It would appear the modern day lions’ ancestors were faced with such a dilemma. As Hannes Joubert visited the Ngotso Dam in Kruger National Park, South Africa, on April 26, he spotted a wildebeest taking a dust bath. (110–157 kg) and grows to about 6.5 feet (2 m) in length and 3.6 to 4 feet (111 to 121 cm) tall. The black wildebeest, also called the white-tailed gnu, weighs 242 to 346 lbs. This is the incredible moment a wildebeest fights off two lions by hooking its horn into one of the predator’s hind legs. There's plenty of good eating to be had if the pride can bag a 1,500-pound (680-kilogram) African buffalo.During long, dry African summers, lions get the opportunity to kill these mammoth beasts by waiting near scarce, life-sustaining pockets of water that buffalo must approach each day.. Female lions do the majority of the hunting, choosing a tactic depending on conditions. Do you stand your ground and fight risking injury and even death, or do you run with your tail between your legs and hope to find another territory elsewhere? The mating season is timed so that baby wildebeest are born during the rainy months of February and March. Wildebeest Fight Back Cheetah To Escape - Amazing Animals Attack Wildebeest Fight Back Cheetah To Escape - Amazing Animals Attack. As for the other species – the White-tailed or Black wildebeest (or gnu) C. gnou – why, it’s even more flamboyant. Why “Man-Eating” Animals Attack People; This Tiny, Adorable Killing Machine Is The World’s Deadliest Cat; Humpback Whale Nearly Swallows Two Kayakers [VIDEO] From the wildest corners of the planet, to extraordinary encounters in our own backyard, we provide a platform and community to celebrate the wildlife enthusiast in us all. In fact, the wildebeest is better described as a reliable source of food for the truly menacing predators of the African savanna: lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, and hyenas. Drago's Bewilderbeast is a male Bewilderbeast who first appeared as the secondary antagonist of How to Train Your Dragon 2. The wildebeest (/ ˈ w ɪ l d ɪ b iː s t / WIL-dih-beest, / ˈ v ɪ l-/ VIL-, plural wildebeest or wildebeests), also called the gnu (/ nj uː / NEW or / n uː / NOO), is an antelope in the genus Connochaetes.It belongs to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, and other even-toed horned ungulates. The hyenas, needless to say, went hungry. If a female enters, he will try to mate with her. Female wildebeest are pregnant for 8 1/2 months before giving birth. If a male tries to enter their territory the wildebeest will fight for it. Eventually the exhausted wildebeest gave up the fight, allowing the crocodile to have its dinner and the hippo to return to its wading.