Battle scarred male lion. Two Lionesses with Cub. Blog » BeetleCam vs the Lions of the Masai Mara. In 2009 we embarked on a project to take close-up, wide-angle photographs of African animals.
To accomplish this we created BeetleCam, a small remote control buggy with a DSLR camera mounted on top. Filled with trepidation, we boarded a plane bound for Tanzania. We had little idea what to expect… would BeetleCam survive? It was a trip of mixed fortunes; BeetleCam took some fantastic photographs of elephants and buffalo but early on it was mauled and our camera destroyed by a lion. BeetleCam limped on with a replacement camera but we steered well clear of lions thereafter. On returning home our BeetleCam images were a big hit; they were splashed all over the Internet, appeared in print around the world and BeetleCam even made some TV appearances.
Well, last summer we returned to Africa. We had with us two BeetleCams. Contemplative. Random photo Submit your photo Stumble Thru animal photography Tags:
Tsavo maneaters. White lion cub. Crippled lion is dachshund's best friend. A 500-pound lion and an 11-pound dog have formed an unlikely friendship, proving that cats and dogs really can get along.
The puppies were introduced to Bonedigger in 2008 when he was just a 4-week-old cub. A metabolic bone disease rendered the lion mildly disabled. Park president Joe Schreibvogel — who goes by the name “Joe Exotic” — thinks the lion's state has something to do with the connection the animals formed. “The dogs thought it was just a big puppy and have loved each other since,” he told Today. “I also think they know the lion is not as normal as the rest.”
Exotic says that Milo and his littermates sensed that Bonedigger was crippled, and they sought to protect him. Milo is Bonedigger’s closest friend, and he often tries to imitate the lion’s growls. Male Lion. Historic (red) vs Present (blue) range of Lions. Little Lion Cubs. Barbary lion. The Barbary lion is an African lion (Panthera leo leo) population that is considered extinct in the wild.
This population inhabited the Atlas Mountains ranging from Morocco to Tunisia and is also known as the Atlas lion. The last of its kind was shot in the western Maghreb in 1942 near the Tizi n'Tichka pass.[2] The Barbary lion was first described by the Austrian zoologist Johann Nepomuk Meyer under the trinomen Felis leo barbaricus on the basis of a type specimen from Barbary.[3] Characteristics[edit] Stuffed specimens, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle à Paris Museum specimens of male Barbary lion were described as having very dark and long-haired manes that extended over the shoulder and to the belly. Ecology and behavior[edit] Pease accounted in 1913 that in areas where lions were not very numerous, they were more frequently found in pairs or family parties comprising a lion, lioness and one or two cubs. (1897) The last living Barbary Lion. Face-Off with a Lion. Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa. Physically and emotionally demanding.
That’s how Philipp Henschel, Lion Program Survey Coordinator for the big-cat conservation organization Panthera, describes the six years he and other researchers spent combing the wilds of 17 nations looking for the elusive and rarely studied West African lion. The results of their quest were disheartening to say the least. Back in 2005, before the survey began, West African lions were believed to live in 21 different protected areas. But now a paper about the survey, published today in PLoS One, confirms that lions actually exist in just four of those sites.
Worse still, the researchers estimate that the total population for West African lions is only about 400 animals, including fewer than 250 mature individuals of breeding age. (1925) Last known photo of a Barbary lion in the wild (Atlas Mountains, N. Africa) Photographer Captures Two Male Lions 'Mating' In Botswana. Three White Lion Cubs Looking for a Home.
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“Doesn’t anybody love us?” “We’re hungry!” “I need burping!” “Well, at least we have each other.” “Alright guys! I guess I am naive enough to think that only humans can be so heartless as to turn away their own children. So, I wonder aloud here again about the whole zoo thing. Cecil the Lion Died One Year Ago—Here's What's Happened Since. A year ago this week Cecil the lion was killed by Walter Palmer, sparking an international outcry and greater scrutiny of trophy hunting for the heads, skins, or other body parts of wild animals.
Eight African countries allow the consistent export of lion parts, including Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Tanzania, which holds nearly half the continent’s wild lions. Lions have declined precipitously in the wild, down from an estimated 200,000 continent-wide a century ago to about 20,000 today. Trophy hunting advocates and some conservationists argue that fees from hunts support conservation efforts for the big cats, whose main threats are habitat loss, prey depletion, and greater conflict with humans. Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, is said to have paid $54,000 to bow-hunt Cecil, a magnificent, black-maned, 13-year-old lion who lived in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and was well known to visitors. News of Cecil’s death spread instantly. Here’s what else happened over the past year. Buffalo and lion endure epic hour-long fight to the death.
Cast out by his pride, this starving lion was forced to take on a fully-grown buffalo in his desperate bid to survive.
What ensued was a brutal hour-long battle leaving both animals bloodied, exhausted and with fatal wounds. Dramatic images capture the lion savagely biting and clawing at the buffalo's mouth, the big cat's face smeared with blood from where he's been gored by his heavier and larger opponent's horns. Scroll down for video.