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January 17, 2008

No. 3: Lions, buffalo and a crocodile

This amazing amateur video was shot by a U.S. tourist at South Africa's Kruger National Park. It became one of the most-viewed videos on YouTube and will be the subject of a National Geographic documentary scheduled for this spring.

The footage shows lions attacking a group of buffalo, and snatching a buffalo calf, only to be attacked by a crocodile who joins in the battle.

The lions win the tug-of-war, but then the buffalo herd returns, chases the lions away and frees the calf.

Millions have watched the 8-minute video, called "The Battle at Kruger." Texan Dave Budzinski, who shot it while he was on a guided safari, told ABC News that he used his video camera about once a year.

The video is copyrighted by NegativeSpace Media, which is building a web site, battleatkruger.com, containing behind-the-scenes information, merchandise and licensing opportunities. The video appears on the Mutts blog with the company's permission.

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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