Battle at Kruger

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funkoluwa said:
yep but meat eaters dont hav to eat more often like others, dey get lotof calories also dey rest most of the day but for grass eaters must eat two third of the day to get da calories dey want, either way both hav thir benefits

Yeah both sides does have ups and downs...

But in a typical African scenario... when it comes to finding food, the amount of energy that goes for hunting and NOT to forget the RISK invloved... which clearly seen in this video.... if a LION gets injured he will sure die of starvation!!!

And they always hunt in packs, so whatever food they bring must be shared unlike herbivores!!
 

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    sri_lion said:
    Yeah both sides does have ups and downs...

    But in a typical African scenario... when it comes to finding food, the amount of energy that goes for hunting and NOT to forget the RISK invloved... which clearly seen in this video.... if a LION gets injured he will sure die of starvation!!!

    And they always hunt in packs, so whatever food they bring must be shared unlike herbivores!!

    yeah am a lion lover as u
    lions r d only social cats in da world dey take care of each other within da pack accept for the cub killings by hyena's and new dominant male lions dey r successful animals
     

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    funkoluwa said:
    yeah am a lion lover as u
    lions r d only social cats in da world dey take care of each other within da pack accept for the cub killings by hyena's and new dominant male lions dey r successful animals

    Yeah! Agreed! For me.. A full grown Male Lions are the most majestic animals in the wild.... there's no doubt about it... other than that just maybe... a tusker elephent could come a bit closer to being majestic! :)

    But unfortunatly they are NOT the most successful carnivores :( The most sucsessful ones are the ones that you just mentioned in your post.. the UGLY Hyenas, they are more stronger in packs because they are more organized than Lions and have AMAZING STAMINA!!! But ofcourse not a BIT majestic as a lion!! :lol::lol:
     

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    sri_lion said:
    Yeah! Agreed! For me.. A full grown Male Lions are the most majestic animals in the wild.... there's no doubt about it... other than that just maybe... a tusker elephent could come a bit closer to being majestic! :)

    But unfortunatly they are NOT the most successful carnivores :( The most sucsessful ones are the ones that you just mentioned in your post.. the UGLY Hyenas, they are more stronger in packs because they are more organized than Lions and have AMAZING STAMINA!!! But ofcourse not a BIT majestic as a lion!! :lol::lol:
    i can remember in i think bbc planet where this pack of 3 or 4 hienas chase a way the lions,also 4 of them and get their hunt. guy explain their every single move carefully organized and cordinated to annoy the lions...:oo: kings backup and watch bunch of jokers shareing the hard found food..:lol::lol:

    but there was this scene about a large unit of chipanzees getting ready, goto their territory border and cordinate with best decipline and strike at the correct moment on the neigbouring chimp group. nature sure does teach a lot...
     

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    just said:
    i can remember in i think bbc planet where this pack of 3 or 4 hienas chase a way the lions,also 4 of them and get their hunt. guy explain their every single move carefully organized and cordinated to annoy the lions...:oo: kings backup and watch bunch of jokers shareing the hard found food..:lol::lol:

    but there was this scene about a large unit of chipanzees getting ready, goto their territory border and cordinate with best decipline and strike at the correct moment on the neigbouring chimp group. nature sure does teach a lot...

    Animals have great war tactics. That's why still we call several moves in the battle field using animal motions. (Leopard crawl, Monkey walk, duck walk etc.)

    It all happens just to fulfil Darvin's theories I guess. Survival of the fittest. Irrespective of the 'number of legs' all uses same techniques for their survival.
     

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    sri_lion said:
    Yeah! Agreed! For me.. A full grown Male Lions are the most majestic animals in the wild.... there's no doubt about it... other than that just maybe... a tusker elephent could come a bit closer to being majestic! :)

    But unfortunatly they are NOT the most successful carnivores :( The most sucsessful ones are the ones that you just mentioned in your post.. the UGLY Hyenas, they are more stronger in packs because they are more organized than Lions and have AMAZING STAMINA!!! But ofcourse not a BIT majestic as a lion!! :lol::lol:

    this is for you :lol:

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    just said:
    i can remember in i think bbc planet where this pack of 3 or 4 hienas chase a way the lions,also 4 of them and get their hunt. guy explain their every single move carefully organized and cordinated to annoy the lions...:oo: kings backup and watch bunch of jokers shareing the hard found food..:lol::lol:

    but there was this scene about a large unit of chipanzees getting ready, goto their territory border and cordinate with best decipline and strike at the correct moment on the neigbouring chimp group. nature sure does teach a lot...

    Yeah! Hyenas are such a nuisance, they will kill Lion cubs, Leopard cubs any cub basically :lol: though for a single Lion a hyena is not a match.. its very hard to catch them without the GANG :lol: As for my understanding Hyena's jaws are ROCK solid and puts more pressure on the victim than Lion's.. But the GREATEST weapon that LION has is its MANE... that makes him looks bigger and its a definite advantage for him, and they've done studies that the darker the MANE gets... that LION is far more aggressive and gets others respect!!

    Chimps are more intelligent than all of these, and also share 99% gene similarity with human.. also understandably their lives are more complicated... :lol: they've got politics going on in their system.. that's.. as we know.... far more dangerous :lol::lol:

    And I must say gotta give credit to these Wild Life film makers.. they are doing a superb job.. BUT not all of them.. some exaggerate too much.. they think they even know the exact thought of the Animal :rolleyes: its Animal's show... and guess who's doing all the talking... :lol::lol: I particulaly like Sir David Attenborough's show!
     

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    sri_lion said:
    Yeah! Hyenas are such a nuisance, they will kill Lion cubs, Leopard cubs any cub basically :lol: though for a single Lion a hyena is not a match.. its very hard to catch them without the GANG :lol: As for my understanding Hyena's jaws are ROCK solid and puts more pressure on the victim than Lion's.. But the GREATEST weapon that LION has is its MANE... that makes him looks bigger and its a definite advantage for him, and they've done studies that the darker the MANE gets... that LION is far more aggressive and gets others respect!!

    Chimps are more intelligent than all of these, and also share 99% gene similarity with human.. also understandably their lives are more complicated... :lol: they've got politics going on in their system.. that's.. as we know.... far more dangerous :lol::lol:

    And I must say gotta give credit to these Wild Life film makers.. they are doing a superb job.. BUT not all of them.. some exaggerate too much.. they think they even know the exact thought of the Animal :rolleyes: its Animal's show... and guess who's doing all the talking... :lol::lol: I particulaly like Sir David Attenborough's show!
    watch BBC Planet Earth one of the best David Attenborough's works i think.an absolutely must watch i would say..:yes: and talking about knowing the exact thought of animal Steve Irwin was a master :sorry:..especially the way he expresses the excitement..
     
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