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About #2220: " "Deftly written . . . Patterson's book must now be considered the definitive Tsavo lion study... one of the world's leading experts on lions as well as an important conservationist."--Publishers Weekly Through field research and forensic evidence, a scientist reveals his theory on why two Kenyan lions killed humans and then ate their prey In March 1898, the British began building a bridge over the Tsavo River in East Africa. In nine months, two male lions killed and ate nearly 135 workers, halting construction. After a long hunt Colonel J. H. Patterson killed the lions, which are now on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. As codirector of the Tsavo Research Project, Bruce Patterson has conducted extensive fieldwork throughout the region on these lions. In The Lions of Tsavo, Patterson retells the harrowing story of those bloody nights in Kenya. He presents new forensic evidence on these maneless lions and argues that the man-eating behavior exhibited in 1898 came from the encroachment of human populations on wild habitats. Patterson continues this theory by exploring man's interaction with the changing Kenyan environment, creating a complete, up-to-date, and scientific look behind this intriguing murder mystery."  *This image is copyright of its original author This very interesting book contains a chapter (chapter seven) about the lions' mane and devotes the following one about these particular lions' mane. To sum up the maneless lion's mystery, its origin isn't clearly explained. Several hypothesis: - Immature lions: hypothesis very easy to disprove because these lions are huge and their body fully developped. - Very dry region: yes but what about the extant lions living in the Kalahari ? - Paleontological origin of a hypothesis: like the American lion and the Cave lion, the Tsavo lions live in a region where the vegetation is very sparse and the density of the preys is very low. Thus, as concerns the hunt the male's participation is essential. Their favorite prey is the buffalo. It's too hard for the lone lionesses to kill a prey able to feed the whole pride (mainly because of the very long displacements they should do), the males too have to hunt by themselves as frequently as the females do. And in this case, an abundant mane in this kinds of landscape and activity would be a big handicap. Within the classical parks of East and South Africa (Serengeti, Kruger and so on) the male lions can take advantage of the tall grass in order to camouflage themselves, it's absolutely not possible in the Tsavo park. 
Etosha lions, Namibia. Some lions have long limbs and the spotted hyena in this video has also long limbs and a long neck.
A very well-researched video on lions. Also lets show our support to wildlife creators on social media!
I'm surprised when I saw this video of a huge lioness/lion next to an adult male. I thought it could be ai, then i saw another video in the comment section below that video which could be the same female and that particular lioness was huge in that video. Unbelievable! Does anybody know any info on this lion pair?
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The individual on right is on higher ground, but still bulkier and appears to be heavier and huge than the one on left.
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(02-05-2025, 12:41 PM)Hello Wrote: I'm surprised when I saw this video of a huge lioness/lion next to an adult male. I thought it could be ai, then i saw another video in the comment section below that video which could be the same pair and that particular lioness was huge in that video. Unbelievable! Does anybody know any info on this lion pair? Could you post the link to the second video please, I don't have a meta account and I can't access the comments of the first video and therefore see the other video (02-05-2025, 10:14 PM)Mwarcaar Wrote:https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1F4ixrueLs/(02-05-2025, 12:41 PM)Hello Wrote: I'm surprised when I saw this video of a huge lioness/lion next to an adult male. I thought it could be ai, then i saw another video in the comment section below that video which could be the same pair and that particular lioness was huge in that video. Unbelievable! Does anybody know any info on this lion pair? https://www.facebook.com/svh.571592/vide...ttGT00v91M (02-06-2025, 12:26 PM)Hello Wrote:(02-05-2025, 10:14 PM)Mwarcaar Wrote:https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1F4ixrueLs/(02-05-2025, 12:41 PM)Hello Wrote: I'm surprised when I saw this video of a huge lioness/lion next to an adult male. I thought it could be ai, then i saw another video in the comment section below that video which could be the same pair and that particular lioness was huge in that video. Unbelievable! Does anybody know any info on this lion pair? Thanks. Are these the same two lions? the one with the mane looks different on the two videos and on the first video the one without the mane looks like a male (his head looks like that of a male), but on the second video it looks like a huge female and looks like it doesn't have a testicle (144p resolution for me so I'm not sure). Here are two male Lions without manes for comparison, the first at 2:17 mins comes from Tsavo Kenya and the second is from selous Tanzania: (02-06-2025, 02:54 PM)Mwarcaar Wrote:Welcome. I already edited out my first post as i noticed mane colour is different and second male has a narrower muzzle. As for gender, thought it could be a male due to head size and facial features, but not sure, that's why i had written lion or lioness in #2228. But looking again, I think it's likely a male. You are right, The second one is indeed a female as it has no testicles. Thanks for those videos and males in those videos have massive necks, shoulders and a squared jaw area. Two lionesses from the first video are bulky and the male is of average build.(02-06-2025, 12:26 PM)Hello Wrote:(02-05-2025, 10:14 PM)Mwarcaar Wrote:https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1F4ixrueLs/(02-05-2025, 12:41 PM)Hello Wrote: I'm surprised when I saw this video of a huge lioness/lion next to an adult male. I thought it could be ai, then i saw another video in the comment section below that video which could be the same pair and that particular lioness was huge in that video. Unbelievable! Does anybody know any info on this lion pair? . |
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