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Battle at Kruger (35million veiws on YouTube) watch!

channel.nationalgeographic.com — An unfolding confrontation between a herd of Cape Buffalo, a small pride of lions, and a pair of crocodiles. The video was shot in September, 2004 at a watering hole in Kruger National Park, South Africa, by videographer David Budzinski and photographer Jason Schlosberg.

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  • Ganja420, on 07/03/2008, -29/+137(16 million views)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • TheRealJMX, on 07/03/2008, -5/+86Buffalowned.
  • antileet, on 07/05/2008, -5/+5135 million what?
  • Bladeva, on 07/05/2008, -12/+5sage
  • AZRoboto, on 07/05/2008, -11/+4Lions and Tigers and B...Elephants, oh my!
    • dorkino, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1this would have been funny if it read:

      "lions and tigers and B... uffalos, oh my!"
      • Melodik, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3It would not be funny even then, I am afraid to say.
      • Nerolus, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Double fail.
      • AZRoboto, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Oh dammit. I should have read the description better.
    • IllBeBack, on 07/05/2008, -4/+2Jesus Christ, that old Wizard of Oz ***** is so ***** old and tired.
  • elpohl, on 07/05/2008, -11/+3Political analogies anyone?
    • cheese06, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3none.
    • asus2000, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4"Yes, we must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." ~Benjamin Franklin to John Hancock
    • pwnerofnoobs, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2The lions regrouped after the loss and mounted a counter attack at Valley Forge.
  • jascination, on 07/05/2008, -12/+7National Geographic site is running really slow for me, here's the YouTube link (its not the exact same video though)

    http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
    • Munkey505, on 07/05/2008, -4/+2Way to link to the japanese youtube site.. It was already posted.
    • jascination, on 07/05/2008, -0/+11First of all, I posted that 10mins before the other guy did.

      Second of all, I apologise for the Japanese youtube link, I assumed that if you're not Japanese it would redirect to your country's default youtube site. Was just trying to help...
    • marnaq, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6You bastard! You tricked me into visiting a japanese site!
  • cheese06, on 07/05/2008, -15/+8Who was actually rooting for the lions to take out and eat the calf? I was. Am I bad?
    • SugarCoatedSalt, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3nope, its the way nature works.
  • klipseracer, on 07/05/2008, -9/+2The title should be called the scene you never saw in Saving Private Lion. Er, Ryan.
  • cwazidorse, on 07/05/2008, -8/+1What are 'veiws'?
    • SugarCoatedSalt, on 07/05/2008, -2/+2the things between your legs your uncle loves to touch.
  • ijacker, on 07/05/2008, -8/+34buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo
  • klipseracer, on 07/05/2008, -10/+2The title sucks. The 'Battle'. More like the horrific calf slaughter.
    Or at least, Lions getting punk'd, Calf getting pwned.
    • sherbertbones, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4More like nature
    • WellDigga, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4if you watch the full video, the calf actually escapes alive
      • klipseracer, on 07/05/2008, -4/+1I did watch the whole video. and it cuts off before it ever gets up and the lions are still standing next to it. retard.
      • SquigglyP, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4that would be the short version that Digg links to, but there are numerous links to the full video in the comments. Why the NG site would host a shortended, edited version of their own ***** video while they post the full length unedited video on youtube is beyond me.
    • baylat, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1still a fight nevertheless.
  • DeadSkinMask, on 07/05/2008, -6/+1Bad Ass!
  • TheGooseyOne, on 07/05/2008, -10/+4Who....hasn't seen this?
    • mb75, on 07/05/2008, -1/+7Me
      • TheGooseyOne, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1So, youtube.com is a video-sharing website where people go to post cool videos that others can watch.

