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lion in the wild their courage and spirit has
come about through competition to ensure that only the fittest get to breed
when challenged the pride males can turn and run
sometimes they stand and fight and ensuing battles are brutal
rivals face off while others circle behind to bite into spine and legs
to see lions like this the yellow eyes blazing their mouths bloody their bodies
lacerated with wounds is to witness how important it is to win the right to
breed this is imperative for the survival of
the species
farmers have been known to kill lions because they take their livestock
some African parks are now looking at this and they're working out a good
solution they employ locals they invest in
education and attract tourism in the communities around the parks
creating a symbiotic relationship between people and lions is critical in
agricultural communities where lion predation of livestock can
push ranchers into poverty and lead to retaliatory lion killing
once the park is secure and it is viable
lions will be reintroduced to these areas that have been hunted to local
extinction
with hunting very occasionally males will join in the
hunting action particularly if the prey is extremely large like an elephant or
water buffalo otherwise the main job of the male is to
protect the pride solitary African male lions
tend to hide in dense vegetation to engage in ambush style hunting
lions tend to hunt at night and often lurk around watering holes streams and
rivers as those areas are hot spots for prey
lions will also scavenge and won't hesitate to steal other predators kills
or even eat the leftovers
lions have the great ability to critically injure or kill other lions
when engaged in a fight fighting with a pride mate of similar
age and sex not only threatens the survival of the
individual but also with injuring a valuable team member that could later
help to defend the pride against intruders
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Bengal tiger India is the only country in the world
that is currently home to both lions and tigers
much as predators coexist in Africa tigers and lions can live together
within carefully drawn boundaries they may use adjoining habitats or the
same habitats at different times behavioural adaption is another strategy
particularly when it comes to hunting tigers are largely killing prey by
ambush while lions are social felids hunting cooperatively with their prides
with reproduction the female will begin to advertise her readiness by marking
her range with distinctive smelling urine
she may make vocal cries to attract nearby males
during courtship they smell one another lick and purr while rubbing their bodies
against each other copulation requires the tigress to
assume a vulnerable position she lies on her belly presenting to him
fore legs fully extended and hind legs partially bent with her rear in the air
at this point the male moves over the tigress and mounts her in a knee bent
position during mating the male takes hold of the
loose skin folds on the neck of the female in his mouth to immobilize her
once finished as he dismounts the female responds by growling and jumping up
she may swipe at the male with her paw inflicting scratches
over three to four days they will mate up to
250 times and sometimes as frequently as every five to seven minutes
this is facilitated by the baculum bone in the penis
cubs are born after 16 weeks gestation jaguar
they adhere to a land tenure system much like cougars and tigers
females establish overlapping home ranges and female offspring may inherit
land from their mothers males establish territories twice as
large as females and overlap the ranges of several females
both sexes mark their ranges with urine in the north populations mate towards
the end of the year but in the tropics mating occurs year
round
jaguars are solitary predators they are stalk and ambush hunters
they are swift and agile and are very good climbers
they love the water and appear to enjoy bathing
although active during the day jaguars hunt mainly at night and on the ground
capybara and peccory are their preferred prey
black panther or black leopard or black jaguar depending where they live
melanism in leopards is caused by a recessive allele and inherited as a
recessive trait black panthers of both species
have excess black pigments but their typical rosettes are also present
they have mainly been documented in tropical forests
frequency of melanism appears to be approximately 11%
over the leopard's range
sightings of black leopards are incredibly rare
they hunt at night and so with their dark coats they're almost impossible to
spot although smaller than other members of
the genus panthera they are able to take down large prey due to their massive
skulls that facilitate powerful jaw muscles
snow leopard live in harsh snowy rugged alpine
regions in central and south Asia
it is bleak dangerous cold and desolate not most people's idea of a nice place
to live
their most common prey is the Himalayan blue sheep
clouded leopard it is a solitary cat
it is rare secretive arboreal and nocturnal
it lives in dense primary forests it is one of the most talented climbers
among the cats they have been observed to climb down
vertical tree trunks head first and hang on to branches with their hind paws bent
around branches of tree limbs when jumping down
they keep hanging onto a branch until the last moment
when balancing on thin branches they use their long tails to steer
they can easily jump up to 1.2 metres
leopard its fur is generally soft and thick
notably softer on the belly than on the back
its skin color varies between individuals from pale yellowish to dark
golden with dark spots grouped in rosettes
its belly is whitish and its ringed tail is shorter than its body
its pupils are round leopards living in arid regions are pale
cream yellowish to ochre and rufus in color
those living in forests and mountains are much darker and deep golden
spots fade towards the white underbelly and the insides and lower parts of the
legs
it is interesting to note that rosettes are circular in east
African leopard populations and tend to be squarish in southern Africa and
larger in Asian leopard populations
their spotted coats are an adaptation to dense vegetation with patchy shadows
where it serves as camouflage
leopards can climb trees very skilfully often resting on tree branches and they
can descend from trees head first they can achieve running speeds at over
58 kilometers per hour and leap over six meters horizontally
and jump up to three meters vertically
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