Battle
at Kruger is an eight-minute amateur wildlife
video that depicts an unfolding confrontation between a herd of Cape buffalo,
a small pride of lions,
and one crocodile.
The video was shot in September 2004 at the Transport Dam watering hole in Kruger National Park, South Africa,
during a safari guided
by Frank Watts. It was filmed by videographer David Budzinski and photographer
Jason Schlosberg.
Since being posted on YouTube on
3 May 2007, Battle at Kruger has received 74 million views and
has become a viral video sensation. It was widely praised for its
dramatic depiction of wildlife on the African savannah. It
has since become one of YouTube's most popular nature videos, and has won the
Best Eyewitness Video in the 2nd Annual YouTube Video Awards. The video
was also the subject of an article in the 25 June 2007 issue of Time magazine, and
was featured in the first episode of ABC News' i-Caught,
which aired on 7 August 2007. A National Geographic documentary on
the video debuted on the National Geographic Channel on 11 May
2008.
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Taken from a small vehicle on the opposite side of the
watering hole with a digital camcorder, the
video begins with the herd of African buffalos approaching the water, unaware
that lions are crouched nearby lying in wait for them. Upon seeing the lions,
the buffalos flee and the lions charge and disperse the herd, picking off a
buffalo calf and unintentionally knocking it into the water while attempting to
make a kill. As the lions try to drag the buffalo out of the water, it is
grabbed by a crocodile, who fights for it in a brief tug of war before
giving up and leaving it to the lions. The lions lie down and prepare to feast,
but are quickly surrounded by the massive reorganized buffalo herd, which moves
in and surrounds the lions. One of the lions is tossed into the air by the alpha
male buffalo and the buffalo chases it away. The remaining lions are
subsequently scattered and chased away soon after the initial engagement, and
the baby buffalo escapes into the herd while a few lions remain surrounded by
the buffalos. The buffalos then proceed to aggressively chase the remaining
lions away.
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