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Ethiopian forest lion. Harenna Forest sector of the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.

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Harenna Forest's altitudes range from 4,600 ft to 10,500 ft. The lions are generally seen at the lower altitude parts of the forest, so the temperatures they experience are quite mild at those altitudes. At higher altitudes, the forest starts to look less and less tropical, the temperatures get chilly to sometimes freezing at night and can even lead to frost, so the lions would have a hairier appearance with much longer manes at those altitudes. These lions have been spotted in the alpine tundra at altitudes over 13,000 ft, where sub zero temperatures are common all year round and precipitation mostly falls as snow. I can only imagine how beautiful and unique the Ethiopian lions would look at those altitudes. Reply