A brave buffalo proved his loyalty to his herd when he charged into a pride of lions after seeing one of his friends injured and surrounded by hungry predators at a game reserve in South Africa.
The buffalo used all of its strength to gore one of the startled lions with its sharp horns, launching the breathless animal into the air with ease as the other lions scattered.
Unfortunately, despite the buffalo’s heroics, his friend was too injured to escape and was attacked by several other lions, who rushed to the scene after hearing the commotion.
“Just when we thought it was all over, two huge adult lions arrived with two females from another pride who were roaring a lot,” he said.
All the youngsters ran away and the wounded buffalo stood up trying to escape, but it was badly hurt and very tired.
‘One of the lions stood in front of him while the other walked around the buffalo and jumped on top of it and brought it down again.