In the wildlife world, it is inevitable that animals compete for food, even conflict with each other.
The lion is a high-class predator, ranked at the top of the food chain and is known as the lord of the jungle because of its roaring roar and majestic appearance.
However, being labeled the lord of the jungle does not mean that the lion can leisurely avoid all dangers, but on the contrary, there are still many other dangerous predators ready to defeat it right away. when defeated, typical among them is the hyena.
Although hyenas often lose in one-on-one battles, they are not easy to defeat because of their powerful jaws that can tear the carcass of a lion in an instant.
When there are many members, they will force the lion to fight to the point of exhaustion and injury. Just a simple mistake by the lion can get it killed because hyenas are “cold-blooded” animals, they certainly will not pass up any opportunity to punish the lion.
The clip below is a rare moment when the hyenas take the initiative, attacking a lion.
Pareet Shah, a photographer with his team on a field trip to the Mara Animal Sanctuary in South Africa, captured the one-of-a-kind moment.
The story begins when Mr. Bernard Tompoi, the main guide in the group, discovers a group of small lions running straight towards the hyenas. Too surprised by the lion group’s ambush, the hyenas did not have time to turn and run away. It seems that the lion just wants to fight the hyenas first, not because he is hungry.
Of course, the hyenas are not easily “played with” like that. Within only 3-4 minutes, they have gathered more than 25 hyenas, eager to return to search for the lion group to take revenge.
Outnumbered, the hyenas quickly overpowered the fight and cornered one of the group’s lionesses, attacking her with extreme savagery.
Luckily for the lioness, her large swarm of lions near the combat area appeared in time and saved her precious life. Aggressive hyenas also cannot “have a door” before the overwhelming power of the lions and have to pay a very expensive price when some members of the herd have to die before the power of the lions. .