Desert Lions

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(06-08-2019, 12:14 AM)Spalea Wrote: I was only amazed by these two male lions' abundant mane. Amazed because we speak about desert lions. It's a paradox, I think. In Tsavo park, very dry biotop, lions are maneless. In desert, a dryer biotop, lions are able to wear beautiful manes...

Not just that, these Southwest African desert lions can be quite fat and muscular, which is surprising, considering that in hot, dry xeric or desert-like conditions, prey would be rather scarce for predators, due to vegetation and water being less than in regular savannahs, isn't it?

The Namib Desert: 

The Kalahari xeric savannah: http://www.alisonbuttigieg.com/border_galleries/lions/

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A lion that travelled 1,300 km (800 miles) between Angola and Nambia, before getting killed: https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/rar...data/32633
   

Kebbel the lion in Sesfontein Conservancy, northern Namibia: https://africageographic.com/blog/no-hun...-minister/
   

Namibian lions at Etosha National Park: http://liquidexplorer.com/collections/li...life-wide/, http://www.africaphotography.co.za/etosha-august-2014/, https://www.wildlifeadventures.com/namib...mibia.html, http://maasaiprde.proboards.com/thread/41/lion-breeds (from https://www.nathab.com/africa/the-great-...fe-safari/)

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