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    Winner! RUclips's Best Eyewitness Video.
    A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park while on safari.
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Комментарии • 37 тыс.

  • @VL1975
    @VL1975 5 лет назад +2391

    It's 2020 now. This happened in 2004. Over 15 years ago! Still one of the most epic wildlife videos ever.

  • @dodo-ux4po
    @dodo-ux4po 4 года назад +1742

    Let’s take a moment the apprentice the cameraman. He did an excellent job capturing the events from such a distance and with a shitty camera. We live in a world where people can’t even properly record school fights with their cutting-edge telephones, but this guy managed to deliver a perfect footage of a gang-war between species. Respect for those steady hands

  • @hitmanhart22
    @hitmanhart22 2 года назад +170

    This is 2023....I remember watching this video in 2007 on my laptop...in Vancouver WA, RUclips, Facebook social media etc were very new....I phones didn't exist....today I'm watching it on a iphone....oh how technology has changed our lives. Hats off to the video Grapher for producing one of the best videos on RUclips.

    • @IrjiDudek
      @IrjiDudek Год назад +7

      Decades ago it was the most watched video on youtube, deserve it.

    • @BrandonLavender-q2x
      @BrandonLavender-q2x 11 месяцев назад +1

      Same here... right on Broadway and commercial

    • @mjleger4555
      @mjleger4555 10 месяцев назад +2

      So true! It's almost kind of scary where it will take us next; already i don't like AI with its mispronounced and misused words!

    • @johnhennessy8903
      @johnhennessy8903 9 месяцев назад

      @@mjleger4555 hell is scary ... brainwashing demonic mind control...

    • @GUELLOX4
      @GUELLOX4 6 месяцев назад +1

      The fuck does that have to do with this baby

  • @Caboosie797
    @Caboosie797 Год назад +13

    From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank my teacher from Lake Central in Indiana for telling the class to go online and watch this video when I was a freshman in 2008. Nobody in the class seemed to care that much, but little did they know he was sharing with us something magnificent.
    It is a crime that I cannot remember his name, but I'll never forget the precious gift he shared with us. This will always be beautiful and timeless.

    • @rameezm23
      @rameezm23 Год назад

      His name is Mr. Buff Alo

  • @kelvinhuicinephile
    @kelvinhuicinephile 9 лет назад +415

    The first buffalo at 5:12 that attacks and chases off one of the lions deserves huge credit. You can tell the rest of the buffaloes gained more confidence as each lion was driven off one by one. Incredible video!

    • @eudube
      @eudube 6 лет назад +68

      Look carefully. The second attack on 5:48 is also performed by the same buffalo

    • @Muybuena
      @Muybuena 6 лет назад +38

      Yo, THAT buffalo is a TRUE MVB (Bovine)! He was just not having it!

    • @raymendez3403
      @raymendez3403 6 лет назад +29

      Kelvin Hui It’s the same buffalo that comes back at 5:47 he for sure doesn’t fear for his life lmaooo

    • @kelvinhuicinephile
      @kelvinhuicinephile 5 лет назад +1

      @@eudube Wow! Never noticed that before!

    • @gypsyauh2o
      @gypsyauh2o 4 года назад +2

      @@Muybuena I'm sick and tires of these motherfucking lions on my motherfucking calf!

  • @Infamous_B_C
    @Infamous_B_C 3 года назад +163

    I’ve watched this 100s of times and it’s still amazing. One of the best scenes to depict the intensity of the jungle. The lions and crocs know the amount of energy is not worth it and the buffalo shows that strength in numbers beats all.

    • @bank80
      @bank80 2 года назад +21

      Do you know what a jungle is...

    • @Infamous_B_C
      @Infamous_B_C 2 года назад

      @@bank80 would you prefer I say watering hole? What’s up your butt?

    • @alanjm1234
      @alanjm1234 2 года назад +4

      The calf would almost certainly have died from infection from all the bites, and probably got eaten by hyenas.

    • @Infamous_B_C
      @Infamous_B_C 2 года назад +3

      @@alanjm1234 possibly, to bad there’s not a follow up.

    • @ToddCrispies
      @ToddCrispies 2 года назад +6

      For someone who's not watched this 100s of times, it took one viewing to realize there is no jungle in the video.

  • @EKULvideos
    @EKULvideos 10 лет назад +782

    I honestly never realised just how intelligent wild animals are. The few buffalo went back, called for help and brought an entire fucking herd to save their young. That's some advanced animal warfare shit right there.

    • @-441-
      @-441- 10 лет назад +107

      EKULvideos Call of Wild: Advanced Warfare

    • @_Niko11001
      @_Niko11001 10 лет назад +66

      bdaALLday 441 *Call of Wild: Black Ox
      Kappa

    • @Messiah114
      @Messiah114 10 лет назад +27

      EKULvideos Call of Wild: Black Ox 3

    • @mrmaxell222
      @mrmaxell222 10 лет назад +34

      EKULvideos People really don't give animals enough credit when it comes to how smart they can be!
      Crows solving puzzles.
      ruclips.net/video/AVaITA7eBZE/видео.html
      Killer whales manipulating waves
      ruclips.net/video/hPge_0lea3o/видео.html
      Monkeys using tools
      ruclips.net/video/Icxwwy7a7Sk/видео.html
      Chimps using sharp sticks as spears in warfare/hunting.
      ruclips.net/video/FyGxQq7jSA8/видео.html
      Dolphins understand how mirrors work
      ruclips.net/video/Mn6kJJfNLVA/видео.html
      Dolphin swim up to diver to be rescued from a hook
      ruclips.net/video/wL9I4BxuryY/видео.html
      Dolphins work with humans to catch fish.
      ruclips.net/video/M0lKhKZDv4w/видео.html

    • @HoangNhatDukyDuc
      @HoangNhatDukyDuc 10 лет назад +7

      EKULvideos this grand moment could be a turning point in evolution for the buffalo race as a whole on the savannah of Africa. With the ways climate is changing, my prediction buffalo will turn omnivorous but may be its just shit. Buffalo will forever never surpass the elephants though as in intelligence, strength and toughness. Watching this video makes me feel bad for the majestic big cats race. Most of them are probably going to extinct in the near future. Life as a carnivore is a lot harder since their only source of food always on the move and sometimes can even kill them.

