You may be impressed by the scene in the Disney movie "The Lion King" in which Mufasa rushed into the wildebeest herd to be trampled to death in order to save his son, thus forming the inherent impression that the lion broke into the wild herd of cattle and horses, and it was bound to die, but after watching this newly released video, you may have deep doubts about this idea.
The video comes from Maasai Sightings, a channel dedicated to raising awareness of Africa's wildlife.
The event took place in tanzania's Serengeti steppe, where a group of zebras were on a great migration journey, galloping with thunderous hooves and dust. A lioness crouched in the grass, and at first I thought she was frightened, and a tragedy was about to happen.
And yet something unexpected happened!
On closer inspection, the lioness seemed unusually calm, not like she was caught off guard by a herd of galloping zebras, but instead her front paws were propped up on the ground, eager to try, as if looking for some kind of time.
The herd of zebras kept passing by her, and you were worried that she was about to be hit, and when she died, she suddenly jumped up, jumped up, and saw a zebra pounce on it! It turned out that she was not caught in the herd of horses, but was actively hunting.
But will she succeed? Her figure, and almost all of the zebra's figure, was drowned out in dust, and only the sound of hooves kept skimming into the distance.
20 seconds later, as the last dust cleared, people were surprised to find that the lioness was crouching on the ground, biting the neck of a zebra and pinning it to the ground. Another lioness came, as if to see if there was anything she needed help with, but the lioness was clearly in control, so she took one look and ran away to chase the other prey, and eventually the lions hunted two zebras in a minute.
I was already deeply shocked and beyond words, why is the reality different from what is said in the movie, or even completely opposite? "The Lion King" actually lied to us, a lioness can boldly rush into the zebra herd, there is no fear of horseshoe trampling, how can a male lion who can weigh twice as much as a lioness be afraid of the wildebeest herd, and lose his life under the trampling of ten thousand hooves?
Looking back at this lioness, in fact, it is very confident and very intelligent, and the timing of the attack is just right, flying, it locks the neck of the zebra running at high speed, and the huge weight also makes the zebra fall to the ground in an instant, reduced to the dinner of the lions.
From this video, we see the real nature, not the animal world in the movie.
First of all, the lion herd is the top predator, zebra or wildebeest is a predator, their great migration is a good time for the lion group to prey, the so-called cattle herd can use the wild run of the group, the lion trampled to death or even stepped into the meat sauce is completely impossible, such a thing will not happen at all.
On the contrary, lions are the natural enemies of zebras and wildebeests, they are naturally afraid of lions, and in the process of running for their lives, they will instinctively avoid rather than take the initiative to step on, which is why this lioness dares to brazenly block the necessary road of the zebra herd, carefully selecting and finding the target of prey.
Third, this large-scale wild run is actually an emergency response after the zebra group encounters danger, high-speed wild running requires fast eyes and legs, flat and stable, and trampling on the lion, or even stepping on obstacles, may cause the zebra to lose its hoof and fall to the ground, so the zebra will not take the initiative to trample the lion.
Fourth, the lions are actually fighting in concert, by intimidating the zebra herd to escape and enter the lioness's ambush site and capture it in one fell swoop.
So lions are really the kings of the animal world, and they don't use sneak attacks like other predators, they don't hunt small animals, but they go head-to-head with large animals, and get food with daunting strength and superior intelligence. The main predator in the lion group is actually a lioness, and the adult lioness has rich hunting experience, tenacious personality and teamwork desire, which maintains the development of the entire lion group, and they are the key to the successful development of the lion group.
Mother, not only has love, but also is full of strength.