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'''''Battle at Kruger''''' is an amateur wildlife video that depicts an unfolding confrontation between a herd of [[Cape Buffalo]], a small pride of [[lions]], and a pair of [[crocodiles]]. The video was shot in September, 2004 at a [[watering hole]] in [[Kruger National Park]], [[South Africa]], by videographer David Budzinski and photographer Jason Schlosberg.
'''''Battle at Kruger''''' is an amateur wildlife video that depicts an unfolding confrontation between a herd of [[Cape Buffalo]], a small pride of [[lions]], and a pair of [[crocodiles]]. The video was shot in September, 2004 at a [[watering hole]] in [[Kruger National Park]], [[South Africa]], by videographer David Budzinski and photographer Jason Schlosberg.


After being posted on [[YouTube]] in 2007, ''Battle at Kruger'' became a [[viral video]] sensation and was widely praised for its dramatic depiction of wildlife on the African [[savannah]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6938516.stm Animal battle video becomes hit] BBC News, 9 August 2007. Accessed 18 September 2007</ref> It became one of YouTube's most popular videos, with more than 30 million views and 26 000 comments as of [[3 May]] [[2008]],<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Battle at Kruger] YouTube.com Accessed 4 November 2007</ref> and won the Best Eyewitness Video in the 2nd Annual YouTube Video Awards.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/ytawards07winners 2nd Annual YouTube Awards Winners] YouTube.com Accessed 4 April 2008</ref> The video was also the subject of an article in the [[June 25]] [[2007]] issue of [[Time Magazine|''Time'']] magazine, <ref>A little help from his friends. (2007, June 25). ''Time'', Vol. 169, No. 26, pg. 47.</ref> and was featured in the first episode of [[ABC News]]' ''[[i-Caught]]'', which aired on [[August 7]] [[2007]]. A [[National Geographic]] documentary on the video debuted on the [[National Geographic Channel]] on May 11, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |first=Drew |last=Millhon |title=Video Captures Animal Battle for Survival |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/icaught/story?id=3418552&page=1 |publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures |date=August 1, 2007|accessdate=2007-08-08}}</ref>
After being posted on [[YouTube]] in 2007, ''Battle at Kruger'' became a [[viral video]] sensation and was widely praised for its dramatic depiction of wildlife on the African [[savannah]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6938516.stm Animal battle video becomes hit] BBC News, 9 August 2007. Accessed 18 September 2007</ref> It became one of YouTube's most popular videos, with more than 31 million views and 32 000 comments as of [[13 May]] [[2008]],<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Battle at Kruger] YouTube.com Accessed 4 November 2007</ref> and won the Best Eyewitness Video in the 2nd Annual YouTube Video Awards.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/ytawards07winners 2nd Annual YouTube Awards Winners] YouTube.com Accessed 4 April 2008</ref> The video was also the subject of an article in the [[June 25]] [[2007]] issue of [[Time Magazine|''Time'']] magazine, <ref>A little help from his friends. (2007, June 25). ''Time'', Vol. 169, No. 26, pg. 47.</ref> and was featured in the first episode of [[ABC News]]' ''[[i-Caught]]'', which aired on [[August 7]] [[2007]]. A [[National Geographic]] documentary on the video debuted on the [[National Geographic Channel]] on May 11, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |first=Drew |last=Millhon |title=Video Captures Animal Battle for Survival |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/icaught/story?id=3418552&page=1 |publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures |date=August 1, 2007|accessdate=2007-08-08}}</ref>


==Background information==
==Background information==

Revision as of 06:46, 14 May 2008

Battle at Kruger is an amateur wildlife video that depicts an unfolding confrontation between a herd of Cape Buffalo, a small pride of lions, and a pair of crocodiles. The video was shot in September, 2004 at a watering hole in Kruger National Park, South Africa, by videographer David Budzinski and photographer Jason Schlosberg.

After being posted on YouTube in 2007, Battle at Kruger became a viral video sensation and was widely praised for its dramatic depiction of wildlife on the African savannah.[1] It became one of YouTube's most popular videos, with more than 31 million views and 32 000 comments as of 13 May 2008,[2] and won the Best Eyewitness Video in the 2nd Annual YouTube Video Awards.[3] The video was also the subject of an article in the June 25 2007 issue of Time magazine, [4] and was featured in the first episode of ABC News' i-Caught, which aired on August 7 2007. A National Geographic documentary on the video debuted on the National Geographic Channel on May 11, 2008.[5]

Background information

Taken from a vehicle on the opposite side of the watering hole with a digital camcorder,[6] the video begins with the herd of buffalo approaching the water, unaware of the lions resting nearby. The lions charge and disperse the herd, picking off a young buffalo and unintentionally knocking it into the water while attempting to make a kill. While the lions try to drag the buffalo out of the water, it is grabbed by a pair of crocodiles, who fight for it before giving up and leaving it to the lions. The lions sit down and prepare to eat, but are quickly surrounded by the massively reorganized buffalo, who move in and begin charging and kicking at the lions. After a battle which sees one lion being tossed into the air by a buffalo, the baby buffalo — still alive, to the astonishment of the onlookers — escapes into the herd. The emboldened buffalo then proceed to chase the remaining lions away.[7]

Expert commentary

Two veterinarians and animal behaviorists interviewed by Time assert that the behavior exhibited by the buffalo is not unusual. Dr. Sue McDonnell of the University of Pennsylvania (School of Veterinary Medicine)[8] said of the video:

"The larger herd is broken down into smaller harems, with a dominant male and several females and their babies. If a youngster is threatened, both the harem males and bachelor males - which usually fight with one another - will get together to try to rescue it."[9]

It is, however, rare for such events to be captured on film even by professional wildlife photographers. Indeed Dereck Joubert, a photographer and writer[10] for National Geographic said of the video:

"There is no doubt at all that the tourist who shot that scene […] was unbelievably lucky. I mean, we would've considered ourselves lucky to have had that whole scene happen in front of us."[11]

References

  1. ^ Animal battle video becomes hit BBC News, 9 August 2007. Accessed 18 September 2007
  2. ^ Battle at Kruger YouTube.com Accessed 4 November 2007
  3. ^ 2nd Annual YouTube Awards Winners YouTube.com Accessed 4 April 2008
  4. ^ A little help from his friends. (2007, June 25). Time, Vol. 169, No. 26, pg. 47.
  5. ^ Millhon, Drew (August 1, 2007). "Video Captures Animal Battle for Survival". ABC News Internet Ventures. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  6. ^ A Canon ZR50MC MiniDV, as reported in "You’ve Seen the YouTube Video; Now Try the Documentary", New York Times, May 10, 2008
  7. ^ Bobbie Johnson 10m viewers for YouTube phenomenon The Guardian, 10 August, 2007 (Accessed 18 September, 2007
  8. ^ Sue McDonnell PhD (Profile) University of Pennsylvania Accessed 18 September 2007
  9. ^ Jeffrey Kluger When Animals Attack — and Defend Time, 7 June 2007. Accessed 18 September 2007
  10. ^ Dereck Joubert Biography (1956-) filmreference.com. Accessed 18 September 2007
  11. ^ Video Captures Animal Battle for Survival ABC News, Publication date unknown. saymy name 2007

External links

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