Lions Roar: Video

I didn’t expect much out of the Nduna pride last night but I was wrong.
Nduna was still looking after his girl and they kept to themselves in the hills.

Still at it
At dusk the rest of the pride, were still resting up where I had left them in the morning. And so they stayed.
Eventually around 2am they headed north travelling about a kilometre straight into a herd of buffalo. These lions are known to do quite well at killing buffalo, so my excitement levels rose. Looking for action!

In the Spotlight
The buffalo were already aware of the lions and drawn themselves into a tight herd with the bulls and cows facing outwards and calves in the middle. There was no chance the lions could penetrate that mass of meat.
Whenever they got close, they were quickly sent packing as a bull or cow charged down on them.

Swollen
Then the lions tried another tactic. They needed to get the herd to stampede so as to be able to single out the calves or the weak and lame animals.

Stumped!
Knowing that their cover had already been blown, they started roaring. The whole pride was at it and close as I was to them my car vibrated with this amazing volume of roar! Was this to intimidate the buffalo and hope they would stampede?

Drinking Again!
Initially nothing happened but for some reason a while later, and after much roaring, the buffalo moved on. A tiny calf, only days old lagged behind its mother. One of the lion cubs managed to grab it but was instantly chased off by the mother.
This went on all night as the lions tried grabbing youngsters and even adults. But by dawn the lions hadn’t had any success and went to chill out at the pan close by.
Sunrise 04/16

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