  • @HeilMike
    @HeilMike 3 года назад +127

    This was the first video I watched in its entirety on RUclips.
    First, I saw the story on TV, they said that Battle at Kruger is AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. In the evening, when my mother came home from work, I set this eight-minute video to load, and after half an hour I gathered the whole family at the computer and shared the emotions with them.
    Literally half a year later, dad connected a faster Internet and watching any video on any platform was no longer a big event.
    I don’t know why I’m writing this, I’m probably just glad that I remember how my relationship with RUclips began.

    • @deborahehrman8848
      @deborahehrman8848 2 года назад +6

      This too was my "first" impressive video watched on utube.
      TY!
      Excellent 👍

    • @G3NK5T42
      @G3NK5T42 Год назад +2

      I remember those slow ass dial up internet days.
      The youngsters complaining about slow load time nowadays, don't even know how we used to have it.😂

  • @kickdogseal
    @kickdogseal 5 лет назад +77

    This is not just the greatest wildlife video of all time but also one of the greatest videos of all time. Imagine all the moments like this that went un-captured in the history of earth.

  • @BaggyMcPiper
    @BaggyMcPiper 10 лет назад +78

    Eight years on and this is still one of the most phenomenal videos on RUclips.

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 2 года назад +1

      How do you know it's 8 years? They don't show the date or number of views anymore, which sucks ..

    • @luckyluc6654
      @luckyluc6654 2 года назад +1

      @@blucat4 they do

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 2 года назад

      @@luckyluc6654 Can you see the date and number of views here, at the top of this video? SOME videos still do but most don't. This one doesn't. What have I missed ?

    • @luckyluc6654
      @luckyluc6654 2 года назад

      @@blucat4 there is man if you want i can give it to you it's right under thr video

    • @luckyluc6654
      @luckyluc6654 2 года назад

      @@blucat4 2007 may 3

  • @LenaCourtney
    @LenaCourtney 9 лет назад +596

    this has got to be the most amazing thing that naturally happened captured on video ever

    • @amm019
      @amm019 8 лет назад +39

      What's more amazing than that is that the calf has survived both a lion attack and a crocodile attack......AT THE SAME TIME!!!!

    • @Puckanm
      @Puckanm 8 лет назад +17

      what kind of racist comment was this?

    • @John-ih7gp
      @John-ih7gp 8 лет назад

      Have you been filmed yet?

    • @supertuesday600
      @supertuesday600 8 лет назад +3

      Yes this video got an Award a few years back if I remember correctly.

    • @ribby9069
      @ribby9069 8 лет назад +4

      that calf is gonna get all the chicks amm

  • @RaulVicenteJ
    @RaulVicenteJ Год назад +15

    I was here when the video first came out and all these years later I'm back to show my little daughters. They were thrilled. Thanks internet.

  • @JoeLackey
    @JoeLackey 8 лет назад +876

    This generated more excitement in 8 minutes than Hollywood can in 2 hours.

    • @hansen7986
      @hansen7986 5 лет назад +18

      You are goddamn right.

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd 5 лет назад +11

      This is as good as it gets in nature action photography. even the guide said so.

    • @leeeskdale8878
      @leeeskdale8878 5 лет назад +2

      Went here to check I got

    • @Albert_Herring
      @Albert_Herring 5 лет назад +8

      hUR DURR HOllyWOOD BadHUR DURR HOME VIdeOS GOOD HUR DURR

    • @HenryDube72
      @HenryDube72 4 года назад +6

      @@greg19670 the herd were the avengers...

  • @bunnbandit92
    @bunnbandit92 8 лет назад +1551

    That baby calf was getting tug-a-wared by a pack of lions and a freaking crocodile, then was able to eventually get up and walk away. He the true mvp!

    • @xChann
      @xChann 8 лет назад +100

      Tbh, I doubt he survived - he probably either died from his injuries, or got caught by other predators later since he was probably very weak. But who knows! I agree though, he's definitely the mvp in this video. :p

    • @tyhaf5516
      @tyhaf5516 8 лет назад +35

      Chantal Schot he was gonna get caught by other predators if he was weak or not. He's a baby but I doubt he dies because he has a pack and people probably found him and healed him up.

    • @claudiomonreal8729
      @claudiomonreal8729 8 лет назад +25

      Chantal Schot i agree his injuries had to be real bad but i hope he got better

    • @МарияВасильева-б2у
      @МарияВасильева-б2у 7 лет назад

      SBlevi65 и зз

    • @WolfofAsia012
      @WolfofAsia012 6 лет назад +60

      even if he dies, he will die a hero. he didn't give up

  • @LITTLE1994
    @LITTLE1994 4 года назад +488

    This still remains one of the most epic videos of wildlife I've ever seen. Full of unexpected moments.

    • @cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542
      @cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542 3 года назад +7

      Yes Just BUFFALO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @patterns7953
      @patterns7953 2 года назад

      except for the crocodile part 🤪

    • @mhmodsuorya5822
      @mhmodsuorya5822 2 года назад

      حججك

    • @zultana2078
      @zultana2078 2 года назад

      And those bitches who watching this , were laughing? I would throw them in that river for the crocodiles meal.

