More than 80 buffaloes drown in Namibia after falling off cliff12 hours ago Share Save Khanyisile Ngcobo Share SaveGetty Images Lions often bring down buffaloes, and eat them (archive photo)More than 80 buffaloes have been killed after they trampled over each other and drowned in a river, Namibia's environment and tourism department has said. The buffaloes were being chased by lions in neighbouring Botswana when they "fell from a deep cliff" into the Chobe River on the Namibian side of the border, it added in a statement. Hundreds of buffaloes have been killed in similar circumstances in the past. An official at Namibia's Kabulabula Conservancy told the BBC the herd of buffaloes was fleeing lions in Chobe National Park. The NBC put the number of buffaloes killed at 90, reporting that the incident happened at around 05:00 local time (07:00 GMT).