Buffalo are reported
to kill more hunters in Africa
than any other animal. They use
their very strong heads to shove and
head-butt each other to win
females during breeding season.
Between buffalo and lion, if it s a one
on one fight between an adult lion and an
adult bull, 10 out of 10 times it would
be the buffalo. The reason is the
average weight of an adult lion is 400
to 500 pounds. Average weight of an
adult buffalo is 1800 to 2500 pounds.
The only way a lion can overcome an
adult buffalo is by getting a firm
bite on its throat or windpipe. This
can be achieved only when the buffalo is
knocked off its feet.
And it s literally impossible
for a lion to knock an adult buffalo
off its feet due to the massive weight
of the bovine.
Only a pride of lions together can
overpower an adult buffalo and that
too it takes an effort and usually
the buffalo manages to escape.
A buffalo has four
times the strength of an ox.
Both males and females
have sharp curved horns extending from
the sides of their heads which
are used to defend themselves against
predators.
They are known to ambush
hunters that have wounded or injured
them.
Buffalo herds are known to
stick together and when attacked by
predators. It is common to see the
whole herd return to save one of their
own from the jaws of death.
They having
the capability to protect themselves,
even known can kill lion.
The adult African
buffalo's horns are its characteristic
feature. They have fused bases, forming
a continuous bone shield across the
top of the head referred to as a
boss.
It is widely regarded as
one of the most dangerous animals on
the African continent.
According to some estimates it gores,
tramples, and kills over 200 people
every year. Individual lion will
rarely attack a fully grown buffalo.
The buffalo weigh over half a ton.
Even if they are running away instead
of fighting, the buffalo are hard to
kill, typically taking a good sized
lion pride to take them down.
And that doesn t even
consider what the buffalo can do to
lions.
The pattern of attack of
the lion's pride against buffalo is
usually one lion tries to jump onto
the buffalo s back and dig it s teeth
and claws into the thick skin.
A couple try to bite
at the legs and tail. And one will
attack from the front and try to get
a vice grip on the buffalo s
jugular or neck area to get him down.
Even acting as a group, it is
difficult enough to get a buffalo down
due to it s
aggressive nature and super strength.
Goring a lion with
their horns won t kill it outright,
but the buffalo are so strong that they
can easily fling lions into the air,
or away from them. Either outcome is
going to add a lot of damage on top of
the wound the horn will will cause.
Lions sometimes get killed in such an
encounter. Buffalo tossing lion up into
the air, butting and kicking it.
This is why half the time
lions survive by running from the
buffalo.
Still, there are cases of
single lions killing full grown buffalo,
but more often than not, entire
prides fail at killing the adults.