  • @marveler5336
    @marveler5336 Год назад +29

    The video was captured 19 years ago, and it is still one of the most amazing wildlife encountered ever recorded by camera 🎥 ❤👍 Really inspiring about the power of team work also!🎉

  • @TTTWILL
    @TTTWILL 9 лет назад +281

    after almost 10 years, still the most epic video on youtube.

  • @norseknowhow
    @norseknowhow 3 года назад +907

    That surviving baby buffalo is probably a grandpa today, telling his grandkids about that miracle and why not to give up in life 😊

    • @internetexplorer3625
      @internetexplorer3625 3 года назад +104

      nah, he's dead

    • @jjsquire706
      @jjsquire706 3 года назад +38

      🤕That was a bad day for the baby buffalo before the family showed up. It had lion's chewing on one side and Crocs trying to lock and twist on the other😳 I'm glad the little soldier made it out alive👍😎👌

    • @charles9571
      @charles9571 3 года назад +82

      No way that young buffalo survived that in the end. Injuries were probably fatal.

    • @ali10833
      @ali10833 3 года назад +37

      there is no doubt that calf is dead from those bite

    • @patt5085
      @patt5085 3 года назад +19

      Telling his grandcalves how grandpa went to school everyday

  • @LeoWhalen1933
    @LeoWhalen1933 6 лет назад +44

    This is actually the video that made me discover RUclips. I go back to it every few years. It is beautiful, savage, and exciting all at once. It's all positive too. There are no bad guys... it's all about survival, no matter what side these animals are on.

  • @OOBLAB
    @OOBLAB 3 года назад +17

    Couldn’t have believed it, even if the witnesses had told this story. Hats off to the camera person for capturing this incredible footage. Makes me wonder how many of these battles actually go uncaptured.

  • @deborahwood9304
    @deborahwood9304 8 лет назад +148

    These people caught a truly once in a lifetime event on camera - just awe inspiring!

    • @baap5970
      @baap5970 8 лет назад

      dixie dragon nerdddd

    • @CNQueen-qr8wf
      @CNQueen-qr8wf 8 лет назад +3

      kenny12321 But if ts a kid, why would you call him/her retarded -_-

    • @reneeproud5273
      @reneeproud5273 8 лет назад

      C.N. Queen for real tho

    • @angelabordack
      @angelabordack 8 лет назад

      C.N. Queen Seriously!

  • @benkata
    @benkata 9 лет назад +137

    one of the greatest RUclips clips of all time

  • @danmclean7375
    @danmclean7375 6 лет назад +52

    This never gets old, no matter how many times I watch it.

    • @feliciacarter4686
      @feliciacarter4686 2 дня назад

      @@danmclean7375 Hello you. I'm still alive and watching it! Will get back to you next year... hopefully. 🥰

  • @creativecritters6791
    @creativecritters6791 3 года назад +237

    I love how the crocodile probably saved the calf's life unintentionally by trying to grab it, buying more time for the herd to arrive.

    • @checkmate778
      @checkmate778 3 года назад +15

      Interesting observation

    • @1995Auburn
      @1995Auburn 3 года назад +18

      Crocodile is a hero! (Accidentally)

    • @ali10833
      @ali10833 2 года назад +11

      crocodile just want to smash that calf

    • @mattmurphy8288
      @mattmurphy8288 2 года назад +8

      Croc would been better off taking one of the lions…

    • @ali10833
      @ali10833 2 года назад +13

      @@mattmurphy8288 crocs are afriad of lions, lions and elephants are kings in africa

  • @noeltdj5112
    @noeltdj5112 10 лет назад +225

    Wow! totally unexpected. I cant believe that little calf managed to survive a tug of war match between a pride of lions and a large crocodile. If that calf could talk, it would have a story to tell. Its tough being a Lion, a hunt doesn't always go to plan.

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 10 лет назад +11

      Noel Terry There were two huge crocodiles, so it was even more challenging.

    • @DorestantDan
      @DorestantDan 10 лет назад +30

      Noel Terry He probably grew up feeling invincible, tried to take on a group of lions alone, and got murdered

    • @RemixPicture
      @RemixPicture 10 лет назад +60

      Daniel Dorestant I have a strong feeling that it died a short time after this was filmed due to injuries. But I don't know.

    • @LockedGT
      @LockedGT 10 лет назад +6

      Noel Terry No way he's going to live. If he doesn't bleed to death, one of his dozens of wounds will get infected

    • @bennettfender1546
      @bennettfender1546 8 лет назад +1

      The Devil Himself say that to savuti lions they have become expert elephant killers.

  • @japooskas
    @japooskas 6 лет назад +1670

    Wow so many different species doing what they do best; Pack hunting, solo sneak hunting, fighting to survive, youtubing.

  • @xBluegamerx
    @xBluegamerx 8 лет назад +155

    What i love about this amazing video is that in nature most animals just cut their loses and leave, they don't usually go and bring back the entire herd for revenge.

    • @raymendez3403
      @raymendez3403 5 лет назад +11

      xBluegamerx not true lol this is common for buffalos they often do that

    • @BillPurkayastha
      @BillPurkayastha 5 лет назад +11

      The Cape Buffalo is a little bit different from most other animals. Cracked.com calls them vengeance fuelled killing machines.

    • @Farmboy1544
      @Farmboy1544 5 лет назад +7

      250 water buffalo averaging 1500 pounds each equals 375 000 pounds of very angry, don't be F-ing around with us or you're going to have a bad day.

