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Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos
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Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos
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Very didactic small video I just come to discover: why should it be a second home for the Asiatic lions in India, and this away from the Gir home ? Explanations by the lion biologist Dr. Ravi Chellam.
Great video and explains a lot! They're doing a great job. Massai Mara should take notes.
female, 158 kg
male, 174 kg  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://thebigcatsanctuary.org/cats/sahee/ https://thebigcatsanctuary.org/cats/sonika/
@Ngonya
You asked : " @Rishi Sorry to bother, but I wanted to ask you if the lions in Gir NP are named and reported regularly like the African ones (in Sabi Sand, Masai Mara, etc.). If so, what is the most famous coalition there? " The pride organisation of the Asiatic lions isn't the same compared with the African big parks ones. At first they are smaller (because the denser vegetation of the biotop. Indeed we speak about the Gir forest and not savannah), then the males hold their territory but aren't as present. And at last the Asiatic lions are living close to the human settlements. So close that their behaviour in wild are deeply modified, at night they go venture into the village in the hope of finding a carrion having so an easy meal and so on. Nothing comparable with the African lions among which the big males are often featured, almost starified. In short their life isn't as tremendous. (09-29-2023, 02:39 PM)Spalea Wrote: @Ngonya I appreciate your explanation and response. Thank you for your attention
@Spalea, the lions that command the areas of Gir and Girnar (which have abundant prey) don’t go out looking for domestic animals. They tend to stay within the forest and only move out during the rains. I have personally never seen an Asiatic coalition of more than 3 males. This has also something to do with the prey size (as compared to Africa).
(09-30-2023, 01:01 AM)Ashutosh Wrote: @Spalea, the lions that command the areas of Gir and Girnar (which have abundant prey) don’t go out looking for domestic animals. They tend to stay within the forest and only move out during the rains. I have personally never seen an Asiatic coalition of more than 3 males. This has also something to do with the prey size (as compared to Africa).rare coalitions of 3 asiatic lions, previously posted on this thread...  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
@Ashutosh
You told at #2158: " @Spalea, the lions that command the areas of Gir and Girnar (which have abundant prey) don’t go out looking for domestic animals. They tend to stay within the forest and only move out during the rains. I have personally never seen an Asiatic coalition of more than 3 males. This has also something to do with the prey size (as compared to Africa). " Yes, agree with you, I think that, in the historic core of the Gir park, only the forest absolutely prevails and within it the lions are 100% hunting wild preys. Nevertheless their population being constantly increasing they try to expand in the vicinities of the forest, and from that interactions with human settlements quickly start. When a 200 lions populations were living in the "pure" forest of Gir park, they clearly were dependant of their natural preys (nigaults, sambar, boars...) but now how many are they now ? 600, 700, 800 ? Thus the majority of them are being forced to find easy preys among the herds of domestic livestock. No coalition of more than 3 males ? Yes, that is what I said: the competition between prides isn't as intensiv as in the African big parks, and this by far.
I wrote at #2158: " No coalition of more than 3 males ? Yes, that is what I said: the competition between prides isn't as intensiv as in the African big parks, and this by far. "
Big error, I was totally wrong because it reminds me the story of Bado. One male which was very wounded after a hard fight. the skin of half of its face was totally pulled off and I was deeply amazed to see how it could have been recovered a fit form. A very very tough guy !  (09-30-2023, 03:44 PM)Spalea Wrote: I wrote at #2158: " No coalition of more than 3 males ? Yes, that is what I said: the competition between prides isn't as intensiv as in the African big parks, and this by far. " They are doing a great job in their efforts to help the Asiatic Lions recover their population. Their numbers had gotten frighteningly low. |
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