How lions coordinate to hunt massive buffalo on the African plain

Lion Pride vs Buffalo | BBC Earth · 4:11 · Video: BBC Earth · Watch at the source

In short: This footage from 'Trials of Life' shows the complex cooperation required for a lion pride to successfully take down a buffalo.

In this segment, David Attenborough observes how lions and lionesses must work together as a unit to hunt buffalo. This level of social cooperation is essential for the pride to secure large prey on the African plain.

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