It doesn’t matter whether we are talking about a lion or any of the big cats (and include the puma), the experts say the same thing namely that you must stand your ground. You do not want to act like … Continue reading →
Yes, lions do sometimes lose some of their teeth as this excellent photograph by Ernest Porter shows. It was taken in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. This male has lost his lower incisor teeth bar one and he has … Continue reading →
People ask why there are no big cats in Australia but they could also ask a much wider question namely, “Why are there no native cats at all in Australia?” The answer must be found in the fact that the … Continue reading →
This is another story of a zookeeper being attacked by a lion or lions and suffering severe injuries. In this instance it took place at Shoalhaven Zoo in New South Wales, Australia. Jennifer Brown, 35, was cleaning the lions’ cage … Continue reading →
This picture of 10 sedated lions was taken by a drone in my opinion. They are ten of twenty-four selected from around South Africa in 2018 and moved to a part of the Zambezi Delta where they had been wiped … Continue reading →
Yes, lions eat the occasional young elephant if the opportunity arises. There is no shortage of images of lions attacking young and even adult elephants on the internet. There are also photographs of adult elephants stomping on lions and killing … Continue reading →
An interesting study by scientists at University Lyon 1 and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concluded that lionesses live at least 50% longer in the wild than male lions. It’s an interesting comparison to humans. In … Continue reading →
It looks like this man put his right hand through the bars of the cage (but not far in), which encouraged the lion standing nearby to grab the hand it his jaws and hold on. The man becomes terrified and … Continue reading →
An experienced Ranger, Kurt Schultz, at the Kruger National Park says that this was a unique experience because he had never seen it before. He describes what he believed at the time was a female baboon – but which he … Continue reading →
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa: There was a time when 30,000 lions roamed freely in Tanzania. They pleased the tourists who came to the country in large numbers to see them and other wildlife, boosting the economy by $4.7 million … Continue reading →
