This is nature at its most deadly as two heavyweight giants of the plains rip into one another… The lion and buffalo thrashed it out for more than an hour in the sweltering heat of Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park with the buffalo seeming to get the upper hand. But there was no real winner – both animals later died of their wounds. "After this the lion managed to drag himself under a bush to lick his wounds. Both animals were covered in blood by the end.". Despite her escape, the buffalo was too badly injured and was discovered two days later, having succumbed to infection.The lion was also seriously wounded and died two days later. Safari guide Matt Armstrong-Ford, of Eastbourne, witnessed the astonishing battle said "I have never seen anything like that before. Usually when lion hunt buffalo it is as a pride - it is hardly ever alone. "The fact that the lion was familiar to us and we had seen him in his prime made it very emotional to see him in the state he was in. By the end of the fight everyone was exhausted."
