The video has garnered over a million views and over 72,000 likes.
The face-off between the lion and the deer is likely to end in favor of the wild king. But sometimes that’s not likely to happen, like in the case of this viral video where a sable antelope escaped from a lioness attack.
A video shared on Instagram by a handle called “The Dark Side of Nature” shows a sable antelope using its curved horns to ward off a lioness attack. “The best offense is a good defence. A sable antelope uses its curved horns to drive a lion off its back,” the post’s caption read.
Check out the video below:
The clip showed a lioness pouncing on an antelope, which was drinking water from a small pond. A few seconds later, the antelope, to defend itself, used its curved horns to dislodge the wild cat from its back. After this the lioness jumped into the pond in an attempt to save herself.
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The swift response of the antelope to save itself from the lioness left many internet users stunned. The clip was shared on October 2, and has since garnered over a million views and over 72,000 likes.
In the comments section, while one user wrote, “I never saw the reason for the size of those horns, now it makes sense,” another said, “there are some natural evolutionary technologies on display”.
A third commented, “And that’s why horns evolved like this. And why would they continue to evolve like this.” A fourth added, “The lion is lucky that its horns did not pierce its body.”
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Meanwhile, before this, a video showing a The glare of a zebra running over a lioness surfaced on social media. The one-minute-long video shows a herd of lions scattered across an open field trying to catch some zebras. Within moments, the camera focused on a lioness who stood in the middle of a stampede while hunting.
The whole scene made the ground look like a battle field. But, as nature would have it, the lioness caught two zebras.
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