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Lion Predation
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Its is good to see sigle Lions taking down adult Bull Buffalo in a few occasions.
Anyway, an Ostrich was killed by a female Lion.   
Male lion and lioness take down buffalo. The lion grabbed it like a bulldog, and doesn't let go until the lioness performs the excellent take down.
This was posted on Reddit today - lion digging a warthog out of its burrow:
 *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCBaYJYpuSM https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/comments/of1g1m/being_a_king_aint_easy_bob_marley_digs_for_7/ 
This large crocodile had been killed and eaten by the resident lions in the area. Measuring 13ft 6″ is the length of a medium size fishing boat
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Puncture marks can be clearly seen in the throat area. The Lion kill by strangulation using their powerfull jaws to block the air intake. With an ever decreasing supply of game, the lion in the Matusadona, Bumi Hills area have adapted their prey to include the Nile Crocodile.  *This image is copyright of its original author It’s quite a feat for a single lioness – and not even a particularly big one – to bring down a buffalo by herself. Especially when there is an ample supply of far easier (at least seemingly easier) prey species at hand in the form of impala, bushbuck, nyala and a number of other antelope species. Yet that is exactly what the Tsalala lioness accomplished last week in an insane display of strength. Ranger Greg Pingo heard the buffalo’s distress calls, and found the lioness and her kill when she was already opening it up. Certain factors almost certainly acted in the lioness’ favour. The buffalo looked like an old bull and was therefore slightly weaker than a male in his prime. The river sand in which she took him down probably helped anchor the bull, preventing him from moving fast and perhaps making good an escape. The thick bank of Matumi trees probably hemmed him in, acting like a wall against which he could be cornered. I’m in no way attempting to belittle the lioness’ accomplishment here; quite the opposite in fact, as I’m singing her praises for recognising a superb opportunity and capitalising on it. Her and her cubs feasted for 6 days on this meal!  *This image is copyright of its original author
https://www.latestsightings.com/single-p...IhvWbvITNY
 *This image is copyright of its original author [color=var(--ricos-custom-p-color, unset)]Lionesses generally don’t hunt large buffalo alone, but this ambitious female took on a buffalo one on one and came out victorious. After the hard work was done, the male then took over... However, this lioness obviously took some lessons from wild dogs, which are known to eat their prey alive![/color] Impressive feat, just like my previous post. The lions are taking advantage of the situation as should all animals who hunt. She uses the sand to help make the buffalo fall, as I've seen lions use main roads to fall giraffe. However on hard ground or soft, these animals are strong! To see them use their tactical knowledge and use their environment to help with a hunt, is incredible.
Three lions, looks like two lionesses and a young male take down a bull eland. "In the middle of the road, we saw two lionesses and one young lion fiercely gripping the eland," they explained. An adult eland bull can weigh over 900 kilograms (1,984 lbs) and it took the big cats 15 minutes to ground the buck, and another 20 to dispatch their prey.
.  *This image is copyright of its original author Male lion takes down bull eland alone A mammoth effort from one of our coalition male Lions, Shadow, who has managed to bring down a huge Eland bull. He has been on the kill for the last few days with hundreds of kilograms of meat at his paws. We estimate shadow to be around 220-230kg’s but that is tiny compared to the possible 700 – 800 Kg Eland bull We cannot imagine he can eat anymore without his stomach bursting, but tonight he gave it five minutes. It was a nice change to see him active instead of sleeping with a full tummy. He has done well to keep other scavengers off so far to have this feast all to himself – we wonder for how long…  *This image is copyright of its original author https://erindi.com/blog/tag/eland/ Two males with eland kill, not sure if both were invovled.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Male lion looking at his freshly killed eland  *This image is copyright of its original author
Here is an older video of Lions taking down a Grown Giraffe.
You can see two Lions mainly did the job. Here, you can see one Lion run and jump onto the neck, while the other holds the Giraffe's leg.  *This image is copyright of its original author You can see the Lion pulling the Giraffe neck down here, causing the Giraffe to fall to the ground.  *This image is copyright of its original author ^ While the two did the main work of taking the Giraffe down, it seems that this might be one possible way for a single Lion to take down a Giraffe. Original video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2FPG2wXhXY 
Cooperative hunting, two male lions involved... Through interesting photos, the killing is shown.
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About #1018: they clearly aren't only two years old (they are definitely autonomus). But they are young indeed. Probably, being able to hunt efficiently some big preys, but perhaps having not yet taken the control of the pride ? IMO, 3 or even more 4 years seems like the right age. (09-15-2021, 11:39 AM)Spalea Wrote: @ Alright thanks |
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