A month has passed since the end of the rainy season, and the arrival of July means that the Serengeti savannah has entered the dry season completely.

Other herbivores have been migrating after fresh pastures, and only the African buffalo are still reluctant to leave, but they have to leave, because the pond is gradually drying up by them.

The African buffalo, also known as the African bison, also known as the Cape of Good Hope buffalo, is a bovid native to Africa with an average lifespan of 15 to 20 years.

The average African buffalo is about 3 meters long, 1.4-1.7 meters tall, and weighs about 425-900 kilograms. The African buffalo has a broad chest, stout limbs, a large head with long horns, the male horns will cover the top of the head like a large shield, the body is covered with sparse black hair, and the ears are large and drooping. The individual male is larger than the female and has larger and longer horns.

The African buffalo is a social animal, and only the elderly or injured are left alone. The strongest bull in the herd becomes the leader of the herd, rules the herd, and has the right to eat the best grass. The African buffalo can be said to be waterless, drinking water at least once a day and never far from the water source. They are nocturnal animals that avoid the scorching sun during the day and often hide in the shade or soak in pools or mud to keep their bodies cool.

After the other herbivores left the family's territory, Yang Wu and the Lion Mother tried their hand at preying on the African buffalo.

It is not Yang Wu's advantage to be able to prey on such a large animal, the African buffalo has rough skin and thick meat, and his teeth and claws cannot cause much harm to the African buffalo. Moreover, the African buffalo is infinitely powerful, the horns are as sharp as knives, and the lion preys on the African buffalo, and one will die under the horns if one is not careful, so the lions will not move the African buffalo unless they have to.

Now that it's the dry season, and after there is no small, easy-to-hunt prey, the family members have to plan to hunt the African buffalo in order not to go hungry.

In order to increase the success rate of the hunt, in order not to go hungry, the lion father also participated in this hunt.

Under the blazing sun, the sun shone vertically on the arid grassland, and most of the pasture grass withered and fell, and the grassland finally showed its desolation in the dry season.

There was only a dry pond and a herd of African buffalo clutching the silt.

They had to go, even if they didn't want to leave, because the pond couldn't last until tomorrow, and they had to find the next water source today, so after the last bit of water, the African buffalo migrated north in a long snake formation.

The members of the family have long been lurking in the dry grass by the roadside, searching for a suitable target.

Hunting should also find some old, weak, sick and disabled, easy to succeed, and also consider the possibility of being charged back by the herd, so you must be cautious and patient.

When the herd was more than half gone, it was left behind by young and frail African buffaloes.

Soon Yang Wu and the others found an old African buffalo with faltering steps, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and it was impossible to hunt this old buffalo carelessly.

The lions had been waiting for a long time, and they were all hungry, and finally there was a goal, and the hunt soon began.

The lion mother and the lion aunt took the lead, staring at the position of the old buffalo and rushed directly, the buffalo herd saw the lion rushing over and ran away at full speed, and several male buffaloes in the middle tried to rush over to drive away the lion mother, but they only gave in slightly and ignored it, and continued to follow the old buffalo.

When they were on par with the old buffalo, the mother and aunt did not immediately pounce on it and bite it, but looked for a suitable opportunity to provoke it and drive it out of the herd.

From time to time, the old buffalo tried to poke the lion mother and the lion aunt with its horns, and gradually the old buffalo broke away from the herd.

By the time he found out about this and wanted to return to the herd, the other lioness and lion fathers in the family had already rushed out of the ambush and surrounded him.

In fact, its fate has long been sealed, but it takes time to hunt, the lions pounce and bite from time to time, and the massive loss of blood makes the old African buffalo lose the strength and opportunity to escape, and two hours later it lies here forever, becoming a fresh corpse.

Hunting an African buffalo weighing more than 800 kilograms is undoubtedly a big meal for the family, but it is not only the lions that are staring at this feast, but also a group of spotted hyenas.

The spotted hyena, also known as the spotted hyena, has a body length of about 95-160 cm, a tail length of 25-36 cm, and a weight of 40-86 kg. The coat color is earthy yellow or brownish-yellow, with brown patches, and the mane is short or absent. The upper frontal canines are underdeveloped, but the lower jaw is powerful and can drag up to 100 meters of prey weighing 90 kg.

They move in groups, about 80 individuals per group, with males dominating the group. They have a ferocious temperament and can prey on large and medium-sized herbivores such as zebras, wildebeests and impalas, and can compete with lions.

Spotted hyenas are good at running, reaching speeds of up to 40-50 km/h and a maximum speed of 60 km/h. They are extremely fertile and can reproduce all year round, but the rainy season is the peak period of farrowing, with a gestation period of 110 days, 2 litters per litter, males at 2 years old, females at 3 years old, and sexually mature at 3 years old.

This group of spotted hyenas and lions are old rivals, they live in the family territory, and usually like to take advantage of the lions, and every time the lions hunt for food, they will want to get a piece of the pie.

The spotted hyena alone can never beat the female lion, but it can't stand their many members, and every time the female leader of the hyena pack leads more than 30 hyenas to come over and grab food with the lion.

This time is no exception, the temptation is too great, an adult male African buffalo, this is a behemoth that is usually impossible for hyenas to hunt, if they grab it, then they don't have to worry about going hungry these days.

"Woo~Hmm!Woo~Hmm!" The hyena's bark was like a ghost crying, they surrounded the lions, Yang Wu was eating, he was a little annoyed and used to it, there have been several times in this situation, the first few times he wanted to teach them a lesson, but they were too cunning, chasing hyenas in this direction, other hyenas would bite a few bites on the food you caught, so you didn't chase a few, your food was gone.

Therefore, the lions do not do useless work, and it is correct to eat hard.

This time, except for the black-spotted lioness and cubs, the entire lion pack was eating, because the African buffalo was large enough, the lion father found the best position and ate it by himself, and the other lionesses and Yang Wu also gathered around, and there was no gap next to it.

Seeing that there was no gap and no food, the hyenas were so angry that a spotted hyena bit a lioness on the hind leg and tried to drive it away and leave a gap.

But this time it really stabbed the hornet's nest, and the hyena took the initiative to attack?! I saw that the lioness reflexively bit the spotted hyena's neck, and the other spotted hyenas saw it and hurriedly came over to help, and the lions naturally couldn't sit idly by, and a big war broke out!