"Right now I'm a little freaked. I'm about to piss myself. I don't know if I should run to a hospital and die or be trampled right here. What should I do?"
That was a total act. Pretending like he was digging when he was using it as a cover to indulge his curiosity about the humans. Notice the way he was trunk checking (watch the direction of the tip) them as he ambled by. Gorgeous guy! What a special encounter.
Imagine being a sole lion trying to safeguard your territory, females and cubs… and then this coalition show up. It’s over… and so is your life, if you stick around.
The problem with such a huge coalition is messing up with the future ecosystem. They'll definitely kill more male lions to expand their territory of which They'll only hang on for not more than 5 years. Again the lives of the hyenas around are in jeopardy