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Lion Predation
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 (06-30-2019, 11:15 AM)Rishi Wrote: An Amreli lioness had hamstringed a blue-bull was trying to train her 2-month-old cub, which quickly lost interest & is seen sitting beside the immobilised prey. The lioness was nearby but could not captured in the frame. Great photos. If that cub could talk, I think that it would say something like this "Mom.. you have to be joking, shouldn´t my head look bigger than my ears before you make me start this kind of training?" :)
Back in January 2018, a half-blind South African lioness in Greater Kruger took down a giraffe for her cubs: https://africageographic.com/blog/bush-t...-for-cubs/
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Lionesses trying to hunt a big Cape Buffalo with out luck, it happened in Botswana
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(07-01-2019, 01:18 AM)Shadow Wrote:(06-30-2019, 05:45 PM)Pckts Wrote: One more thing concerning this lioness-zebra situation. That beating what that lioness takes against ground. Especially when crossing that road... and right after that still running like nothing after zebra. No matter how much adrenaline there is in blood, that is incredible. 
A failed hunt in the Namibian desert:
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Older case from 2011, but quite funny. Young lion kills a honey badger. But honey badger gets revenge though and hopefully lion learned something about eating a honey badger
 "This morning my guests and I had the most amazing sighting! It easily fits into my top three sightings, (just under a Leopard killing a Duiker in front of the vehicle and then Lions chasing the Leopard off and eating the Duiker themselves.) We were following two sub-adult Lions, a male and a female, and our largest adult Lioness as they wandered and sniffed and enjoyed the crisp morning. The young female started getting very alert and then her brother as well. The older female watched them but did not move from her course. Then the young female ran and pounced. Her brother followed and we started to hear strangling noises. As we came around the bushes, the young male had a two year old Honey Badger cub in its jaws. The Honey Badger was struggling, growling, and hissing but the Lion’s grip was too firm. The young female Lion was trying to get her paws and jaws on the Honey Badger’s mother but she was unsuccessful and she quickly gave up. Finally, after about 10-15 minutes the male started eating the Honey Badger, being careful to keep it from the other two Lions. Then an awful stench permeated towards the vehicle. The Lion had punctured the Honey Badger’s anal sac. At this, he stopped eating and left the remainder. The adult Lioness, knowing all to well what was going on, started wandering back into the bushes, with the other two following. Honey Badgers are known to be one of the most ferocious animals in the African Bush. The youngsters, however, are not as adept as the adults at getting away using teeth, claws, and a staunch stubbornness. I’m still in awe of what we saw this morning! Another fantastic and one of kind sighting at Kapama! By: Noelle DiLorenzo – River Lodge Ranger" Source: https://www.kapama.com/rangerblog/lion-k...ey-badger/ 
So, if anyone doubt on Lion/Lioness ability, Have a look on this video - Absolutely awesome video
(07-09-2019, 02:47 PM)sanjay Wrote: So, if anyone doubt on Lion/Lioness ability, Have a look on this video - Absolutely awesome video One of those cases, where I was hoping lion to fail to be honest :) Hopefully that elephant has a long life ahead, they are magnificent animals. But that was a close call, if that lion would have been a bit more experienced with elephants, this could have ended badly for this young one.
This young elephant made a wrong move, sometimes it would be better to go to the opposite direction and not to wake up lions. Older case, but in a way interesting, this elephant overestimated itself badly.
I noticed by accident one other older case about two lionesses taking down an elephant cow, estimated to be around 10 years old by observers. It is surprisingly painful to try to find clear information about elephant sizes and growth patterns, but looks like it, that 10 years old is reasonable sized, but naturally not yet adult elephant. What comes to shoulder height, quite close to adult though.
