Desert Lions

[Gamiz]

From the Desert Lion Conservation Project

01 Oct 2016. Ugab Males. The two Ugab Males moved in an easterly direction along the Huab River where they killed an adult Oryx. Their tracks were followed as they moved between the Huab and Ugab Rivers.

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[Gamiz]

From Inki Bushbabies
A Renunion of Mother and her 2 beautiful offsprings......... the Ugab male ,xpl 98 , , seen with Angela ,the Huab Female and mother ,and Gretzky ,the brother of xpl 98

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[Betty]

here is the study posted about Namibian lions.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiEjszw49fQAhXPQpQKHQyEBtwQFggiMAE&url=%68%74%74%70%3a%2f%2f%77%77%77%2e%73%74%69%63%68%74%69%6e%67%73%70%6f%74%73%2e%6e%6c%2f%64%65%70%6f%73%69%74%2f%66%69%6c%65%73%2f%33%35%34%36%2e%70%64%66&usg=AFQjCNFgKIWQrqQqrtTXxbvKI4rP3NKMWQ&sig2=j4EZLgGtE15J48PUrw3Pfw

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[Betty]

Compare the website and document of data, you can find these lions of the data has changed. 

1、website

http://africat.org/hobatere-lion-research-project-update-june-2015

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2、document data

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiEjszw49fQAhXPQpQKHQyEBtwQFggiMAE&url=%68%74%74%70%3a%2f%2f%77%77%77%2e%73%74%69%63%68%74%69%6e%67%73%70%6f%74%73%2e%6e%6c%2f%64%65%70%6f%73%69%74%2f%66%69%6c%65%73%2f%33%35%34%36%2e%70%64%66&usg=AFQjCNFgKIWQrqQqrtTXxbvKI4rP3NKMWQ&sig2=j4EZLgGtE15J48PUrw3Pfw

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[Spalea]

@Betty:

About #2: Too bad... I would have liked to know the weight of the male lion whose girth reachs 148 cm... Reply

[Betty]

Hpl-1 lion

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Hpl-2 lion

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HPl-3 lion

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Hpl-6 lion

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[Betty]

(12-03-2016, 07:25 PM)Spalea Wrote: @Betty:

About #2: Too bad... I would have liked to know the weight of the male lion whose girth reachs 148 cm...

I posted some pictures below, HPL-2 lion is a big guy. Reply

[Spalea]

(12-04-2016, 12:51 PM)Betty Wrote:

(12-03-2016, 07:25 PM)Spalea Wrote: @Betty:

About #2: Too bad... I would have liked to know the weight of the male lion whose girth reachs 148 cm...

I posted some pictures below, HPL-2 lion is a big guy.

Thank you ! HPL-2 seems a modestly maned lion (by comparing with HPL-6) but his girth is amazing. Reply

[chaos]

(12-03-2016, 07:25 PM)Spalea Wrote: @Betty:

About #2: Too bad... I would have liked to know the weight of the male lion whose girth reachs 148 cm...

HPL 6 is 200kg. HPL 2 is 20% larger in body length, and over 7% in girth.That translales into a significantly heavier cat.
500+ lbs, is not a stretch by any means Reply

[Gamiz]

Don't know how I missed it, but finally some news on Xpl-93

From the Desert Lion Conservation Project

15 Dec 2016. Xpl-93 "Tullamore" Update. The last surviving member of the “Five Musketeers” (Xpl-93) has been frequenting the Okongwe Mountains for the past few months. The movements of Xpl-93 and the Okongwe lioness Xpl-104 are monitored on a daily basis. They have spent most of the past two months in the mountainous terrain north of Okongwe waterhole and have also been at Otjizeka spring during the past week.

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[Gamiz]

From the Desert Lion Conservation Project

26 Dec 2016. "Tullamore" Xpl-93. The last surviving member of the “Five Musketeers” has done exceptionally well by settling at Okongwe and becoming the pride male of the Okongwe Pride with four adult lionesses.

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[Spalea]

@ Gamiz:

Good news as concerns this last Musketeers survivor... The lions react well against the adversity... Let us hope the people let them live ! Reply

[vinodkumarn]

XPL 98 ( The Ugab Male "Miles" ...) is dead.........
Feels unreal and don't actually want to show these sad sad pictures
Must have happened just just before our friends arrived there

Cause of death unknown at this stage, but given his condition and absence of wounds and excess saliva or no signs of eclampsia ....a mystery for now.....

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[Pckts]

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[johnny rex]

(08-20-2015, 11:46 PM)GuateGojira Wrote: The Hobatere Lion Research Project

Check this new data from a study of lions in the Ethosa frontier. This are the lions of the Hobatere Concession Area (hereafter referred to as Hobatere), which lies adjacent to western Etosha, with the Hobatere lion population falling within the Etosha sub-population and in the medium to high density category. Check this map:

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The full article describe the entire study, and full with amazing pictures and what I always search, measurements and weights! Here is the page: http://africat.org/hobatere-lion-researc...-june-2015

Here is the table of the body measurements, check that only two animals were weighed, and the figures suggest lions of great body mass, although not very long. Warning, the shoulder height is also along the curves, so it is not an standing height. Check it out:

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Here are weighing the male lion:

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Here are measuring another one, along the curves:

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@GrizzlyClaws you love the canines, so here is the table about the canines of these lions. Check that the canine of 6 mm (at the gum line) of male Hpl-2 is a new record for wild lions. Here is the table:

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Here is the best image of the lion Hpl-2 upper canines.

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Here is another report from three of those specimens, this time from the Etendeka Concession, Omatendeka Conservancy, Kunene Region, always in Namibia, all adults. Check this fully grow male:

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Here is the web page: http://africat.org/africat-lion-research...t-expanded

Here is the article with the measurements (no weights, sadly) of the three specimens: http://www.africat.org/images/koolfish_u...report.pdf

Interestingly how they have survived in this harsh terrain, sacrificing size for efficiency.

Hope you like it, and add it to your data bases.

Greetings to all.

Wow, I'm amazed by the head length of HPL-5. His head is actually longer than the legendary Duisburg Zoo Siberian tiger which head is 50 cm long thus the lion has a larger skull than the largest tiger. But, I'm not sure whether the measurement of the lion's head is pretty accurate by the way. Is the measurement of the lion's head length based on over the curve measurement? Are there any tigers that possess head that is much larger than this particular lion, if possible? Reply