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History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions
History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions
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History's most brutal killers, the Majingilane Male Lions
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I can see that these particular lions are well past their prime, but yet a similar girth and size to a six year old lion. Lions/Tigers look so scrawny when lying on their side...
 (01-19-2016, 12:12 AM)Polar Wrote: I can see that these particular lions are well past their prime, but yet a similar girth and size to a six year old lion. Lions/Tigers look so scrawny when lying on their side... Remember that it is all relative, compare a lion or tiger on their side with a human being next to them for scale and you see their true size... Like the dead tiger from Nepal that I posted. Its all about angles, put a large animal in front and smaller human behind them and they look massive, move further behind them and that makes them appear even larger, get down on a knee, turn a different direction, uneven ground, etc. All of these will play a role in deceiving the viewer which is why so many of us prefer video to picture. One of my favorite pictures  *This image is copyright of its original author
Inyati Game Lodge:
This afternoon we had the privilege to witness three male lions hunt a buffalo from the start to the end.(Majingilane males) Hip Scar, Scar Nose and Golden Mane. Black Mane was two kilometers away with one of the Othawa lionesses and the three cubs.  *This image is copyright of its original author
(01-19-2016, 01:30 AM)Pckts Wrote:(01-19-2016, 12:12 AM)Polar Wrote: I can see that these particular lions are well past their prime, but yet a similar girth and size to a six year old lion. Lions/Tigers look so scrawny when lying on their side... I see a lot of those "huge" optical illusion pictures regarding lions/bears and their hunters (especially the respective animals' head sizes to the hunter's body), and usually the hunter kneels down a distance across the lion or bear, displaces their paws/head closer to the camera, or stands far behind either one of them. Not so the case with tiger photos, most of the tiger photos I saw involved their hunters literally leaning directly against the tiger's chest or them standing directly over the tiger as in the case with old Indian hunt pictures, and the one with the native Manchurian kneeling side-to-side with the large Siberian tiger. The dead tiger you posted was a very huge one at least 270 kg for sure, in my opinion. I'm talking about an average one. I've been to the Rhino and Lion Wildlife Reserve down in South Africa and I was amazed by the size of the lions I saw up close, but I've never been to Krai Penninsula or South Asian jungles to see an actual wild tiger uphand.
The video of the hunt by Khimbini Wildlife Photography:
After a full week of hunting finally the three male lions pull down a buffalo. Even when 400+ buffaloes come to rescue the victim the lions refused to back down until the herd gave up and ran. Filmed at Inyati game lodge, Sabi Sand Game Reserve. South Africa 
Wow thanks @majingilane man hip scar looks really bad and this is the first time I have ever said that about any majingilane but his brothers better keep him well fed and get him strong
@Majingilane
Admirable, very impressive video #200 ! But times are hard for these lions. The one in left looks, and is, very skinny. But these guys have guts, never giving out an inch of land in front of the buffalos herd ! From 6:00 we should have believed, that several buffalos coming closer to the lions and standing up straigth without moving a few seconds, they could have asked for permission to staying there with their dead congener, the lions doing nothing but dully growling... 
all Majings look slimmer as they grow older, could be that testostorone levels diminish and therefore muscle volume diminishes too.
It is quite touching to see them loosing their shape but it happens to all biological creatures.  (01-20-2016, 05:37 PM)LionKiss Wrote: all Majings look slimmer as they grow older, could be that testostorone levels diminish and therefore muscle volume diminishes too. Tell me about it; me ( bro bear ) not quite the grizzly I once was. (01-20-2016, 05:55 PM)brotherbear Wrote:(01-20-2016, 05:37 PM)LionKiss Wrote: all Majings look slimmer as they grow older, could be that testostorone levels diminish and therefore muscle volume diminishes too. with humans it is not the same because will live much longer than the Lions, Lions' body changes within 2 years after their prime which is when they are 8 years old. (01-20-2016, 05:55 PM)brotherbear Wrote:(01-20-2016, 05:37 PM)LionKiss Wrote: all Majings look slimmer as they grow older, could be that testostorone levels diminish and therefore muscle volume diminishes too. What do you mean, brotherbear?
...Just a light-hearted joke really, but true. At 67 yrs old, I'm not leaping fences anymore.
I don't think its anything more than them being hungry.
The wild isn't as forgiving as civilized life, animals go through periods where they have little to eat and they starve, simple as that.
Dark Mane, pic credits to Calvin Kotze, Ulusaba Game Lodge, 28.12.2015.
 *This image is copyright of its original author Scar Nose, credits to Flipside Wildlife Photography.  *This image is copyright of its original author
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