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Viral video: Battle at Kruger

By Ed Burnette | January 8, 2008, 6:23am PST

Summary: One of the most popular videos at YouTube right now is dramatic footage taken by tourists in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The video starts with the lions hiding in the grass as the buffaloes approach. The lions pounce, bringing down the youngest calf and crashing into a nearby stream. Two crocs get in on the action and try to steal the catch but they’re outnumbered. Then the buffalo herd comes back, and one courageous bull makes his stand.

Viral video: Battle at Kruger One of the most popular videos at YouTube right now is dramatic footage taken by tourists in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. It’s an epic battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles.

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The video starts with the lions hiding in the grass as the buffaloes approach. The lions pounce, bringing down the youngest calf and crashing into a nearby stream. Two crocs get in on the action and try to steal the catch but they’re outnumbered. Then the buffalo herd comes back, and one courageous bull makes his stand.

The movie was shot by amateur photographer David Budzinski using a videocamera he received as a corporate gift. Since being posted to YouTube by fellow safari tourist Jason Schlosberg, it has been viewed over 23 million times. National Geographic even paid to send the pair back to Africa to develop a special on how they got this amazing footage.

Thanks to Adam for the tip.

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Ed Burnette is a software industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a programmer, author, and speaker. He has written numerous technical articles and books, most recently "Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform" from the Pragmatic Programmers.

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perryroyce@... 10th Jan 2008

Buffalos not only had them our numbered,,,but out weighted...wonder how many tons of buffalos there was? Cape buffalo are very bad tempered and aggressive but I never realized they would act in such a coordinated fashion like that. Didyou notice how the main part of the herd were standing sholder to sholder facing the lions,,and slowly moving in on them. Nothing for the lions to attack but horns! And then the bulls took care of driving the lions away. I kind of had mixed feelings,,sorry the lions had to go hungry,,,but glad the calf got away.

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perryroyce@... 9th Jan 2008

Thanks Ed....that is about the most unusual animal film I think I have seen. Its not surprising that the lions were working as a team, but who would have thought that a herd of Cape Buffalo could organize the that degree.
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