[nikonf4] Re: Lion's lunch?
- From: Dave <downsouthdave@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:48:24 -0800 (PST)
Yeah, it was sad to watch. The narration said the mothers of grazing animals
can
abandon their young and prance around and run to distract the predator while
the
youngster will hide and keep very still. It was amazing to see the cheetah come
up, sniff, prod, and almost walk away before the little fawn fled and got
nailed. It couldn't have been more than a day or two old.
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From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 9:35:05 PM
Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Lion's lunch?
Interesting. The little springbok was taking its fear out of the gene pool.
On Feb 10, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Dave wrote:
I worked at the Detroit Zoo when I was in high school and had a chance to
interact with the lions. I'm convinced cat behavior is all the same whether
it's
a domestic cat, lion, cheetah or whatever. The difference is that a lion can do
real damage if it attacks and a domestic cat really can't. The guy did exactly
the right thing by standing still when the lioness faced him and put her head
down. That was her indication that she would have flushed him if he moved very
much. Big cats will very seldom attack anything that they don't or can't
chase.
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>I saw some amazing footage of an cheetah on the attack. There was a very young
>springbok fawn crouching in the grass as its mother had taught it to do. The
>cheetah approached and the fawn just froze. The cheetah cuffed at it to make
>it
>move, which it finally did. It ran about 10 feet and the cheetah only then
>chased it, pounced and killed it.
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From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
>To: f4@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 8:39:42 PM
>Subject: [nikonf4] Lion's lunch?
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>This is closer than I want to be!
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>http://www.petapixel.com/2011/02/10/photographer-nearly-becomes-lioness-food-with-camera-in-hand/
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>Eric
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>"It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument."
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Eric
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others
have thrown at him." David Brinkley
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