BATTLE! BATTLE! BATTLE!
Posted on 08/09/2007 11:21:19 AM PDT by fishhound
Animal battle video becomes hit A clip from the YouTube video The footage has already been watched by nearly 9.5m people An amateur video of an amazing animal confrontation on the African savannah is fast becoming one of the biggest hits on video-sharing website YouTube.
The footage first shows how several lions attack a group of buffalo, snatching a buffalo calf.
As the lions wrestle with a calf by a watering hole, a crocodile joins in the battle, pouncing on the buffalo.
The lions win the tug-of-war, but then the buffalo herd returns, chasing away the lions and freeing the calf.
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But...but...the PeTA folks say that animals are peaceful.
They should play the video in synch with ‘Hakuna Matata’; just more of that problem-free philosophy.
I saw it about 6 weeks ago, very interesting.
I saw this a few weeks ago. Pretty good stuff. I know the crocs and lions have to eat, but I hope the buffalo calf lived.
I don’t think the petas will like it because the animals look too much like academics fighting over grant money.
Hosted by Michael Vick
(chuckle)
Can’t prove that, can ya!
ROTFL!
My favorite quote from “A Bug’s Life”:
“It’s a bug-eat-bug world out there, Princess. One of those ‘Circle of Life’ kind of things.”
BATTLE! BATTLE! BATTLE!
The herd running back to chase off the lions and save the calf is a definite Disney moment. The Lion King did have a “bad guy” lion, Scar.
I remarked to my wife this morning that one of those lions probably suffered some serious internal injuries from the horn on that thing when it was flipped in the air.
Thanks!
bump for later
Whenever I watch something like this, I keep wanting the cameraman to move in a different direction or zoom in or out differently or ... I end up talking back to the video “No, no, go left! Zoom in! Pan right! ARGH! You missed it!”
I guess I'm just a frustrated director! ;-)
I’d say if that was unfolding in front of me I would not be moving much at all. :)
The cameraman was a tourist on an African safari.It was the first time he used the camera in a year.He was on Charles Gibson’s news show this week.
I thought it was interesting too. I showed it to some friends though, and they weren’t impressed.
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