On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:02:48 +0800, riverman wrote:
>Last year, in Hwange, we came across a pride of about 15 lions immediately
>besiode the road, gnawing on some poor unrecognizable hunk of meat. About
>200 meters farther on, we bumped into another pride, only slightly fewer
>(10-12),lounging under a tree. I had never heard of so many lions within
>shouting distance of each other.
Riverman,
interesting. I would think that they are either friendly, for
example, prides shared by the same males (a bit unlikely
though), or one of them moved quietly during the day and got
close to the other pride unknowingly.
It is also possible that they are on opposite sides of the
territory border. This can happen near sources of water. I once
observed (mostly listened to) three prides at the same
waterhole. They were clearly very wary and calling out very
often. It was a very noisy night.
Hans-Georg
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