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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thilzz" data-source="post: 6548499" data-attributes="member: 103868"><img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/l1-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Rarely witnessed behavior marks the predator-prey relationship of a pride of lions and a herd of Cape buffalo on a marshy island in Botswana's Okavango Delta. <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/l2-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Herd Strikes Back Lions sharing a marshy island with a herd of Cape buffalo in Botswana's Okavango Plains: Seems like a life of easy hunting for the lions. The nine lionesses of the Tsaro pride on Duba Island attack this ready supply of meat almost daily. But pulling down a meal isn't always a sure thing: The buffalo fight back with swinging horns and slashing hooves. The downed cow in this photo has been wounded. Six times members of her kinship group rushed in to repel the lions and tried to get her back on her feet. The lions persevered, and the cow was ultimately killed and eaten. <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/l3-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Swamp Cats Charging through the marsh, members of the Tsaro pride display their extraordinary strength. They are the largest lions that Beverly and Dereck Joubert have seen in their decades of documenting African wildlife. Lions don't take naturally to water, but at Duba they've become swamp cats-running, jumping, wading, even swimming to reach their buffalo prey. This rigorous aquatic workout, coupled with a steady buffalo-meat diet, accounts for their grand physiques. <img src="http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/thilzz/l4-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Strategic Move Whenever the buffalo herd ventures too close to leaving the Tsaro pride's territory, the lionesses try to turn the herd back. But they have to watch out for straggling bulls. These massive male buffalo are strong and aggressive. Although desperate to join up with the rest of the herd, bulls of this age are also eager to engage and chase lions, lunging at them with sharp horns and trying to run them down. It is a dance where lions chase buffalo and buffalo chase lions. </blockquote>

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