In early 2007, what would become one of YouTube's hottest videos was posted – The Battle at Kruger. The clip captures an amazing predator encounter as lions and a crocodile fight over a buffalo calf at a South African watering hole. Shot by an amateur videographer, it documents a never-before-filmed tournament of survival. Enlisting the help of wildlife experts, National Geographic deconstructs this battle, revealing how lions and crocodiles hunt and how buffalos may survive – against all odds.

Wildlife experts deconstruct the Battle at Kruger, one of Youtube’s hottest videos depicting a never-before-seen predator encounter as lions and a crocodile fight over a buffalo at a watering hole.

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