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        "description": "<p>To save themselves from starvation and death, a lion pride stalks a cape buffalo herd and finds a meal.</p>", 
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        "title": "Lion Pride Takes Down Buffalo", 
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        "transcript": "<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Life this year on the Mala Mala Game Reserve in South Africa is hard, harder than usual. A drought has left the animals here desperate for water and food.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">This lion pride has had no substantial kills in months and several of their cubs have died.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The cape buffalo, too, have suffered. Grasses that should be in abundance have all but disappeared.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lions are one of the few animals who will challenge a cape buffalo.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cape buffaloes are large animals\u2014adults stand over 4 feet high, and can be over 7 feet long, and weigh around 1500 pounds. And they\u2019re known to be ferocious\u2014perfectly able to kill an adult lion.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">But the lions are desperate. And so the pride takes a chance.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">They stalk the herd\u2026looking for one member vulnerable enough to attack. For cape buffalo, there is safety in numbers. Becoming separated\u2026and isolated\u2026is a grim situation.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The lions locate their intended target. This cow is large. Her sharp horns and hooves could normally deliver a deadly blow to an unwary lioness.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">But this buffalo is old and slightly lame. The lions will exploit these weaknesses.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The herd has abandoned the cow and the pride circles around her, waiting for the right moment.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The lionesses attack, piling onto the buffalo, biting and clawing her from all directions.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Finally, a male lion locks onto the buffalo\u2019s throat, crushing her windpipe. It will be a slow, agonizing death.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s a gruesome sight. But the lions must eat as well. This kill means a renewed chance at life for them.</p>", 
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