Touching scenes as a baboon feeds her newborn and grooms a young male, while buffaloes gather around the carcass of a comrade killed by lions.

The Chacma baboons (papio ursinus) -- the largest non-human primates in Southern Africa -- were filmed in a huge Nyala Tree on the bank of the Mphongolo River in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

The African or Cape buffaloes (syncerus caffer) were also filmed in the park, off the H1-7 road, 6.5km north of Babalala Picnic Spot.

The beasts waited around the corpse of their comrade for about 15 minutes, sniffing at its body and appearing mournful.

The dead buffalo was killed by a pride of nine lions. Buffalo are also capable of killing lions.

Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus) are the largest non-human primates in southern Africa. They are highly gregarious, social animals that live in troops of about 15 to 100. This female baboon was sitting in the fork of a huge Nyala Tree on the bank of the Mphongolo River, suckling and grooming her newborn baby while a young male sat close to her. He moved a short distance away from her as she groomed her baby, before returning to her to be groomed himself.

African or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) are formidable animals, and adults are quite capable of killing Lions, their principal predators. This large herd returned to examine the remains of a buffalo calf that had been killed and eaten by a pride of nine Lions. The satiated Lions had fed on the calf, and quickly left the kill as the large herd of Buffaloes returned, crossing the road in front of our vehicle as vultures circled above. The Buffaloes seemed disturbed by the remains of the calf, and many Buffalo bulls and cows sniffed the carcass, before moving away. The Buffalo herd stayed near the calf’s remains for about 15 minutes before moving away through the stunted Mopane scrub. This drama occurred on the H1-7 road, 6.5 km north of Babalala Picnic Spot, in Kruger National Park, South Africa.