He is still out there as I write. Amazingly he is able to reduce his metabolism to almost zero, stopping the blood from gushing out and also preserving his strength. Am not sure what the outcome is going to be tomorrow morning, but if the lions don't get back for him the hyenas will definitely show up. He does have tenacity though. The vultures? They gave up ages ago when he kept lifting his head threatening to chomp them off if its the last act of aggression he had the strength to perform before checking out.
At about 5pm we witnessed some curious (read stupid) Puku edging up to him to get a sniff, they knew something was wrong because of the way he is lying in the open, hardly moving- not the signature of a usually stealthy animal that prefers to spend most of the day in murky water. Aparently there have been several fantastically recorded altercations between the lion and the crocodile over the years including the famous one which is supposed to be the most downloaded video on Youtube, it features and get this; a lion, crocodile fighting over a baby hippo. These sworn enemies though often caught sparring and exchanging blows at each other have never actually been witnessed feasting on each other's rank flesh (at least I think its rank, they probably think its too rich for the other- don't know.)
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