        Its up and coming I know, so you might not have heard of it, but give it a try out. It could be something one day, you never know.
  • virtualonliner, on 07/05/2008, -2/+49A bit longer video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM
    I don't know about you guys. But it gave me a weird happiness to see that calf walk in the end. To see the lions were being pussies was just to awesome. In the end, a buffalo chased a lion away alone and was standing just a few feet away daring that lion to come at him. Badass. Priceless.
    • GTanaka, on 07/05/2008, -1/+9you spoiled it, jackass.
      • rrbest, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5What, did you think he'd be talking about what he had for breakfast?
    • chaos7, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4this FULL LENGTH youtube video is the one to watch. the video in the story doesn't even have the ending!!!
    • idastheman, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5The lions weren't being pussies. Did you not see how many buffaloes there were?
    • candyman420, on 07/05/2008, -3/+0when you watch a movie, do the good guys always have to win?
    • pwnerofnoobs, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1*SPOILER ALERT*
  • JKAL, on 07/05/2008, -3/+17That little calf looking thing almost got ate, damn nature you scary.
  • tama00, on 07/05/2008, -8/+28Damn nature, you scary!
  • eltardo, on 07/05/2008, -7/+1Where are the Dingos when ya need one? Prob off eating babies. Stupid dingos :|
  • fattehboi, on 07/05/2008, -8/+1old....
  • usingpond, on 07/05/2008, -0/+64Wow, the whole youtube thing at the end made me weep for National Geographic.
  • brett1337, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3that was the most legit thing ive ever seen.
  • rockykabir, on 07/05/2008, -7/+5veiws = 2 x views apparently
  • eltardo, on 07/05/2008, -0/+82"It's amazing what some animals will do to get on youtube" - (from video)
  • xomp, on 07/05/2008, -8/+535 million views?! amazing! i must watch right away
  • chaos7, on 07/05/2008, -7/+2nature is cruel. poor buffalo.
    • mlvassallo, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2Somebody didn't make it all the way through the video.
      • chaos7, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1actually yeah i did. i know it gets up and walks away. nature is STILL cruel. peace.
      • ButchersBoy, on 07/05/2008, -1/+28 minutes was beyond his/her attention span.
      • halfdirt, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1Did you know that 100% of calves attacked by lions get away in the end? Scientific fact.
  • Aliwalla, on 07/05/2008, -3/+10I've been to Kruger something like 29 times and only ever seen a cheetah stalking, I feel cheated.
    • Zpanzer, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1I've been there around 6 times and I have yet to see anything like it, although I've seen some lions take down a giraffe.
    • asus2000, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7Refunds are by the pond
    • jotate, on 07/05/2008, -1/+6You should feel cheetah'd.
      • sim36, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1muhhhahahaah!! i luv it
      • zspade, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1I opened this thread specifically looking for this comment. Thanks for not disappointing.
    • ryanonfire, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1i've been once and saw nothing
    • Flashtone, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1something like 29 times. how does one guess 29 and not say 30? or 25?
  • chaos7, on 07/05/2008, -3/+4LOVE how the little buffalo got up at the end!!! i hope it wasn't injured too much to live on.
    • Snottlebocket, on 07/05/2008, -1/+0The crocodile broke the calfs leg. It has no chance to survive, the only reason it won't die of infection is because predators will get it first most likely.
    • mojoface, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5Also, hopefully the lions found more food so they didn't starve to death.
    • slurba, on 07/05/2008, -1/+0You're not thinking of the lion cubs who may starve to death if the innocent, adorable, cute, little buffalo calves always get away.
    • jotate, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Spoiler alert, gosh.
  • Ch0mpr, on 07/05/2008, -4/+4*buffalo soldier*
  • scotstvo, on 07/05/2008, -5/+0Could someone please upload the Hamster Dance now pls?
  • mlvassallo, on 07/05/2008, -2/+3One of my favorite nature videos. It has been on my blog for some time and I show it to people as often as I can.
  • Sraza, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1I think the narrator is also the one that read the Snow Crash audiobook. When he quotes the youtube comment it's just like his voice for YT.
  • PhilThePhenom, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5The best part of the video isn't even shown! Check out the YouTube link and watch the end to see the buffalo herd regulate!
  • MrCrispyChicken, on 07/05/2008, -6/+1Its not really that good. is it?
  • shadowmoose, on 07/05/2008, -7/+2I never figured out why this video has so many views. It really just struck me as another random lame video on youtube. Secondly why the ***** is this being submitted and who the ***** dugg it to the front page? Should I regularly submit the popular videos from break or post 4chan meme crap? Maybe more lolcats are in order. If that's what you people want digg to be then I'll just go ahead and perpetuate it.
  • idastheman, on 07/05/2008, -1/+13The lions got zerged
    • halfdirt, on 07/05/2008, -0/+10If you watch closely you see they bring in an SCV and are about halfway through making a bunker before the buffaloes return.
  • tom6a, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Negative Space Buzz has aggressively pursued the copyright on this. Last year someone used this video in a humorous video contest and was hit with a copyright claim. From a report at the time:

    "The video has been removed from YouTube. The page now reads, 'This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Negative Space Buzz.' This version of the Battle of Kruger, posted in May by Negative Space Buzz, has over 9 million views and is over 8 minutes long. David was caught off guard by the copyright, 'Oh, that was painful! I had no idea about the copyright! Nor did I have any advanced warning. I checked the stats first thing this morning and noticed I was in first place and then...the hammer. I managed to track down the guy who holds the copyright and I spoke with him over the phone but, alas, he was not open to the idea of me using his video for the contest. I wish all the best to the eventual winner of the contest and to Lending Club. Soli Deo Gloria.'"
    Source: http://prosperlending.blogspot.com/2007/08/lending ...
  • draculthemad, on 07/05/2008, -2/+5If someone asks you to bet on a race between the cheetah and a antelope, bet on the antelope.
    The antelope is running for his life, and the cheetah is running for his lunch.
    Also, predators have to keep themselves from being injured, or they wont be able to hunt the NEXT time.
    Herbivores don't have to worry too much, because the grass doesn't fight back.
    • proliance, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3You're being dugg down because of the idea that cheetahs are so fast they must always win.

