Lions: Africa's Magnificent Predators


	Lions: Africa's Magnificent Predators
haraya
4-29-2008 1:10 PM
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lions, wild, botswana, africa, nature, photography, essay, sex, violence, hunt
haraya says:
Lions are magnificent animals —they can be cruel, brutal and gory, but they're also beautiful and fascinating. A bit like people, I suppose.
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4-29-2008 1:11 PM
alanocu
I had to turn away!
4-29-2008 1:22 PM
haraya
I thought "predator" in the title was enough of a warning. Hee! Sorry, alan
4-29-2008 3:56 PM
alanocu
oh no worries - I'm kind of a wimp anyway
4-30-2008 3:10 AM
Brimstone
Wow, some really graphic imagery. Fantastic
4-30-2008 7:39 PM
Kore7
Lion sex is interesting to watch, but I fear that admission may tell you more about me than about them
Yes, it does.
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            Females, on the other hand are sleek efficient hunters. They must
            kill most of the prey, which is very dangerous work.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/A0ACB66C-5E77-4F57-AC98-881DCD4AF93D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/3D19D3B2-1772-435E-B624-65FC06F13A55" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html">for many years field biologists
            who study lions have realized that cooperative hunting is an illusion</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/DB32D9C6-DB6C-4FA4-99C7-4F1E6657BC67" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/0AE46155-9B6C-4303-9DBF-BFCD688CCFA8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/4F85DEBB-611B-4AB7-9D74-05139AD91818" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/EA06960E-212F-45AD-947A-1B6FD5423456" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html">At
              one of the kills a small herd of elephant came in to investigate.
              They clearly were thinking about rescuing the buffalo—they
            trumpeted and the herd matriarch ripped a tree of out the ground
            to impress the lions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/0C6F2FEA-7CF1-4100-AD5D-3400913521D7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333">lions
                  bringing down buffalo</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/EDFA2C83-FF90-4C63-A9F4-8707A4F3C02D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/E158EABD-2768-4D7A-B38F-0E755542A92E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/DB8C5FD4-F0BF-4EC3-9791-A307E2D8115C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/D5FA9FE6-F23D-40B8-8082-1C447752D532" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html">The prime spot to start is always claimed
            by the dominant female, or if the male is there, he takes the prime
            spot. The prime spot is not what you might thing—it is the
            rectum.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html">1 hour after kill</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/12BA5D02-FF6F-4B0C-8497-FF5D44F22CD8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html">after 24 hours</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/48D60609-C7F1-4819-B2A7-2CC5D14EB64D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.edge.org/img/02122CDF-5CFC-444F-AA81-BC5B19AC6D8B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.html">
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