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@R-L sure, but "Heavyn".
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@Bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Maybe a nice calming cup of camomile for each of them. Angry bastards.
Yep. Kruger park guide said to me "they may be king of the jungle but everybody hates lions". He was referring to the other animals, but I think they are awesome.
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@dogmeat It is isn't it?
It's not really "jungle" as I would see it in general (more savannah), but the King bit I get. Nobody really fucks with them when they are adults.
I always thought Great Whites were top of the chain as well until I found out that Orca will slice them open to eat their liver (with chianti and fava beans I assume).
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@Snowy yea Tigers actuallly live in the a more jungle environment don't they, plus they are generally bigger too, so if they existed together the Tiger might well be king.
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India (and Iran) in the past. Apparently Lions are worse fighters one on one, but because they hunt as a gang, there are stories of them killing (stronger) Tigers:
They're not exactly back together yet (edited):
Lions, tigers and leopards living in same region on Earth for first time in 27 years
'This certainly is a surprise for us,' says state's chief of forest conservation
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@taniwharugby Good clip to show strength of fully grown giraffe. If it had tripped or stumbled badly it would be tickets. But it is pure muscle with massive levers for legs. Sub adults more often the target. One kick from that size giraffe obviously problematic if it lands. Damaraland in Namibia lion are pretty successful targeting fully grown ones but even a smaller giraffe is a lot of food but less risk. That giraffe was pretty brute. Not surprised it lasted hours. And crazy scars and missing tails from escapes are definitely seen from time to time.
Lion prides can be very large. Largest I have seen is 17 but it can be over 20 sometimes. That’s a lot of empty bellies. So bigger prides have to hunt more regularly. And they’re opportunists of note. So for sure they will have a crack at it. But notice how lionesses held back in the clip. They know it’s dangerous. Not saying it was a half hearted attempt. Just need a bit of luck for it to actually go down.
As for “king”....elephant are the true kings of the bush no question
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@mantissanet that's interesting, thanks. Lionesses are the better climbers and jumpers too right? Which might have been more useful!
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Lions are King cos they lay around with magnificent crowns while everyone else (female lions) does the work. Nothing more kingly than being a pampered lazy arse, with as many chicks as you can hold, between the occaisional scrap with another kingly type
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@Bones Leopard the real tree climbers. Lion do go into trees from time to time eg Masai Mara and Phinda but not really to ambush from higher generally as leopard have been recorded as doing. As for off the ground jumping up onto prey, lionesses in their prime probably top the pile. Younger lion do make more mistakes. Seen a very slow agonizing wildebeest death coz one youngsters throat grip wasn’t on the windpipe and the hapless beast was being eaten alive from the backend by the others...gnarly stuff....it took forever for it to die. So hard to generalize but for that size cat I would say yes...a lioness in her prime at full launch is something to see.
Caracal can launch up vertically to catch birds and that is just insane. Serval too but Caracal is crazy. Both are a lot smaller though. One cannot believe the agility and focused precision of all cats really. Incredible creatures.
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@Machpants Male lion do hunt too. But they are undeniably good at arriving at a kill and claiming it too
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@gt12 they probably did live closer at some point, but less humans about to watch the fights in the wild
Although lions are strong in general, tigers are in fact stronger. They are more muscular, more active and have better agility compared to lions.
They also tend to be more aggressive as lions are considered to be lazy animals. Most male lions just sleep around, doing nothing unless they really have to get up and do something.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiger-vs-lionwho-would-win-83275452/
He told them that “back in the day of the Roman Coliseum, the smart money usually backed the tiger.” While we don’t have any great descriptions of the outcomes, ancient paintings of the event usually showed the tiger winning. And in the late 1800′s, the Gaekwad of Baroda, an Indian ruler, arranged a fight between the two beasts. Before the fight began, those running the bettor set the odds at 1 to 37,000 that the tiger would win. It did, and the Gaekwad lost 37,000 rupees.
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@taniwharugby meh. Dress it up all you like, just another Indian betting scandal.
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@voodoo said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
I was thinking a medium sized boulder, small enough to lift and swing, like the size of my head, something to jam at his jaws if he pounced.
Get a stick and jam the cougar's mouth wide open - works for crocodiles.
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@taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Whoops
Surely the correct word is "Bugger"...?
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