      Cheetahs don't always win. In fact they are successful in less than 50% of their attempts, including attacks against small, agile animals that look like they belong in a petting zoo.

      Imagine cheetahs to be a high performance interceptor. If they don't make the kill on their first pass, they may not have the fuel for a second attempt.
  • djcreamy, on 07/05/2008, -8/+2YOU NEED TO TYPE IN CAPS TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS FEATURED ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. IT ALSO HELPS TO MAKE REFERENCE TO IRRELEVANT SPAGHETTI WESTERN SONGS.
  • aftern9ne, on 07/05/2008, -1/+12Isn't this old as hell?
    • i11uminati, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6Yeah, except now it has commentary and special effects to help viewers differentiate between crocodiles and tigers.
      • DivisibleByZero, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2I wasn't going to watch it because I assumed the commentary would be lame, but there's special effects? Please tell me the did the "POW" boxes like the old batman show.
      • HueytheFreeman, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Looks like it didn't help you notice they were lions.
    • dmurphy, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1isn't this digg?
  • DroogInPhoenix, on 07/05/2008, -4/+2I'd rather see them pull apart Ingrid Newkirk.
    • thesonofdarwin, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Most of the sheep in the herd you are catering to won't know you who are referring to, unfortunately.

      Add 'PETA sux' next time or something. Spoon feed that Gerber, Droog.
  • Kvasaari, on 07/05/2008, -5/+1Old.
  • DivisibleByZero, on 07/05/2008, -1/+10It's fake. That alligator is the same actor who plays the University of Florida's mascott.
  • bharadwajharish, on 07/05/2008, -8/+3I just replaced some Animals with

    Lions , Bush and his team
    Crocodile : Economic and Social problems

    Buffaloes , American people .

    They (Buffaloes)fought back and won .Time for you guys to set things straight.

    From Yours truly,
    One who loves American people and hates Bush and Government.
    • retawd, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Replace every thing he said with:
      Blah blah blah blah blah blah
    • yosserhughes, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3If your analogy were correct, the buffaloes would have gathered round the TV to watch Idol while the lions ate the baby to the bone.
  • exterminador, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1This is a very weird video, because lions have to eat to survive but you also feel sorry for the baby buffalo. After seing this I am a bit confused. Maybe we should just once and for all accept death as a normal thing. Or maybe predators are just doomed, I don't know.
    • LaVikinga, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1Don't feel sorry for either of them. They are both in the Top 5 of Africa's most dangerous game and both could kill you in a heart beat if they chose. The summer of 2005, we hunted in Zimbabwe for cape buffalo, among other animals, and it was one of the most heart-pounding experiences of my life. They are smarter than most people realize and if one is not careful, the hunter can become the hunted as was our case. The sight of an enormous trophy cape staring at you from 30 yards looking like you owe him money is intimidating to say the least.
      In fact, he's still intimidating hanging on our family room wall.
  • retawd, on 07/05/2008, -3/+1Those commentators need to shut up. I saw what was happening, and I can tell a crocodile from a lion or a buffalo. Too much talking ruins the video. It's the same with those fags who overdub a Metallica or ACDC song on top of every AC-130 video on youtube.
    • halfdirt, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1I watched the youtube link above, and it wasn't so bad. Didn't watch the national geographic link

      The audio was much more tolerable
  • yosserhughes, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2I really wish someone would post 'Old' as the very first comment, so us folks that haven't seen it the first time round wont waste out time watching it, because no-one want's to watch something that's old, would they?
    • endersdad, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0yeah, the whole September 2004 part of the description was misleading..
      • yosserhughes, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Ah, so if I see an old date I know for sure it's not worth viewing.

        Gotcha...... makes note to self.
  • zippe, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1shouldnt this have been submitted months ago???
    • KSUdesigner, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1It was. Probably every month for the past year and a half.
  • zippe, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1yeah, super cool. a whole bunch of tv channels have done specials on that video.
  • ibvirginian, on 07/05/2008, -3/+0I know that that's how nature works, and I'm not a vegetarian or anything, but how much does that f'ing suck for the buffalo? Cripes!
    • halfdirt, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2Sucks for the lions too. The crocodile is about the only one who can go home and chuckle about it all.
  • ATLien74, on 07/05/2008, -7/+2This video is as old as the internet itself. It's still pretty ***** awesome though.
    • YoWhatDaFuxUp, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3Yes the internet was founded in 2004
    • ATLien74, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1That's what is known as an exaggeration.
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