Anyway not something, what people could hope to see too often. This site has a lot of descriptions about lion sightings. Looks like to be quite reliable case, but everyone can check and make their own conclusion. Quote from October 17th 2008: "Another spectacular elephant kill has been achieved by the Savute Pride at Savute Safari Lodge. A few nights ago, around 21h30, shortly after dinner, the camp manager went down to the fireplace in front of the lodge to get the fire ready prior to guests arriving for their nightcap. Just as he got the fire started there was a growl extremely close by. A large female lioness was standing only a couple of meters away. Kobus, the camp manager, started backing away very slowly and made his way back to the bar to ensure that everybody was safe and behind closed doors.  *This image is copyright of its original author Shortly afterwards, Gwist, one of the guides, and Kobus took a vehicle around to the front of the camp to see if the lions were still there before they accompanied the guests back to their suites. Two Lionesses were in front of the fireplace, looking intently at the 150 or so elephants that were moving around the waterhole. On returning to the main area they barely noticed the one female as she was walking past the front of the lodge. A few minutes later everybody could hear the anxious yelps of a pack of wild dog close by. It was very difficult trying to keep everyone inside, knowing exactly what was transpiring around the waterhole, however, as always safety comes first. After less than a minute the panicking bellowing of an elephant could be heard.  *This image is copyright of its original author Very slowly and with great care, Kobus made his way down to the swimming pool deck to see what had happened. The two Lionesses had just brought down an elephant cow of approximately ten years old. Slowly everybody moved into a position from where they could observe the lions, as the staff were unsure where the remaining lions of the pride were, this, however was only for a few of minutes before they all made their way back to the bar.As everyone was settling down with a much needed drink, Kobus observed another movement next to the swimming pool. A Leopard seized the opportunity created by the commotion to come down to the swimming pool to get a drink!Shortly after accompanying the majority of the clients back to their rooms, Kobus and the guide could hear the male Lions approaching the area. Soon a huge male, accompanied by a female with two cubs were seen drinking around the swimming pool before making their way down to the kill. Finally at around midnight, it became quiet and the staff was able to close down the main area for the night and go to bed, hoping to get some much needed sleep with the noise of Lions and Elephants in the background. There was very little chance of Kobus getting any sleep, as he realized that he would have to deal with a dead elephant right in front of the lodge in the morning, not only attracting lions and other predators to camp, but also soon the smell of the dead elephant would spread through the area.  *This image is copyright of its original author Early the next morning Kobus had to make a plan. With the assistance of Wildlife services they decided to drag the carcass a little bit up stream and towards the other side of the channel; however this was no easy task. They attached a chain to the one hind leg of the elephant and then to the Wildlife Services’ vehicle. They only managed to move the elephant approximately 30cm before getting completely stuck in the soft sand. There was only one way to solve the problem. They had to attach another vehicle to their vehicle and pull it out.So with another vehicle attached to the Wildlife Vehicle they managed to pull the stuck vehicle out of the sand, however, even with two Land cruisers they could not move the elephant any further. They decided to get a tractor from their neighbours to try and move the elephant. Once again the whole story repeated itself, this time however the plan worked.  *This image is copyright of its original author The tractor was attached to the Elephant Carcass, Wildlife Services Land Cuiser was attached to the tractor and right in front was a vehicle from Savute Safari Lodge, attached to the Wildlife Services vehicle. After major discussions, coordinating as well as a few nervous moments the whole train started moving over to the other side of the channel. After repositioning a few times they managed to move the carcass approximately 150 meters away from the camp fence. They barely unhitched the chains when the big lioness came out of the bushes directly above them, reclaiming her prize. At around 21h00 that night when Kobus was trying to gather the exhilarating events of the day, he could still hear the lions as well as the elephants around the waterhole. Who knows what could be in store for the following night….?These rare & amazing sightings have been viewed at: Savute Safari Lodge" Source: https://www.sunsafaris.com/blog/2008/10/elephant-kill-at-savute-safari-lodge/ Another source with same incident told, but here also some photos, which are missing from that first one: https://lionprides.wordpress.com/tag/elephant-kill/  *This image is copyright of its original author
This is about lioness killing alone bull cape buffalo, which I mentioned in thread "Lion directory" posting #245 and now @Djumafan had noticed update, which he posted in thread "Lions of Sabi Sands" posting #1993".
This is from same blog, which djumafan used, but I decided to put it here too, because this isn´t something we hear or see too often. Lioness killing an adult bull cape buffalo alone. More information is still coming some day next week, but even with current information this is an impressive kill. Tsalala seems to be one special lioness. Quote: "The hot topic this week was of course the Tsalala female taking down a buffalo by herself. And no, it wasn’t a calf that she isolated form a herd, it was a big bull. The lioness is certainly not the biggest we’ve ever seen at Londolozi, maybe topping the scales at 130kg, if that, and the bull probably weighed well in excess of 600kg, so it was no mean feat. When one also considers that the Ntsevu pride of 6 adult females are starting to develop a reputation amongst the guides here for not being good buffalo hunters, so little success have they met with of late, it just makes the Tsalala lioness that much more impressive as an individual." https://blog.londolozi.com/2019/07/19/th...tures-396/ Addition: When biggest cape buffalos are known to weight even up to almost 1000 kg, I think that 600 kg estimation about big bull can be considered realistic and conservative.  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (07-21-2019, 02:33 PM)Shadow Wrote: This is about lioness killing alone bull cape buffalo, which I mentioned in thread "Lion directory" posting #245 and now @Djumafan had noticed update, which he posted in thread "Lions of Sabi Sands" posting #1993".Wow this was impressive. I have never heard about a lone lioness killing a buffalo bull. |
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