    • @Marcus123ification
      @Marcus123ification 2 года назад +2

      This cape buffalos are not the ordinary kind of prey, there's a video of one single handely managing to survive a 3 lion attack

    • @broadcasttttable
      @broadcasttttable 2 года назад +1

      Whether your man or beast, you don't mess with a cape buffalo.

  • @steventalvinzvestal420
    @steventalvinzvestal420 11 месяцев назад +31

    This video definitely deserves to be on the internet history museum.

  • @blacksuperman9891
    @blacksuperman9891 6 лет назад +759

    That buffalo was well connected. I wish my squad was that deep.

  • @arlichar11
    @arlichar11 8 лет назад +211

    its just amazing that 2 buffaloe were able go somewhere and find a gang of others, and say hey we need your help over here...and were able save one of there own....

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 5 лет назад +1

      @FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation It's not like it was needed lmao

    • @almondjuice1670
      @almondjuice1670 5 лет назад

      @@SirKolass Yes they are in charge of finding the lolis

    • @cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542
      @cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542 3 года назад +2

      NO ONE CAN STOP BUFFALO

    • @asmodeus1274
      @asmodeus1274 6 месяцев назад

      ⁠@@SirKolass 🤣 The guy that you responded to 4 years ago, got his YT account terminated. Click on his username

  • @2k_
    @2k_ 8 лет назад +490

    the young buffalo be like to his kids,
    I survived while I was between the jaws of lions and crocodiles...
    his kids: "yeah right"

    • @robmunro1065
      @robmunro1065 5 лет назад +3

      HAHAHA 2K very good!

    • @seandelevan
      @seandelevan 4 года назад +4

      Ha yeah I hope he grows to be this old, scarred, bad ass water Buffalo.

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd 4 года назад +1

      Some old lion going on about how the buffalo stole the calf he dragged from a crocodiles jaw.

    • @Ken_Frazer-619
      @Ken_Frazer-619 3 года назад

      If any of the animals involved in the video are still alive it's the crocodile no way either the buffalos or the lions are still alive 16 years on

    • @MetalHeart8787
      @MetalHeart8787 10 дней назад +1

      Then he can say to his Kids, well just Look it up on RUclips, it has Millions of Views. : )

  • @tshepisosegale3622
    @tshepisosegale3622 3 года назад +17

    Had a tour yesterday with the guide in the video (Frank), the one who switches between English and Afrikaans. Absolute gem of a man and still so passionate about his work

  • @rs660alec
    @rs660alec 5 лет назад +416

    "....yeah his old man claims he fought four lions when he was still a calf, and lived? What a lying lunatic"

    • @dizzy1369
      @dizzy1369 5 лет назад +11

      More than 4 it looks like.

    • @sassyimps
      @sassyimps 4 года назад +10

      You missed an opportunity for a lion pun.

    • @collinpace6522
      @collinpace6522 4 года назад +1

      Of course he was lying. It was six!

  • @chloecocker5986
    @chloecocker5986 14 дней назад +3

    I remember watching this years ago. Watched hundreds more wildlife videos since and this is still the most phenomenal one I've seen. Moves me to tears

    • @Yeahwtf
      @Yeahwtf 2 дня назад +1

      Yep...I've been watching wildlife videos since the 70's...and this one is STILL crazy! 😁👍

  • @clubdrunkify
    @clubdrunkify 2 года назад +9

    Loved the tour guides/ranger commentary. Adds so much weight and excitement to what's happening

  • @suiybnfisyfe
    @suiybnfisyfe Месяц назад +2

    I remember watching this about 6 months after it came out, I showed it to a friend of mine around 2012 he passed away a year later but I remember how much he really liked this video!

  • @dantesprophet9612
    @dantesprophet9612 8 лет назад +157

    That crocodile was probably in the water wonderin wtf it had just witnessed.
    Lions: WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?

  • @singularity4980
    @singularity4980 4 года назад +178

    13 years and this video still has better quality than bank security cameras

  • @xSkitZx
    @xSkitZx 10 лет назад +1045

    Lions regroup shortly after -
    "Guys. Guys... Guys......... Guys... What the f*** just happened?"

    • @ledernierutopiste
      @ledernierutopiste 10 лет назад +105

      You mean "Girls...Girls", they are lioness, look at their hair -_-.

    • @codyFranklinToadbustingKing
      @codyFranklinToadbustingKing 10 лет назад +29

      ledernierutopiste actually, only 4 of them were young girls, the other two were young males.

    • @TheVaral
      @TheVaral 10 лет назад +12

      gang war

    • @JasonLee-ow8qz
      @JasonLee-ow8qz 10 лет назад +1

      xSkitZx then the lions called out for even more friends, and they have a gang of buffalos to eat for years

    • @BrandanG19
      @BrandanG19 10 лет назад +41

      cody Franklin look even closer you will see they in fact are not actually lions at all but humans in lion suits

  • @ebenclukey7293
    @ebenclukey7293 Год назад +13

    One of the greatest nature moments ever filmed.

  • @JewandGreek
    @JewandGreek 4 года назад +262

    Lions be all gangsta til one of em goes flyin thru the air.

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd 4 года назад +9

      King of beasts no more. Nearly had lunch stolen by a primitive reptile, then get chased off by a bunch of cows.

    • @hafsah7813
      @hafsah7813 4 года назад +1

      lol

    • @TheDazzler420
      @TheDazzler420 4 года назад +16

      @@minnowpd those cows weighs 900kgs and that croc has learnt to dominate that water for millions of years.

