Battle At Kruger

Hi everybody!Hoboclown here with Flash Mc Cool.Flash has been away investigating the great 8 minute 23 seconds youtube video,Battle At Kruger. Here's what Flash has to say," In September,2004 (according to Wikipedia) tourists,Dave Budzinski with Photographer, Jason Schlosberg, were fortunate to witness a spectacular natural event at Kruger National Park,South Africa.So far more than 13 million viewers have seen the amazing battle between a herd of Cape Buffalo,a pride of Lions and two crocodiles at a waterhole over a baby buffalo.The baby buffalo, snatched from a fleeing herd fell into the waterhole trying to escape the Lions.The Lions,attempting to pull the baby back onto land to devour it, were suddenly attacked from the water by two crocodiles.A tug of war ensued and the Lions won.So at least they thought, until the fleeing buffalo herd returned to route the Lion pride and reclaim the baby buffalo who apparently survived. A University of Pennsylvania Veternarian(Dr. Sue Mc Donnell) is quoted to have said that such behavior exhibited by the buffaloes is not unusual.Dr. Mc Donnell decribed the herd as broken down into smaller harems with a dominant male,several females and their babies. Mc Donnell says that if a youngster is threatened, both harem males and bachelor males who usually fight each other will get together to try to rescue it. What a great lesson from Mother Nature! In the United States, the increasing national prevalence of gun violence against youngsters warrants a reorganization of men at every urban ecosystem where predatory violence of every sort threatens our young.In the U.S. the herd mentality is misdirected and needs to fall in step with Mother Nature's mandate to protect the young for survival of the species". _____________Well guys, Flash has said his piece and if off to his next investigative assignment.Until next time, Love, ~Hoboclown Copyright, 2007