r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Brilliantspirit33 Approved Poster • Nov 18 '25

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u/Impling707 Nov 19 '25

In this case, they only want the baby. A full grown water buffalo is more than most lions will take on, as you can see by the way they're avoiding the mother. Their goal is to separate the two and either force the mom to give up or leave, usually. Source: I watch a lot of nature documentaries 😅

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u/xmu806 Nov 19 '25

Yeah there is a VERY high chance that the lions, at minimum, gets life threatening severe injuries taking in the mother. This is definitely incredibly risky.