The king of the jungle is afraid: a lion climbs a tree to escape a herd of buffaloes in a viral video | Biodiversity

Any resemblance to the classic Disney movie “The Lion King” is purely coincidental, of course, but netizens haven’t let it go. “Simba hold on, your dad is on his way,” one user wrote, referring to the scene in which King Mufasa’s calf gets into trouble while a herd of buffalo explodes.

“Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted,” said another commentator. The scene has been a hit since it was posted to wild_animal_shorts_, which shares content from the animal world and safari in Africa. After all, you don’t often see a king of the jungle as scared as this.

Another user found it hard to believe that the lion would climb the tree instead of running away. It is true that lions are not great climbers of trees, but like a good cat, they have this ability. Lions are also believed to climb trees as a behavioral adaptation to protect themselves from the constant irritation of insect bites and as a means of escape from the earth’s sometimes stifling heat.

A similar incident was reported in Kenya in 2015, when a lion escaped from a herd of angry buffaloes and climbed a tree to burrow. from toAccording to the Daily Mail, Buffaloes, under the tree and waiting for the lion to fall. The newspaper said the video was taken by a former army officer who was exploring the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya.