[truthtruth]

Whoooaaa! That was a huge full grown cape buffalo! That mighty Lion took it down with ease!

[russelmayele]

This is for idiots that say lone lions can't take down Buffalos and that only tigers can

[grealestate]

Perfectly executed.
Reality of life cycle

[dhowto]

Impressive that one male lion could subdue a huge buffalo.

[nephirdiego]

Damn, what a badass. Very powerfull and very skilled. That was flawless.

[thejubileesproject]

The other lions just walked away like, “He got this.” What other predators can have such a nonchalant attitude towards hunting and survival. Total ownage! 💯