This is the terrifying moment two young lions team up to carry out a fierce attack on an older male in a furious exchange of blows.
Two younger lions Mardidadi and Kaka launch a brutal attack on an older, more experienced lion Ololparpit at the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya
Mr Sayaniel said: ‘If he had lost the battle, Maridadi and Kaka would have almost certainly killed the young cubs in the pride to bring the females back for mating.’
Ololparpit survived the attack but is reportedly in ‘bad shape’ following the ferocious battle.
The video shows Maridadi and Kaka joining forces to take down Ololparpit using their powerful jaws and strong paws.
After Ololparpit’s fierce roar, the two youngsters are deterred and start circling their older counterpart from a distance.
Ololparpit survived the fierce attack by the two young lions but he is said to be in ‘bad shape’
Despite being weakened by the fight, Ololparpit summons a fierce roar to ward off his attackers
Then all of a sudden, the attack continues as one of the younger lions leaps at Ololparpit jaws first.
‘One Eye’ – a 440 pound seven-year-old lion – had his eye gouged out in a brutal battle in Botswana. One Eye has to squint to properly see as he prowls for prey
Lookalike: One Eye bared a striking resemblance to Scar, the villain in Disney’s Lion King, after his eye was injured in battle
One Eye squints as he plays with a tiny cub resembling Simba from the Disney film. Mr Malan thinks the eye was impaled by a buffalo horn or damaged in a fight with another male lion
Before: One Eye was captured on camera before his terrible injury in Khwai, Botswana, by local photographer Shaun Malan, 39
Mr Malan said: ‘Only a few days later he was out chasing zebras again.’ Pictured: One Eye wading through some water in Botswana