A cowardly lion was forced to hide up a tree after a herd of buffalo it was hunting decided to turn around and chase it away.
The lion clung on to a branch after it bungled an attempt to stalk the herd in Masai Mara, Kenya.
When the buffalo saw the lion approaching, they turned around and chased, forcing it up a tree for hours.
A cowardly lion was forced to hide up a tree after a herd of buffalo it was hunting decided to turn around and chase it back
The lion clung on to a branch for hours after it bungled an attempt to stalk the herd in Masai Mara, Kenya,in the unlikely images
It joined four lions who are nicknamed the Black Rock Boys in following the herd of 500 buffalo, creeping closer in a bid to catch their prey
After the buffalo saw the lions approaching, they turned around and chased, forcing one lion up a tree for hours
Photographer Olav Thokle, 54, from Norway, captured the moment the king of the jungle was forced to scamper to safety
The hunter becomes the hunted: The herd of buffalo in the savannah decided to turn around and chase away the lion who was creeping up on them
Wounded pride: The lion clambered up the tree and perched in a branch for hours as the buffalo remained around the predator
The cowardly lion peered down at its prey from up high, unable to return to the ground for fear of an attack by the herd of buffalo
After spotting the angry buffalo herd, one of the scared lions desperately scampers up a tree to safety
The terrified lion in the Masai Mara clings to a tree after escaping an angry herd of buffalo who turned on it during a chase in the savannah