Lion Predation

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(02-27-2020, 12:08 AM)ragelion Wrote: Single young male lion killed an adult bull giraffe

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"We have seen lions bring down different prey species from A to Z – from aardvark, antelopes, elands ostrich, wildebeest to zebras.  But two days ago it was a different story.  A lone male lion jumped on the back of a mature male giraffe, devoured the tendons and was dragged on for over 500 meters before finally succeeding in bringing it down. This was an act that surprised us all and we were left speechless at how a lone lion could perform this amazing feat!"
https://web.archive.org/web/20150920070330/http://lionguardians.org/lone-lion-kills-a-giraffe/

The average weight is 1,192 kg (2,628 lb) for an adult male and 828 kg (1,825 lb) for an adult female
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe

So he killed an animal weighing over a ton with a very powerful kick
And dragged it for half a kilometer

Great feat

It was a giraffe dragging a lion in this. Not lion dragging giraffe, that heavy giraffe is practically impossible to drag anywhere, lion will eat it there where it dies. Reply