    • @taniavankemp4394
      @taniavankemp4394 4 года назад +4

      @@minnowpd Still kings and Queens of beasts in my book, no other mammal is going to have the iron balls to try defend themselves against a hundred or so buffalo 😂. I liken it to an army of fat adults chasing a small group of people from a drive thru.

    • @rio.escobo
      @rio.escobo 4 года назад +2

      @@minnowpd NEARLY that 1000 pound croc primitive croc didn’t take their lunch cause the Lions were better The croc should’ve been able to keep a grip and drag it or death roll or come on land and fight but he was scared cause he knew the lions were better. Those Cows were 3x the lions size with Iron Horns the size of arms Vs one lion because the other lions Left and they were female if it was a Pride of Male brothers to equal out the Size difference the cows wouldn’t have tried and the calf would’ve died

  • @benbrackin2067
    @benbrackin2067 4 года назад +196

    Lions: We saw your baby fall in the water, we were trying to save him from the crocs.

  • @JohnAWPBFL
    @JohnAWPBFL 3 месяца назад +21

    Anyone still watching this again and again? AMAZING!

    • @PCJ52
      @PCJ52 2 месяца назад

      Jan, 2025 watching it again.

    • @dannycolorado5875
      @dannycolorado5875 2 месяца назад

      Never seen this before today. Interesting...this scene is repeated thousands of times every year...

    • @s0lice
      @s0lice Месяц назад +1

      I saw this for the first time over 15 years ago, just re-watched it today.... still epic.

    • @BillPurkayastha
      @BillPurkayastha 5 дней назад

      I've watched it at least 50 times over the years.

  • @valentinych282
    @valentinych282 Год назад +6

    What a brilliant movie! It definitely deserved an Oscar!

  • @slightlydistressedslug6627
    @slightlydistressedslug6627 5 лет назад +79

    Just watched this in my bio class. Everyone FLIPPED when the herd showed up. On par with the level of excitement and awe as watching backup emerge from the portals in Endgame for the first time in theaters. That’s how epic this is

    • @slightlydistressedslug6627
      @slightlydistressedslug6627 5 лет назад +7

      That’s the best way I can think to describe the energy

    • @slightlydistressedslug6627
      @slightlydistressedslug6627 5 лет назад +7

      The most dramatic, climactic moment possible

    • @addiesuggs1692
      @addiesuggs1692 Год назад +2

      Literally the exact same thing just happen in my bio class lol

    • @mikelombard21
      @mikelombard21 Год назад

      I was about to say something similar. It was like they rallied and called their banners and the whole host of Buffalos arrived for battle. My college roommate was an art student. He drew an amazing stylized group portrait/picture of all our close friends. He called it his Buffalos. Because buffalos always have your back.

  • @izzybellavillalobos1658
    @izzybellavillalobos1658 8 лет назад +49

    I got goosebumps at "The calf's still alive. It's standing up. They've got it back".

  • @alonzoharris7836
    @alonzoharris7836 5 лет назад +402

    Better writing than Game of Thrones Season 8

  • @tylerrr.
    @tylerrr. 18 часов назад

    I'd never had the desire to go on a "safari" trip in my life. Until now. Holy shit. That was truly epic. The way that heard (if that's the correct term) of buffalo communicated, planned and perfectly executed their counter attack was amazing. Holy shit.

  • @enigmatic474
    @enigmatic474 9 лет назад +34

    I think this was actually the first video I ever saw on youtube. I remember constantly showing it to everyone I met for months on end, no matter the occasion.. it was like my party trick, back before I realised I should probably develop a personality

    • @Featherogue
      @Featherogue 6 лет назад +2

      you are my spirit animal

  • @chemicalwonderland2492
    @chemicalwonderland2492 5 лет назад +287

    Incredible how the buffalo look out for and protect eachother. Individually they are weak, but together they are strong. And no one gets left behind. We could all take a page out of the buffalo book.

  • @cozscav
    @cozscav 10 лет назад +241

    Give the baby buffalo a fucking medal. It survived LIONS, AND AN ALLIGATOR!

  • @reactivereplays5666
    @reactivereplays5666 5 месяцев назад

    I've been watching animal footage and online videos for about 24 years or so. How have I have come across this is bewildering to me as much as what I just witnessed! as the top voter says... It is hard to pick a more incredible piece of footage than this!

  • @Crantrex
    @Crantrex 7 лет назад +237

    It's amazing what animals do to get on youtube

    • @Adam-rh9my
      @Adam-rh9my 4 года назад +2

      this really made me laugh bro lol...hilarious

    • @alexchad98
      @alexchad98 4 года назад +1

      True still watching in 2020

    • @7baer
      @7baer 4 года назад

      They did it because of survival suppit!

    • @sankaranmahadevan9985
      @sankaranmahadevan9985 4 года назад

      Some idiots laughing

    • @7baer
      @7baer 4 года назад

      @Kay Mitchell lol

  • @allsmiles3666
    @allsmiles3666 9 лет назад +66

    No matter what this video will always have a new viewer.

  • @parijatdeb5045
    @parijatdeb5045 4 года назад +36

    This video is legendary. Last time I watched this it was 2012

  • @fallenmorningstar99
    @fallenmorningstar99 8 месяцев назад +2

    In Kruger 2024 and was telling friends about this epic video from years ago ! Thought I would come back and reminisce on You Tube without ads!

  • @dec2
    @dec2 9 лет назад +9

    The "I'm running out of film" quip around 4:18 is ominous to me, because that could have deprived the whole world of this amazing footage. best video on youtube imo.

  • @heather871
    @heather871 10 лет назад +62

    That was so much more awesome than I was expecting it to be.

