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3 lions vs a large crocodile
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 04:35 PM (1,464 Views)
Black Ice
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A trio of lions take on a ferocious crocodile to battle for elephant meat. Tourist Kai Banks captures the rare and dramatic scene on film.
Lions swipe their claws at the giant reptile like house cats batting string
Crocodile is crippled in multi-lion attack at the Kenyan National reserve  


It’s dog eat dog in the wild, or in the case of this video captured by a visitor to the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, it’s a matter of crocodile or lion eats elephant.

When an elephant died at the side of a lake in the African reserve, leaving enough meat to feed a multitude of animals, a group of hungry lions and a crocodile with a serious meat craving immediately clocked the easy catch.

But the elephant meat wasn’t easy for either predator to win if this video of a rare stand-off between crocodile and lion, uploaded to YouTube by Kai Banks, is to be believed.

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No sooner than each animal spots its ready-killed prey, the young male lion and muscular Nile crocodile, the world’s largest reptilian predator, which boasts over 30 teeth in its gargantuan jaw, begin to eye each other up.

It might initially seem that the crocodile has the evolutionary upper hand, killing creatures as it has been for over 250 million years and outliving even the dinosaurs, but as two more lions join their daring companion, pinning the reptile down in the water, it starts to seem like this is anyone’s game. 


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^ Crocodile and the young male stand off.

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^ other two join in the fray
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Much splashing ensues and although one lion is left with blood on its leg, the first round of fighting leaves the crocodile and cat on a level peg.

It might be three against one, but this is by no means an easy ride for the lions. 

A massive 99 per cent of young crocodiles end up being eaten by fish, lizards and even other cannibalistic crocodiles, so the ones who end up surviving are the toughest of the tough, with a jaw so powerful it’s thought to rival that of a T-rex.



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^ after a bit of fighting they gang up on the crocodile.

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An issue experienced by YouTuber Kai Banks filming this jaw-dropping scene means that the second fight is seen in a dramatic slow motion succession of still shots that see the lions slap the crocodile around the snout like house cats batting string.

The reptile weakens as the lions pile onto the ancient reptile, one of them even blighting it further by biting its pointy webbed foot.

As the battle concludes, the crocodile retreats, crippled and defeated. The lion who picked the fight stands water-soaked and triumphant over its weakened opponent while the rest of its pride descend to gorge on the elephant prize.


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^ The croc finally injured retreats and the pride gets the kill

Impressive on the crocodile part though. It managed to get a couple blows in and still get away despite losing.
Oops messed up a bit of the post. The crocs leg was bleeding not the lions.

Video below
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xjNt-ZB60
Edited by Black Ice, Nov 23 2014, 04:42 PM.
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Nice find, though nile croc isn't the world's largest reptile, the saltwater croc is significantly bigger if I'm not mistaken.
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It is bigger, but not significantly.
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I wouldn't call that crocodile "large", doesn't look much bigger than the young male in the video but a very impressive sighting nonetheless.
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