Tag: science
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The asiatic lion is not a species
For a very long time, we have been believing that there were two lion species surviving (the African lion and the Asiatic lion). The Asiatic lion was represented by this small group of lions in the Gir forest of India. Panthera leo leo (the African lion) Panthera leo persica (the Asiatic lion) You have to…
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Don’t bait the lion after a full Moon
When your safari guide tells you not to go outside of your tent at night, you should always respect this advice. Night is the right time for predators like lions to hunt. Most accidents in Tanzania happen in the last hours of the day or the beginning of the night. This is shown in the…
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Soon: The last lion in Kenya
photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar We usually think that a country rich of an impressive wild life like Kenya is nearly out of danger of seeing the full extinction of an emblem of Africa like the lion. This is not all so certain. According to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), wild lions from Kenya are…