What is your favourite wild animal?
Discussion
The majestic lion is my mine. Never tire watching them or reading about them, specifically I prefer the lioness, she is the core of all prides and provider to the pride males and her cubs, lioness's will fight to the death defending her cubs when nomadic males attempt a "take over" of a pride (males WILL kill any and all cubs to bring the females into estrus (spelling?) Watching a group of lioness's stalk and dispatch animals anything up to 3 times their own body weight is captivating, as all aspects of a lions world are (to me)
Brief history of the Mapogo coalition
The above picture is of the infamous Mapogo coalition who dominated Sabi Sand for 6 or so years and killing an estimated 100 lions. They ruled an area 6 times as large as Manhattan! til infighting split the coalition into two separate groups and two separate areas. At first I thought their actions and behaviour were pretty evil and brutal but they were simply being the best lions they could be! although nature from the human perspective is often very violent these 6 took it to a whole new level! If they couldn't decide who had mating rights over a female, she would be killed and eaten (cubs filmed not only being killed but often eaten too)
I heartily agree that their are more pressing issues needing attention and two legs come before four but the perilous future of the wild lion looks bleak. A population of nearly half a million in the 1950's has dwindled down to less than 20 thousand, mostly down to mankind's actions. As much as I would love to have my pic taken with a cub, I would never consider it, all it does is continue the money making machine. I eat meat and am under no illusion how animals are treated but I'll never understand what is to be gained from murdering a lion. Often its anything but "sporting" often drugged, tamed and killed from the comfort and security of a fence or a vehicle.. any person who does this must be severely lacking. If you recall Cecil the male lion, who was lured to his death, not only did he die but as the dominant pride male, his cubs would of been killed by another male who took his place. The whole "canned lion" industry is disgusting IMO..
A random post maybe?! but what is your favourite?? (anybody like the honey badger?)
:-)
Brief history of the Mapogo coalition
The above picture is of the infamous Mapogo coalition who dominated Sabi Sand for 6 or so years and killing an estimated 100 lions. They ruled an area 6 times as large as Manhattan! til infighting split the coalition into two separate groups and two separate areas. At first I thought their actions and behaviour were pretty evil and brutal but they were simply being the best lions they could be! although nature from the human perspective is often very violent these 6 took it to a whole new level! If they couldn't decide who had mating rights over a female, she would be killed and eaten (cubs filmed not only being killed but often eaten too)
I heartily agree that their are more pressing issues needing attention and two legs come before four but the perilous future of the wild lion looks bleak. A population of nearly half a million in the 1950's has dwindled down to less than 20 thousand, mostly down to mankind's actions. As much as I would love to have my pic taken with a cub, I would never consider it, all it does is continue the money making machine. I eat meat and am under no illusion how animals are treated but I'll never understand what is to be gained from murdering a lion. Often its anything but "sporting" often drugged, tamed and killed from the comfort and security of a fence or a vehicle.. any person who does this must be severely lacking. If you recall Cecil the male lion, who was lured to his death, not only did he die but as the dominant pride male, his cubs would of been killed by another male who took his place. The whole "canned lion" industry is disgusting IMO..
A random post maybe?! but what is your favourite?? (anybody like the honey badger?)
:-)
That is such a tough question to answer (well for me it is anyway!
My shortlist is
Orange Utan-just admire their grace and dignity.
Tiger-What's not to like, just sheer magnificence!
Elephant- Bonded, empathetic and so poorly treated by us humans in so many ways that they never deserve.
Great White Shark - most misunderstood and should be admired not hated.
My shortlist is
Orange Utan-just admire their grace and dignity.
Tiger-What's not to like, just sheer magnificence!
Elephant- Bonded, empathetic and so poorly treated by us humans in so many ways that they never deserve.
Great White Shark - most misunderstood and should be admired not hated.
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indeed! although i forgot the link. try watching him go down the slope without smiling!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51UQghBtLuM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51UQghBtLuM
Rock Hyrax!
I first saw (and smelled - oh! the smell!
) them in Kenya when I was working out there for 3 months. Out in the wilds of nowhere, in the shadow of Mt Kenya, was a place called 'Lion Rock'. We never once saw a Lion there, but the rocks themselves where home to literally dozens of these odd-looking and very smelly creatures. Biologically related to Elephants, which is their closest living related species, would you believe? Marwell Zoo used to have a group of them, housed behind glass in the Giraffe House, but sadly there was no sign of them last time I visited.
shirt said:
indeed! although i forgot the link. try watching him go down the slope without smiling!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51UQghBtLuM
Brilliant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51UQghBtLuM
. Thanks for that!Just remembered another (more exotic) contender. The Tapir. Very cute, especially the babies.
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2011/02/endangere...
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2011/02/endangere...
moorx said:
Just remembered another (more exotic) contender. The Tapir. Very cute, especially the babies.
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2011/02/endangere...
How funny Tapir crossed ny mind aswell http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2011/02/endangere...
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