    • @Toofuegooo
      @Toofuegooo 10 лет назад +10

      hardstyle905 Nice try buddy

    • @darktrexcz
      @darktrexcz 10 лет назад +4

      hardstyle905 lol what a fucking creeper.

    • @zonx27
      @zonx27 10 лет назад +3

      hardstyle905 wow sir creeps a lot in here. GTFO bro

    • @zonx27
      @zonx27 10 лет назад +1

      man, i dont even have a facebook. Im not mad about anything lol.

    • @Spills51
      @Spills51 10 лет назад

      hardstyle905 You made your hitting on a transvestite bra? No...that's your thing I guess lolz.

  • @Jtwizzle
    @Jtwizzle 11 лет назад +42

    This group definitely got their moneys worth on this tour, my goodness.

  • @NycXTool
    @NycXTool Год назад +1

    This is so Eric 20, 20 years later, One of the most amazing Safari videos ever.

  • @merveilmeok2416
    @merveilmeok2416 5 лет назад +13

    This is one of my favorite videos on RUclips. I have shared this video with many people over the years.

  • @markuwho
    @markuwho 10 лет назад +474

    They fucked with one bull, they fuck with 100

    • @callmeshortcake
      @callmeshortcake 10 лет назад +7

      Markzy correction... tis a buffalo. Not a bull. C'mon man!! ;P

    • @markuwho
      @markuwho 10 лет назад +1

      Lali Diaz Sorry haha

    • @callmeshortcake
      @callmeshortcake 10 лет назад +1

      lmao it is alright. just lookin out for ya bruh

    • @stuckIN801
      @stuckIN801 10 лет назад +24

      Lali Diaz well a male buffalo is a bull, so op is correct xD

    • @callmeshortcake
      @callmeshortcake 10 лет назад +15

      ...... I was testing you guys
      Good job.....You passed.

  • @609InYourCoffeeMaker
    @609InYourCoffeeMaker 9 лет назад +104

    Thank you, Zach Woods

  • @malikanachewe4973
    @malikanachewe4973 Год назад +1

    16 years and still epic, greatest video of all time

  • @Meðalgarðr
    @Meðalgarðr 9 лет назад +38

    amazing capture!! that little calf was super strong! impressive.

  • @ColinsBaldGrandma
    @ColinsBaldGrandma 9 лет назад +515

    that baby is gunna grow up with some stories...

    • @gatsby8479
      @gatsby8479 9 лет назад +4

      +ColinsBaldGrandma thought this was a joke.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 8 лет назад +9

      This aint Disney World?

    • @dannyhuynh7782
      @dannyhuynh7782 8 лет назад +22

      +jsivna then a crocodile bit my butt and tried yanking me down with it but no I stayed strong and escaped from them both.......

    • @HummodahajjehHajjeh
      @HummodahajjehHajjeh 8 лет назад +2

      +Pancakes and Waffles uh huh

    • @ESS83
      @ESS83 8 лет назад +8

      Never too young for a Kruger flashback

  • @sharpcookiellc
    @sharpcookiellc 10 лет назад +325

    strength in numbers. learn humans. learn.

    • @cheeksmcgee6777
      @cheeksmcgee6777 10 лет назад +61

      there's 7 billion of us on the planet...i'd say we're doing alright

    • @sharpcookiellc
      @sharpcookiellc 10 лет назад +17

      cheeks mcgee I meant against each other

    • @dwarfie24
      @dwarfie24 10 лет назад +3

      secondsunn To lean on one factor to much is naive.

    • @Jokestur
      @Jokestur 10 лет назад +38

      secondsunn oh yes, this new age lesson, that we have never used before or even thought of, how wondrous that you have now found the secret to life

    • @SooperBeez
      @SooperBeez 10 лет назад +2

      secondsunn this is the model of black people jumping in fights

  • @Oiak1086
    @Oiak1086 12 часов назад

    The strength of buffaloes is shocking - how they effortlessly toss adult lions into the air, making them look like rag dolls. Great video! Hope it gets a remaster someday

  • @charlespierrot156
    @charlespierrot156 3 года назад +112

    Very good video (unfortunately not in HD at that time...) of this exceptional event which took place in the South of Kruger Park (South Africa) at 'Transport dam' in late afternoon, in October 2004. I was there too and I took a few pictures. In fact, my car was right next to cameraman's and I had the same angle of view of the scenery.
    Arriving by the access road to the dam (2 kilometers) about one hour before this event, I first saw a large herd of buffaloes feeding along this road but moving slowly towards the water hole. Close to the water, there were 6 or 7 lions, females and young males, resting on the grass. I predicted that something was going to happen in the next hour and I waited near this group of lions.
    Indeed, the buffaloes finally joined the water hole, only seeing at the last moment the lions, immobile and lurking on the ground. The lions then grabbed a young buffalo which fell in the water in its flight. It was then pulled for a moment both by a crocodile pulling down and the lions pulling up, which this video shows very well.
    The lions managed to get the young buffalo back ans tackled it to the ground, without killing it immediately, because they were very concerned by the imminent charge of buffaloes, which took a while to organize themselves in a line (like cavalry) and finally charged fully the lions which had to let go their prey. It miraculously got back on its feet and succeeded to join the herd of adults. There was then back and forth between buffaloes and lions who wanted to try to recover their prey, likely still a little hurt. It is there that we see here for a moment buffaloes encircling the lions near the water and a horned female lion leaping in the air.
    The video lasts 8 mn but the event lasted over one half an hour in all. Finally, none animal remained seriously injured on the ground despite a long an tough fight.
    I have been going to this Park regularly one month a year and almost every year since 1999 and this is one of my best memories.
    Well done to the cameraman! I am myself making videos in this Park for a few years, posted in RUclips and the link to my channel is: ruclips.net/channel/UCP8iOqOUr7hFvtRag49l3Xw Charles Pierrot.

