Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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(12-02-2014, 01:02 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(12-02-2014, 12:32 AM)'chaos' Wrote: ~~ think the real tell, tell, is the inability to successful have prides and the smaller manes. The reason being, lions are pack hunters, thats how they are most successful. But being that the jungle doesn't allow many grazing creatures to congregate in large company, the pride doesn't serve a purpose.

That would directlty reflect their adaptation to the Indian terrain. 

 

It also directly shows that they are smaller which is because they are not as succesful in that habitat.
I never said they didn't adapt, I said they are less successful. Which is why they are shells of what they are truley capable of.
 

Asiatic lions are somewhat smaller than east/south africans. They are about the size of west african lions. Are west african lions also less successful? East african lions are smaller than south africans, are east african lions less successful than south african lions?

As we know lion size is corelated to prey size. In india they probably hunt smaller prey than in africa. But they doesn´t mean that they are not successful. They are adopted to indian enviroment - including somewhat smaller size. Sumatran tigers are also smaller than bengal tigres...

Tiger/lion interaction: adult male bengal tiger is perhaps too much for a single lion, but male lion could kill a tigress or subadult male. Also gang of female lions could kill a tiger (tigress, subadult male).   Reply