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02-08-2022, 04:11 PM( This post was last modified: 02-08-2022, 04:23 PM by The Panther )
(02-04-2022, 04:04 AM)Pckts Wrote:
(02-02-2022, 04:48 AM)SpinoRex Wrote: 2 monstrous males captured in the Ngorongoro Crater. The left one is absolutely gigantic... look at that body thickness.
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Are you sure this is the crater?
Landscape looks sparse for the crater but the one male has the notorious shoulder mane so I’m thrown.
Also, you should give credit to the photographer whenever possible.
This is simply the dry season. Ngorongoro Crater after all changes depending on the season, so it's at it's greenest during the wet season. Manes like elsewhere vary in size, so some won't be as impressive as others. This is more evident in Ngorongoro Crater, where the cooler high altitude temperatures allows for a greater range of mane sizes, so males with massive manes covering their shoulders and arms can be in the same group as males with more "medium" sized manes that only cover up to the tips of their shoulders.