[LRflex] Re: Hard to see
- From: "Marc Dufour" <foto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:18:55 +0200
Bill,
The reason simply could be to preserve the splendid, romantic and iconic
image of the lion :-(
Thanks to you,
Marc
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De: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de William B. Abbott III
Enviado el: domingo, 24 de octubre de 2010 22:43
Para: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [LRflex] Re: Hard to see
Marc,
Thanks for the denouement of the story, which might be called, "A Warthog's
Lucky Day." In the same vein as "Waiting for Godot," the star of the play is
never seen.
Almost all, if not all, the videos I've ever seen of lions in action after
prey show only one or more lionesses at the kill and the absence of the
males was always remarked upon, but the males' separation from the pride and
subsequent lack of training and experience (mentoring, actually) was never
mentioned as the reason.
Thanks again,
Bill
On Oct 24, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Marc Dufour wrote:
> Hello Bill !
>
> Male lions have a big problem: they don't know to hunt effectively.
> Lioness are the leader of the pride and learn strategy to hunt all
> together, usually a group of sisters.
> However, male lions have to leave the pride when they are still young
> and never learn adequately these group tactics.
> They compensate it with their natural strength, in some way, but
> generally take part on the hunt only when the lioness group has
> already performed the most part of it -and often only to appropriate
> the prey- or, in any case, to help if this one is a very big one, as a
buffalo.
> In other words, male lions are awesome, but rather lazy and
> incompetent ;-) It's why its number is progressively decreasing in the
Tanzanian parks.
>
> In this picture, the lioness wasn't alone. She had two sisters
> waiting, hidden in the grass, about 100 meters away.
> She was watching a warthog which finally moved away in another direction.
> It never will know what it escaped...
>
> Go to Africa, Bill, you'll never regret!
> And thanks a lot for your kind words.
> Marc
>
>
>
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> De: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de William B.
> Abbott III Enviado el: domingo, 24 de octubre de 2010 19:40
> Para: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [LRflex] Re: Hard to see
>
> Marc,
>
> I've really enjoyed your Tanzania photos and would love to follow in
> your footsteps someday.
>
> Re lions: In one of the nature programs about African predators on our
> Public Broadcasting System, the remark was made that lions are
> successful at making a kill only once in every ten attempts. That came
> to mind when I saw the picture of the lioness in the tree; I wish I knew
what came next!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bill
>
> On Oct 24, 2010, at 4:11 AM, Marc Dufour wrote:
>
>>
>> In the african savanna, things are often hard to see, and rarely what
>> they seem.
>>
>> Upon a leaning trunk, a lioness is watching a potential prey:
>> http://tinyurl.com/366cbns
>> A closer view, cropped at 100% scale, in:
>> http://tinyurl.com/2uo6bfy
>>
>> C&C welcome.
>> Marc
>>
>>
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