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00:00 Their roars travel further after dark when the air is cooler.
00:06 This wall of sound protects the pride from rival lions, but there are other dangers at the river's edge.
00:23 Twelve-foot crocodiles come ashore to scavenge. Even the young lions know to leave these beasts well alone.
00:31 The misfit and the dreamer drink together.
00:37 The pride's young bachelors want to play, but they can be rough.
00:46 The misfit sits protectively at the little cub's side. It was this gang of bullies that beat him up when he was tiny.
00:54 But they're soon distracted.
00:58 It's time for the hippos to emerge from the river to graze.
01:05 The lions are waiting for the buffalo herd, but they're nothing if not opportunists.
01:13 The Nsefu pride has killed hippos before, but even a young hippo like this is a huge target.
01:19 Prey this size needs a well-coordinated attack.
01:25 The Nsefu pride has killed hippos before, but even a young hippo like this is a huge target.
01:31 Prey this size needs a well-coordinated attack.
01:35 [music]
01:56 There'll be plenty more opportunities before dawn.
02:00 [music]
02:12 Up above the beach, one lioness tries to drive Puku towards her sisters for an ambush.
02:19 But the others don't want to waste their energy on such small prey.
02:27 [music]
02:32 At last, an advanced party of buffalo makes a run for the river.
02:37 [music]
02:42 The lionesses see their chance to separate one from the herd.
02:47 [music]
03:01 Buffalo defend each other and are willing and able to kill a careless lioness.
03:06 Even alone, this is a formidable opponent.
03:11 All the hunters move in to battle over a ton of muscle, hide, and dangerous hordes.
03:18 The trick is to bring down the back end while staying clear of the front.
03:24 [music]
03:27 The females are a crack team. They've been hunting corporatively for several years.
03:32 [music]
03:36 The buffalo stumbles, and it's soon over.
03:40 [music]
03:43 This kill will feed the whole pride, and it could be days before they need to hunt again.
03:49 The little dreamer only started eating meat in the last week or two.
03:57 He's amazingly confident. He's the baby of the family, but precocious.
04:06 The misfit will eat his fill eventually, but must wait his turn, which is always last.
04:12 His little brother, belly full, consoles him.
04:17 [music]
04:31 By morning, the pride and the buffalo carcass are surrounded by scavengers ready to clean up the scraps.
04:38 The dreamer is having to clean himself this morning.
04:46 His mother is severely injured.
05:00 There's a puncture wound in her neck. She was caught by a buffalo horn.
05:05 The little cub needs his mother fit and well. He's only just begun to be weaned, and still needs to suckle.
05:14 The misfit seems to offer what comfort he can.
05:29 Last year, an Nsefu lion was killed in a buffalo hunt.
05:33 If this mother doesn't recover over the next few days, the cub will be in real trouble.
05:40 The gang of yearlings and sub-adults are play-hunting with the carcass and each other.
05:49 The little cub is ready for another helping.
05:59 [music]
06:05 He's brave. The sub-adults can be dangerous.
06:10 Even now, the misfit is never this brave.
06:16 [music]
06:35 One by one, the sated lions move away to sleep off their meal. A chance for others to move in.
06:45 [music]
06:53 The little dreamer is in his own world again, and doesn't notice.
07:00 [music]
07:17 But his aunts have got his back.
07:21 [music]
07:30 Eventually, the cub tweaks that he's the last lion standing.
07:35 He's never been so full of meat.
07:41 [music]
07:56 He's too full to run and catch up. But his faithful brother, the misfit, waits for him.
08:05 [music]
08:25 A dry riverbed is a comfortable place to sleep off their huge meal.
08:32 [music]
08:36 His injured mother needs to rest.
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