Wildebeest is
the most common animal that can
be encountered in Tanzania.
These animals, weighing between
150 and 300 kg, are a delicious
meal for predators. These
wildebeests, who migrate once or
twice a year due to drought,
encounter many different
dangers in nature.
In Africa,
wildebeest rank at the top of
preferred prey, accounting for
nearly half of the lion prey in
the Serengeti followed by
zebra. Since lions are
strongly territorial the
wildebeest herds will only have
to contend with a single pride
as they migrate through any one
area, so once the pride has
killed, the herd should have a
break until it crosses into the
next pride’s territory. These
animals, which travel in large
flocks in places such as
Serengeti and Masai Mara, are
also very successful in
terms of defense.
It can repel opponents
with its horns and strong feet.
It is a creature that does not
give up easily even in a lion
attack. A wildebeest’s
muscles are two and a half times
more powerful than a car
engine. It is the secret to
its epic annual trek when around
1.5 million of them migrate
across Africa in search of
grazing and water.
Wildebeest can travel up to 50
miles over five days without
drinking. A human can die in
three days without water.
The wildebeest converts two
until thirds of energy into work
and waste only a third as heat.
That is substantially
more efficient than both
comparably sized animals such as
cows and small creatures like
rabbits. And
it’s all down to the wildebeest’s
remarkable muscles that
prevent it overheating.
Major predators that feed on
wildebeest include the
lion, hyena, African wild
dog, cheetah, leopard, and
crocodile, which seem to favor
the wildebeest over other prey.
It is important to be strong to
win a war.
Wildebeest, are very strong, and
can inflict
landlord injury even to a lion.
The African buffalo, also
known as the Cape buffalo, is
a large African bovine native to
Sub-Saharan Africa.
African buffaloes are
not related to domestic cattle
and are only distantly
related to other larger bovines.
Unlike its Asian equivalent, the
water buffalo, the African
buffalo has never been
domesticated due to its wild
temperament. In a one-on-one
battle between an adult lion
and an adult buffalo, the
buffalo almost always win.
The explanation for
this is that an adult lion
weighs just 400 to 500 pounds on
average, while an adult buffalo
weights 1800 to 2500 pounds.
The only way a lion
can defeat an adult buffalo is
to bite its throat or
windpipe hard. Only when the
buffalo is knocked off its
feet will this be accomplished.
The massive weight of an
adult buffalo makes it almost
impossible for a lion to knock it
off its feet. Only a pride of
lions can overwhelm an
adult buffalo, and even then it
takes time, and the buffalo
typically manages to flee.
Even if they are fleeing rather
than fighting, buffalo are
difficult to kill, and it
usually takes a large lion pride
to bring them down. That isn't
even taking into account what the
buffalo would do to lions.
Due mainly to its
violent nature and super
strength, even working as a
group is difficult enough
to bring down a buffalo.
The buffalo's horns
won't kill a lion outright,
but they're so powerful that
they can easily fling lions into
the air or away from them.
Any result would
cause a significant
amount of damage in addition to
the wound caused by the horn.
Even though there have been
instances of single lions
killing full-grown
buffalo, most prides have
failed to kill the adults. When
a calf is attacked by
three or four lions, the
entire herd of buffalo always
gathers and charges them.
The lions were forced to flee.
In certain cases, the
majority of the lions were able
to flee, but one unfortunate lion
was cornered.
After that, things go bad
for the lion. It
was surrounded by a herd of
enraged male cape buffalo.
Butting and kicking it while
tossing it into the air.
In such event, lions are
sometimes killed.
Lions are famous for
being the king of the jungle.
Their fearsome stature and
reputation place them near the
top of the food chain.
In general, there
are two known methods that
Lions employ to hunt their prey.
The first one
is by stalking them.
This is the primary way
that they hunt, which is to stay
hidden for as long as possible
while they approach their
prey. This is another
advantage that the Lioness has
over the male, in that their
bodies are slimmer,
allowing them to stay hidden in
the grass longer.
Lionesses also work together
when they hunt by surrounding
their prey as
they stay hidden.
Eventually, though, the prey
will notice or hear the
approaching Lion, in which
it will become a chase for them
both. Once the Lion catches up
to the prey, they use their
powerful claws to maul at their
prey and crush their necks,
leaving them paralyzed to be
taken back to the Lion’s home.
The other way that Lions hunt
is a little more straightforward.
This is when the male Lion
also joins the hunt together
with the Lionesses.
For the second
method, there is no hiding or
stalking involved, they
go for the big prey and then
corner it strategically.
Once the prey is cornered, the
Lion comes in face to face to
fight with the animal. In this
scenario, the weight, brute
strength and bravery of the
Lion is what will determine
the outcome of the hunt.
However, the line between
bravery and stupidity can be
thin, just as with humans.
Sometimes that courage kind of
bleeds into foolishness,
because sometimes they
will try to catch a
rhinoceros or an
elephant and they get killed.