1 Calf, 6 Lions, 2 Crocks and a 200 Strong Herd of Buffalos – Its Called The Battle at Kruger
| Posted in Amazing Pictures, Internet, Nature, Photography, Videos, Wildlife | Posted on 16-11-2009
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Being a Big Fan of Channels like Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, The Animal Planet and The Travel and Living, there is no day that I watch TV without seeing what’s running on these channels. Yesterday was just one of those days when I was watching NGC’s Most Amazing Moments and I soon realized I was watching one of the best wildlife video footage ever caught on tape.
Well, It was an 1hr30min episode on NGC. Normally any episode lasts for only 30 or 60min right? Well, this was special, very special. We are talking about a holiday video which was set to be one of the best wildlife video ever shot. It is now the most watched wild life video on YouTube. The video tops all other wildlife videos posted by BBC, NGC, Animal Planet that were shot by full time professional wildlife photographers.
The NGC’s documentary mentioned the video on YouTube, no of views it got and highlighted at least 2 dozen good comments among some 30K comments at the time of creation of the NGC documentary, I’m guessing that was in 2008. The video was shot in September 2004 according to Wikipedia.
Battle at Kruger is an eight-minute amateur wildlife video that depicts an unfolding confrontation between a herd of Cape Buffalo, a small pride of lions, and one or two crocodiles. The video was shot in September 2004 at the Transport Dam watering hole in Kruger National Park, South Africa, during a Safari guided by Frank Watts. It was filmed by videographer David Budzinski and photographer Jason Schlosberg.
The Video on YouTube now has close to a 50 million views and 60K comments. The video was all over the press, both News Papers and News Channels. Check out the press section on this site.
In one line, this is one such footage, that professional wildlife photographers with all those top quality equipment and by spending all their life in the wild will die to capture at least 1/4th of it. And when some guy on a holiday gets it just like that, you can only imagine how it feels for a Pro.
Dereck Joubert, a photographer and writer for National Geographic says in the NGC documentary: "There is no doubt at all that the tourist who shot that scene was unbelievably lucky. I mean, we would’ve considered ourselves lucky to have had that whole scene happen in front of us."
Watch it and I am sure you will learn something and will never forget it.
very nice post
pavan kumar(Quote)
Really amazing… We call it “Sheron ki Baisti” in Urdu.. which means “Shame on Lions”. The credit goes to Mr David who very bravely shoot that reality. Its a message from God that if united we can face and fight any kind of mishap in our life. Thanx National Geographic Channel.
Ashraf(Quote)
Hi Ashraf, thanks for the comment. Yes indeed. United we are, nothing is impossible. The Buffaloes are are the most fearsome animals in Africa. The only animal that don’t mess with are the Elephants. And for the guy who shot this video – doesn’t need to be brave to shoot the video as they are on safari on vehicles. A couple of other vehicles were also there at the scene that day. But to watch(at the scene) the little calf being grabbed by the lions and crocks you need to be brave, seriously!
Vamsi(Quote)
Hi, I saw this on NGC last evening and was suprised how buffaloes saved their kid. There is a lot to learn from what happened here.. when you stand united and overcome your collective fear, you can just about achieve anything. The buffaloes shooed away the 4 lions and got their little one back. It was nothing short of a miracle though that the calf survived despite having been in a tug of war between the croc and the lions! Amazing!
Harvinder(Quote)
the Instrumentality Dam watering play in Solon Nationalistic Stadium, South Africa, during a Expedition guided by Stamp Watts. It was filmed by videographer King Budzinski and lensman Jason Schlosberg.
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That was indeed a breathtaking and once-in-a-lifetime shot of the wildlife. As I watched the video, I didn’t realize that I was holding my breath until it ends. I was like “oh my” when the croc showed up, so as when the buffalloes came. Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it.
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