This is the unbelievable moment a heroic buffalo came to the rescue
of a damsel in distress after the cow came under attack from two
lionesses.
A buffalo calf and mother were in danger of being killed by lions
in Okavango Delta in Botswana when a heroic bull emerged to save the day
by mauling and even killing one of the lions in the process.
Photographer Wim van den Heever describes how he watched the lions
attempting to take down the cow a number of times, but that she was
finally 'saved' by a bull from the herd.
In a dramatic turn of events, a protective macho buffalo steps in,
scaring the lions away and nearly mauling the injured lioness to death -
saving the mother's life.
Mr van den Heever said the lioness crawled out of the mud and died two days later.
Wim, 43, said: 'The bull came and chased the female lions off the mother buffalo, trying to injure them.
'Luckily they escaped, but while he chases them he sees the
injured female lion and really finishes her off, by mauling her and
pushing her into the mud. I've never witnessed anything like this.'
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