Dramatic moment an elderly buffalo refused to surrender to Five lions

This is the dramatic moment an elderly buffalo refused to surrender his life despite five lions clambering on its back during an epic battle in South Africa. 

An incredible sequence of photographs taken in the Londolizi Game Reserve near the Kruger National Park captures at least five young lionesses surprising an elderly male buffalo, clawing and biting at his neck until the massive beast fell to his knees. 

Although the buffalo was elderly and dramatically outnumbered, he refused to give up the fight - eventually managing to shake the big cats off his back and dart into a nearby river to make his escape.