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(02-13-2022, 04:30 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(02-08-2022, 11:52 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(02-08-2022, 04:11 PM)The Panther Wrote:

(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.

The crater doesn't have a dry season the same way the surrounding Conservation Area does. Of course it dries out with little to no rain but the cooler temps and lush volcanic soil keep the water holes filled and have much more green foliage year round. 
In regards to Mane size, generally speaking it's the Crater that produces the most shoulder covering manes and while some don't have as much as others, prime males usually have it. What really threw me off about this photo was the lack of green anywhere as well as no visible crater rim as far as the eye can see which is what leads me to believe it's the surrounding Conservation area which was far more dry and open. I could be wrong but I never once got a view like this when I was in the crater.

Not sure if you have seen the documentary about the Vumbi Pride, on Lion Gangland. They are shown in the documentary to be a desert pride, and their dominant males were C-Boy and his brother Hildur, Serengeti males (edited for incorrect information). If you haven't seen the documentary, I highly recommend it, it is one of my personal favorites.

Is this the pride that Snyggve is from?  The Vumbi Pride?  The time scale is about right to when he would have been born or within a year or two.  Absolutely the most magnificent specimen of a male lion you'll ever see in his prime... Reply