Zoos, Circuses, Safaris: A Gallery of Captivity

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Lioness 1,5 years old in Zoológico el Pinar, Caracas, Venezuela 

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(10-20-2019, 03:02 PM)johnny rex Wrote:

(10-20-2019, 01:43 PM)Hello Wrote: One of the biggest lions in the US at 650 pounds (very unlikely)

poor fella passed away on 2012 at 14.

Is Zamba a real Barbary lion? She said he is a Barbary lion but I'm not sure.

Highly unlikely, possibly a zoomix/generic lion. But there may be a possibility that he may have some barbary / asiatic blood, not because of the mane (even lions in cold climate can grow huge manes and people instantly think having a huge mane extending up to their belly is a barbary lion and these traits were based on old descriptions of barbary lions.), but there were barbary lions and Asiatic lions (later got mixed with African lions) in the US in the past and Zamba may had a barbary or an asiatic great grandfather. Even the face, mane, body structure of an afro asiatic hybrid looks like an African lion. It's very hard to distinguish between an African lion and an Afro Asiatic mix. They look very alike. Reply

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(05-12-2023, 07:28 AM)epaiva Wrote: Lioness 1,5 years old in Zoológico el Pinar, Caracas, Venezuela 

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A maneless Asiatic male.Sturdy looking! His name is Kuvam and lives at zoo Madrid (Spain). 

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Very large lion.

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Simba the lion

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An Asiatic lion of Iraqi origin (ancient Persia) at London Zoo. Taken around 1870

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Asiatic lioness (From Iraq) and east African male.

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A well fed pure bengal 

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Massive amur male. Body structure reminding me of Duisburg male

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Interesting Amur tiger enclosure at Duisburg zoo (Germany).

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A jaguar with a king cheetah type mutation

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Voodoo, Killman Zoo, Canada

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Muscular African lioness

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Fennec Fox in Caricuao Zoo, Caracas, Venezuela 

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Closeup of Hippopotamus dentition in Caricuao Zoo, Caracas, Venezuela 

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