VIDEO: Battle To The Death: Lion vs. Buffalo (Both Later Die From Their Wounds) (Warning *Graphic*)

Battle To The Death: Lion vs. Buffalo (Both Later Die From Their Wounds) (Warning *Graphic*)

Lion vs. Buffalo (Both Later Die From Their Wounds) 

Battle to the death: Buffalo and lion endure epic hour-long fight… which leaves both animals with fatal injuries 

In an extraordinary battle of survival both lion & buffalo end up exhausted and bloodied after an epic hour long battle of endurance as both animals fight till the end until their fatal wounds finally succumbs to their deaths. 

Desperate male lion attacked lone adult buffalo after being cast out of pride in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia Tense fight left both animals exhausted and smeared with blood, with the lion dying of its wounds two days later Dramatic pictures were taken by Matt Armstrong-Ford, of Eastbourne, who works as a safari guide in the region

Cast out by his pride, this starving lion was forced to take on a fully-grown buffalo in his desperate bid to survive. What ensued was a brutal hour-long battle leaving both animals bloodied, exhausted and with fatal wounds.

Dramatic images capture the lion savagely biting and clawing at the buffalo's mouth, the big cat's face smeared with blood from where he's been gored by his heavier and larger opponent's horns.