Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Rishi]

(04-27-2017, 05:21 AM)Garfield Wrote: I agree simply put, these are some impressive Asiatic lions, I think they're holding their own in strength with any cat species African lion or tiger.  Definitely  surprising, didn't realize this.  The skull of the Asiatic lion is looking strong too, something seems different about it, not sure what that is.

Great videos too, its pretty cool the lions are really making their way around even into the civilization, hope they don't get shot.  What I don't get is, does the Indian lion have prides, I wasn't sure about that, I mean do they hang out with the females and stuff?

Yes, they hang out with females & family...i have posted some such images.   

Just family sizes are limited due to habitat related reasons. While in low cover of Savannah or semi-arid scrub numbers help do encircling manoeuvres, in a dry forest, crunching leaves from 5-7 lions' footfall would prematurely blow cover. Otherwise nilgai & cattle (~40% of diet) weigh 500kgs & should support larger prides.
the largest one, Kamleshwar pride (in video) even managed to reach a total of 32.

Usually they start as this, a mating pair, or a two female-two brother coalition...

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Once their female cubs start to have their own litter & numbers cross a dozen (including sub-adult cubs) most hunts take place in more efficient groups of 2-4 & when rest of the pride comes to their hard-earned kill, tempers flare..eventually fragmenting the pride in to subgroups.

Younger daughters often move out with their sisters or female cubs, in a much tiger-like fashion...

As far as the males are concerned, unlike African plains & desserts, they can't see everything upto 5 kms away..& thus, spend a lot of their time patrolling the woods from ever-increasing number or trespassers. 
They mostly keep to themselves... Reply