Relentless Enemies Page #5

Synopsis: A documentary on a pride of lions and their buffalo prey trapped on an island in the Okavango delta.
Genre: Documentary
Actors: Jeremy Irons
 
IMDB:
7.8
Year:
2006
90 min
40 Views


The Skimmer pride,

hungry again on the northern bank

and with nothing to do.

The cubs urge their mothers

towards the channel,

ready for another insurgent adventure.

The mothers take the bait

even though they're wary of alerting

the resting Tsaro lionesses.

This time they bring

their own male with them.

Slightly younger than the old Tsaro males,

he looks ahead and swims on

into forbidden territory.

Now, in the tense world of a forbidden land

on the wrong side of the river,

the Skimmer cubs are intrigued

by anything that moves.

It's an exciting

and prohibited world for them.

Their mothers let the teenagers

experiment with the porcupine.

It could be a painful lesson.

Lions are often disabled

by those sharp quills.

The barbed point will cause infection,

and with lions that are constantly in and out

of swamp water,

these infections could kill them.

But this play gives the cubs

experience they need to have.

Perhaps this is the day

for teaching the cubs about life,

even though it is a strange place to do it.

The buffalo are an ideal canvass

for that education,

and this is what they came for.

Sound carries forever here,

especially to ears attuned

to the one prey species they know well

and the one signal of distress

they know intimately.

The cow is an easy target,

but the herd has been emboldened

by a wave of successes

in seeing off such attackers.

With each success

they develop more confidence.

Their triumph further enrages them

and, as it does, the scales are tipped

against the splintered Skimmer pride.

There is a subtle power shift

that sends the hunters fleeing for cover.

It is a turning point in this relationship.

With the pride scattered and running scared,

now the buffalo have a real chance

of skewering a lion at last.

It turns into a chaotic scramble for safety

for the surprised young lions.

Far across the open grassland

from the fleeing pride,

one of the insecure

teenage males is isolated.

The herd has cut off his escape.

The Tsaro pride has heard the commotion.

They are here.

Skew Ear is always quick on the offensive,

and slowly they appear from everywhere.

Now they are united.

The Skimmer lions are too shaken

by the buffalo's aggression

to notice that the lions coming at them

from all directions are not from their pride.

It takes a moment to notice

the fire in their eyes.

The Skimmer pride has no heart for a fight.

The strength of being on their own territory

weighs heavily on the side

of the resident males.

The Tsaro males focus on any foreign male,

leaving the females to their own battles.

This is male business now, one on one,

or if possible two on one.

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