    • @lynxvideophoto3d334
      @lynxvideophoto3d334 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/gdOaplLWOug/видео.html

    • @horselover7744
      @horselover7744 3 года назад +6

      Do you know which pride it was ? What an incredible event to have witnessed you are very lucky ^^

    • @lizapaiziscreations4942
      @lizapaiziscreations4942 Год назад

      My family and I have been going to the Kruger National Park since the early '80's (we're South African"
      Been to the Transport Dam many times - such a great location just to sit and watch the wildlife there do its thing.
      What an incredible scene for you to have witnessed there!
      Thanks for the detailed description: I've only ever seen one kill at the Park, it was from a long distance and very distressing to see.
      Nature is brutal, but an event like this highlights a sense of compassion not only to us, but I believe, to animals as well.

  • @wastedyouthoftoday
    @wastedyouthoftoday 10 лет назад +21

    still impresses me no matter how many times i watch it. too amazing!

    • @alexgrig2000
      @alexgrig2000 10 лет назад +6

      i think, it's best ever video shooting by human

    • @wastedyouthoftoday
      @wastedyouthoftoday 10 лет назад +1

      alexgrig2000 agreed! would have been amazing to see in person!

  • @homemmpa
    @homemmpa 4 года назад +11

    It's an amazing display of group dynamic in the wild. Instinct and the backing of the group empowers that one buffalo to make the first charge over the lionesses, then it comes back and throws the second one in the air and those actions in turn feed back into the group triggering them all to action. A true "one for all and all for one".
    Only young lionesses, probably a different outcome with more mature ones, but still one of the greatest wildlife videos ever.

  • @mcoguyaj
    @mcoguyaj День назад

    Doesn't matter how many times I see this video it never gets old. It popped up in my feed today.

  • @Krankysimo
    @Krankysimo 9 лет назад +476

    Crocodiles: the campers of the nature :P

  • @agukokobaba4103
    @agukokobaba4103 6 лет назад +35

    *The Battle of Trager or The Battle of the three armies. The small contingent of the buffalo army scouted ahead. Unseen to them were the lion army waiting around the bush. They launched a sneak attack and captured one. The other buffalos ran off to get renforcements. Suddenly, while trying to secure their prize, the crocodile army attacked from the sea. Trying to get a hold of the buffalo, there was a fierce tug of war. Finally, the crocodile army retreated back. That was when the buffalo armies renforcements arrived, this time with over whelming numbers. The lions, determined to hold their ground, set a defensive perimeter. The buffalo army started to encircle the lions. Half the lions retreated while half stayed. The buffalo were now laying siege to the lions. Attempting to break the siege, one lion skirmishes with the buffalo and draws them away while the rest of the lion army retreats.*

  • @sh0werp0wer
    @sh0werp0wer 10 лет назад +234

    The icing on the cake would have been if they thrusted the lions into the lake and they got eaten by the crocodile

    • @EirikXL
      @EirikXL 10 лет назад +15

      Why do you want the lions to die?

    • @sh0werp0wer
      @sh0werp0wer 10 лет назад +16

      EirikXL I didn't say that.

    • @EirikXL
      @EirikXL 10 лет назад +4

      Julian Nikolay Krogh-Fredriksen Eaten by crocodiles?

    • @sh0werp0wer
      @sh0werp0wer 10 лет назад +34

      EirikXL I said it would be the icing on the cake. In terms of craziness. I mean the what's special about the video is that everything happening is so absurdly crazy, the crocodile ending up fighting the lions for the buffalo baby, the other buffalos saving the buffao baby, rofl

    • @EirikXL
      @EirikXL 10 лет назад +3

      Julian Nikolay Krogh-Fredriksen Ah, now it makes sense ^^

  • @carollinley1181
    @carollinley1181 8 месяцев назад +1

    This film will go down in history.

  • @raulhaan8165
    @raulhaan8165 5 лет назад +6

    The content of the video is so great that nobody complaints about the pour quality

    • @akhri7041
      @akhri7041 5 лет назад

      oh my gosh, this comment will go viral.

  • @FaisalAzad
    @FaisalAzad 10 лет назад +7

    This never ceases to amaze me... Puts me in tears just seeing the beauty of this
    jaw-dropping

    • @FaisalAzad
      @FaisalAzad 10 лет назад +1

      watch the entire thing...

  • @diegogonzalez459
    @diegogonzalez459 8 лет назад +377

    When the squad shows up to back you up on a fight

  • @SupaDankB4Christ
    @SupaDankB4Christ 2 месяца назад +2

    I saw this on tv this is by far one of the most craziest nature moments caught in camera

  • @okokokokokokokokkook
    @okokokokokokokokkook 10 лет назад +2076

    Who else found this video for the first time ever today?

    • @zlarb
      @zlarb 10 лет назад +2

      reid hawkins MEEEEEEEEEE

    • @whatsup3183
      @whatsup3183 10 лет назад +13

      reid hawkins i was just looking at the youtube spotlight and found this.

    • @GloryPatriot
      @GloryPatriot 10 лет назад +1

      reid hawkins I did.

    • @oldaccount8964
      @oldaccount8964 10 лет назад +1

      reid hawkins me

    • @GloryPatriot
      @GloryPatriot 10 лет назад +4

      reid hawkins I didn't know Animals have wars.

