Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Sanju]

(04-30-2019, 11:02 PM)Pckts Wrote: Lions in Africa prey Zebra, Wildebeest, Cape and other antelopes regularly.

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The study was conducted between 2005 and 2007 in the northern sector of Hwange National Park (Hwange), north-western Zimbabwe
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055182

"The most preferred weight of Lion prey is 350kg"
http://ibs.bialowieza.pl/g2/pdf/1595.pdf

Buffalo again being the most common prey item between the 3 "Zebra, Wildebeest and Cape"

But it'll depend on the Lions, you have Lions like the Notches who made a living off of Hippo's, you have Lions in Botswana that Kill Elephants, Lions in the Crater that feast off of mega sized Ungulates and Capes, etc.

In regards to Cattle, for one they are usually fairly small, not any larger than Wildebeest or Zebra usually looking much more malnourished and produce a much more unhealthy meat. 
For their average weight, Schaller describes them as 150kg 
 
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00780.x

And if you use the most common prey items, "Cattle 8%,  Buffalo 11%, Sambar 26% and  Chital 32%, your average prey weight would be less than 150kg which would be 200kg short of the African Lions mark. 

Just a quick example, this is in the Serengeti after the Great Migration had already passed, this heard of Cape was absolutely massive, we had to wait in or Jeep for 15-20 minutes while the entire herd passed by.

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And this was just from one small Watering Hole in Tarangire

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You just don't see sights like this anywhere else on earth, India's wildlife is very sparse, spread out throughout the dense sal or teak, even places with larger watering holes like Tadoba don't accumulate near the vast quantity of life that they do in Africa.

Again, you are using the term, african lions and comparing them with Serengeti and Zimbabwe lions ...

Gir lions almost entirely feed on cattle and buffalo n other livestock like camels and donkeys (with avg ~500 kg). Lion diet studies are mainly made in gir forest but If you see a lion in amreli town or city for instance, they daily eat one thing that is livestock. Like wise, all the lions outside 1400 km2 that is balance in 25000 km2 lions only eat cattle and buffalo (max upto ton)...

" I never said they are as large as east african lions and southern lions". Look thoroughly I'm saying african lions and their weight is closing by to african lions (when you total all african population, africa means not south africa, it means entire Continent is similar to gir lions weight).

And don't compare with cherry-picked large lion population. Africa doesn't mean only those natural reserves and lions. Take over all west african, central lions and southern ones. Reply