Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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@lionjaguar :

You told " I don't know if this is correct to discuss lion and crocodile. ".

The subject of this topic is the coalitions of Kruger National Park. Thus I showed this video (#585) because we see here a great coalition, 19 lions it seems. The interaction with the croc is a minor event, the croc being too small to represent a real threat...

Otherwise it's clear that the jaguar is the only one feline to frequently hunt and eat some crocs (caimans mostly). Although the lions are able to adapt their behaviour according to their environment and available preys. I don't know more in which place some lions, realising that killing some crocs is much more easy than running after successfully antelops, have spezialised in hunting and killing crocs*.

The more powerful the felid is, the lower is its hunting success rate. The lions being powerful can easily started again an other hunt after having failed. And once the prey is killed, no one predator will come against them to disput it (especially in pride of course).

*After searching it, this happens in Zimbabwe:

https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-lion-pr...s#pid90973

at #705. Reply