This scaredy-cat was forced to run for cover when a herd of brave buffalo decided to strike back. The lion found itself outnumbered by its plucky prey and is pictured sprinting away from the African buffalo in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Picture: DAVE WOOLLACOTT/CATERS
An aerial view of a buffalo herd in the Okavango Delta, BotswanaPicture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media
Africa from the air: Martin Harvey’s aerial photos of landscapes and wildlife
Cape buffalo in Kenya are pictured from the airPicture: Martin Harvey / Barcroft Media
Africa from the air: Martin Harvey’s aerial photos of landscapes and wildlife
A bison, often referred to as an American buffalo, in Jackson, Wyoming, US, with the Grand Teton mountains in the background. The bison has been nominated as national mammal
Photograph: Alex Pitt/ZUMA Press/Corbis
Big Five: Cape buffalo at a waterhole – Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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Big Five: Red-billed oxpecker perched on the nose of an African buffalo – Kruger National Park, South Africa
Africa’s Big 5 and Little 5 wildlife safari photo gallery