Water Buffalo calf attacked by lions, then mother gets other Water Buffaloes to fight off lions and save calf.

What is it you want? What is your question?

I tell you what I saw and how I see it from a biologist prespective.

The lions attack and catch a calf. The herd takes off. The calf is putting up pretty good resistance. Even when a croc gets it by the tail. All this comotion, between lions, calf and corcs brings the water buffalo back. A bull, not the mother, deflects an attacking lion, sends it flying. In lion world that's like it geting your butt kicked big time. The calf gets free. Wanders back in to the herd. The bulls have the lions stuck between the preverbal rock and a hard spot. The lions sure do not want to back up in to the waiting jaws of the crocs. So, the lion, knowing that is is better to be beatup and alive, than dead and croc dinner, makes a hastie retreat.

All this kinda stuff happens a lot. We humans dont get to see it very often. The trend in wildlife and nature programs now a days is to be politically correct. Therefor, no picture or video of baby and young animals geting caught by predators. People actually complain about seeing such things.

It is true that it is very rare, to see three major species interacting at one time. I can assure you that the buffalo never would have gone back after the calf if it had gone down for good and or if the crocs had gotten it in the water. The usual behavior is for the herd to take off when predators threaten.

There is NO such thing as self sacrific in the animal kingdom. No matter how many of those psuedo-wildlfe shows you see on Discovery, animals don't have human like emotions. Yes, a mother will attempt to keep her calf from geting killed, but she will never allow herself to get killed in the process.