  • @The247th
    @The247th 10 лет назад +496

    Would've been even more epic if the lions got tossed into the lake and the crocs ate em

    • @zaks7
      @zaks7 10 лет назад +36

      ***** I wanted that to happen lol

    • @genig01
      @genig01 10 лет назад +10

      ***** I was thinking the EXACT same thing!

    • @jedi22300
      @jedi22300 10 лет назад +29

      That's dark... Why would you want them to die? Bad enough that they couldn't have a meal that day

    • @The247th
      @The247th 10 лет назад +37

      jedi22300 What about the croc? He almost had a meal....

    • @jedi22300
      @jedi22300 10 лет назад +8

      don't like your own comment dude. I think you know that you didn't want the croc to eat the lion for the food. You wanted the lion dead correct?

  • @hazelrayner2876
    @hazelrayner2876 8 лет назад +7

    Wow, just amazing! It made me quite emotional seeing how the buffalo care for their young.

  • @maiden5427
    @maiden5427 2 года назад +6

    Kruger sightings channel got nothing on this. This video had everything!!! A wild chase, crocodiles fighting for food with lions, a buffalo throwing a lion in the air and its miraculous how the calf survived that 👏

  • @XxParise9xX
    @XxParise9xX 5 лет назад +53

    Year 2019 and still til this day, this is one of the most amazing videos

    • @r.o.o.k.
      @r.o.o.k. 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, I use to watch this all the time in 2007 - 2008.

    • @deadfenix-b9s
      @deadfenix-b9s 5 лет назад

      @@r.o.o.k. 2020

    • @deadfenix-b9s
      @deadfenix-b9s 4 года назад

      @TEYAH SHUMAN 👍

    • @Akash-no6dg
      @Akash-no6dg Год назад

      Year 2023 still this video is epic

  • @Menameislove
    @Menameislove 3 года назад +10

    I watched this some 10 years ago and today my 5 year old daughter asked me about buffalos and tigers fighting. this video popped into my head. I searched and showed it to her. One of the most epic wildlife video I've ever seen.

  • @empire0
    @empire0 10 лет назад +39

    They need to re-film this scene....but in FULL HD!

    • @easyHoax
      @easyHoax 10 лет назад +2

      empire With VR support

    • @terminal_wayward5755
      @terminal_wayward5755 10 лет назад +3

      empire A blue ray disk, that comes with an online code for travel usage!

  • @lizzychann5206
    @lizzychann5206 Месяц назад +1

    its 2025 now. this this happened over 20 years ago and still one of the most epic wildlife battles ever recorded!

  • @krishan8466
    @krishan8466 5 лет назад +200

    Gonna tell my kids this was the live-action version of lion king

  • @kingman88
    @kingman88 9 лет назад +7

    thank you for uploading (still) one of the greatest youtube videos I have ever seen.

  • @grumpy1616
    @grumpy1616 4 года назад +11

    Still one of the best captured footage of raw nature.

  • @patriot6285
    @patriot6285 Месяц назад +2

    This is my favorite video of ALL TIME. This is what it means to have a Tribal Bonding Drive, the ability to come all together to save another member of the TRIBE. Think of the attack on Pearl Habor December 7, 1941, the members of the military came together to DEFEND each other, that was Tribal Bonding. Hopefully in the next year or two I will be able to publish a book "Tribal Bonding." This is SUCH a PERFECT example of tribal bonding, coming together to defend from being attacked. We humans also have a Tribal Bonding Drive, think of things such as "group think". Yup no one has ever said this before.

    • @Fwlemgin
      @Fwlemgin 17 дней назад

      Canada>>>>>>>>>>

  • @dango9786
    @dango9786 10 лет назад +888

    jesus christ why am i only seeing this on youtubes birthday

  • @David-Eng
    @David-Eng 8 лет назад +41

    3:35 "there's a Crocadahhhlll!"😂🐊

  • @zman3535
    @zman3535 2 года назад +3

    I remember watching this epic video way back in 2007 within days when it was first uploaded. One of the coolest animal videos with a happy, positive ending for the buffalo

  • @Doodloper
    @Doodloper Год назад +1

    Excellent camwork by the legendary Jason "Jay" Schlosberg

  • @TheM1ghtyBear
    @TheM1ghtyBear 4 года назад +491

    It’s funny how this is for a class assignment. screw that im looking at the comments.

    • @Averyaveragedeskin
      @Averyaveragedeskin 4 года назад +1

      same

    • @melon2083
      @melon2083 4 года назад

      @@Averyaveragedeskin But I would just watch this for fun

    • @Suuulan
      @Suuulan 4 года назад +2

      It's an amazing video

    • @mika_gaming1055
      @mika_gaming1055 4 года назад

      same

    • @Suuulan
      @Suuulan 4 года назад

      @@251rmartin probably something that had to do with wild animals

  • @jackiea3964
    @jackiea3964 11 лет назад +25

    I can only imagine all of the amazing things that happen in the wild that we will never see. Animals are a lot smarter than we give them credit for

    • @ttlms
      @ttlms 11 лет назад +4

      Yeah when I was in college we went on safari and I saw two orcs get in a fight with a unicorn, but they didn't have RUclips back then

  • @davewayde7145
    @davewayde7145 4 года назад +41

    Been watching battle at Kruger for 15 yrs, come back to it every few years, usually to show someone. Once in a lifetime experience to have witnessed such an amazing short story live. Always wondered if the calf survived after some expected infection and same for the lioness stabbed by the horn and flung. I'm willing to bet that ended up being a fatal shot if it penetrated skin/organ.

    • @rat7077
      @rat7077 4 года назад +1

      Wow. My dad said that when he was younger and lived in africa, he would see these kind of stuff alot.

  • @mickmons3267
    @mickmons3267 4 месяца назад

    still coming back 15+ years later to this video. Astounding!