Avoca male lions

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(09-06-2022, 10:20 AM)Wyld@Heart Wrote:

(09-06-2022, 05:23 AM)BA0701 Wrote: If I recall correctly, I believe the necropsy on Junior said he tested positive for anthrax. I do hope it isn't that.

That is correct. Anthrax is naturally occurring in the Kruger and is spread primarily over long distances from carcass to carcass by vultures, I believe, which is how lions get affected and Junior was unfortunately a victim to it. It's fairly easy to recognize in lions as the face swells up to what one would imagine a cartoon lion would look like. Anthrax spores are usually released in times of extreme drought which is not the case now having been an unusually long wet season that went into what should be the dry season and typically it would not affect just one side. 

I can't see the video as it only wants to play on Instagram, which I don't have, but going by the comments if it's just the one side of the face then it's probably not anthrax, going my limited second hand knowledge of the disease. Hopefully.

See him in the video below from minute 10:29.

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