Lion Predation

[Spalea]

(02-29-2020, 11:51 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(02-29-2020, 11:36 PM)Spalea Wrote: @Shadow :

About #829: Your video show how much lions are opportunist predators, how they know to profit from the ground and place - the lioness using the cars to catch a wildbeest, sometime to catch very small preys (lioness and bird) etc. But sometimes too they choose the difficulty, the risky hunt, lioness and the big zebra, whereas the felid could chase the baby one, and the male lion with the buffalo.

I wouldn´t use the word opportunist even though I understand, that it´s not totally negative word. But in Finnish language it isn´t the word which I would use when complimenting someone. It´s taken here as a word to describe someone selfish, who doesn´t care about others (well, time to time especially male lions can be "a bit" possessive with food ).

I would use words like, ingenious hunter, or skillful/skilled... maybe talented. After all lions show often astonishing skills in hunting and show how to do it. Then again they often hunt to feed not only for themselves, but coalition partners, pride members and cubs. That´s why opportunist sounds a bit odd to my ear. But I got your point and that you didn´t mean it in negative way.

Yes, sorry but opportunistic meaned indeed how excellently they profit from circumstances in order to catch a prey. The lioness using the cars to approach the herd of wildebeest for exemple. Yes I know this word can sometimes imply a selfish behaviour even in french language, but not at all in this case of lions hunting. Reply