According to foreign media reports, the game at the Skukuza Golf Club in Kruger National Park in South Africa was forced to stop because of the sudden appearance of 2 lions and 20 hyenas on the course to compete for a dead giraffe, disrupting the order of the scene. Skukuza Golf Course is said to have the trickiest holes in the world!
Built in 1972, this golf course was originally an entertainment facility for the staff of the Skukuza Club and is now available to visitors to Kruger National Park. The stadium environment is close to nature, and players need to share the course with all kinds of wild animals, and animals will be seen from time to time.
A video filmed at the scene showed that there was no fence on the course to isolate wildlife. Two lionesses hunt on nine- and eighteen-hole tees and kill an adult giraffe on the fairway for breakfast. But while they waited for other troops to join, they were ambushed by 20 hungry hyenas, who smelled fresh prey.
Due to the sheer number of hyenas, they drove away two lionesses and gained loot and shared the giraffe. The two angry lionesses, despite repeated attempts to regain their hard-won prey, were no match for the smaller but more numerous hyenas.
Lioness confronts hyenas on fairways
The lioness changed her mind and quickly left, giving the hyena a full meal
The area around the course is said to be in danger because there is no fence to separate golfers from lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants and rhinos, and other predators.
Club members have met lions, hippos, leopards, elephants, giraffes, wild dogs, pythons, cobras and warthogs many times, and naughty baboon troops can even grab a player's golf club, golf ball or flag.
The course costs £14 for 9 holes and GBP 20 for 18 holes. Golfers are required to sign a waiver card before kicking off, and in case they are eaten by an animal, they cannot sue the club.
Jean Rosso, 32, the club's captain and goalkeeper, said it was "the wildest stadium in the world", adding: "In 2019, I came face to face with eight lions and had to drive them away! ”
An important part of his job is to make early morning tours of the pitch to make sure all the overnight "guests" leave so that members and guests can tee off safely.
According to his recollection, "Around 6:30 a.m., the lioness came in and killed a giraffe, but was chased away by more than 20 hyenas, and the hyenas began to share in the giraffes. ”
"There were players who wanted to kick off, so we had to let the rangers handle them. So the rangers arrived, took the giraffes away from the hyenas and bald eagles, and took them to another part of the park so the hyenas could continue to eat. ”
"Within 12 hours, hyenas and vultures had eaten only bones, and I guess the lions had to go elsewhere to find breakfast." "That's what makes Skukuza stadium so special, you don't know what happens every game," he said. ”
Park officials said: "There is no fence here, so uninvited spectators are very common, there are lions, leopards, hippos and so on!" ”
If a lion fights a hyena for life, unless it is old or injured, the lion will always stand out for its size, speed, and strength.
The lion in the video weighs 600 pounds, while the hyena weighs 190 pounds. Lions can reach speeds of 50 mph and can walk a football field in 6 seconds, while hyenas are slower, at 40 mph, but the strength of hyena herds cannot be underestimated.
Due to the amazing biting power of hyenas, if they are far more numerous than lions, lions may choose to abandon hunting.
Jiupai news intern reporter Liu Yating
【Source: Jiupai News】
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