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(11-12-2023, 09:21 AM)Tonpa Wrote: Black Dam Males this morning
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They also mentioned S8 Males autopsy results, he had TB and his cheek was cracked. They also found a hornets nest in his genital region...
Cheek was cracked, what does that mean the inside or outside of his cheek was chapped? Hornets nest in his genital region, so those weren't ticks that I saw congregating? That is the craziest thing I've ever heard.
I imagine that with his cracked cheek that grooming himself would have been hard, if not impossible, for a long while. Hence, the chance for parasites and other critters to take advantage of his weakened state. Death must have been a relief to this lion, the pain having been excruciating.